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2025 has been quite the legal roller coaster for these five current and former mixed martial arts athletes. Taking a look at fighters who have dealt with their fair share of bouts with the law this year. From a previous UFC champion attempting to exact vigilante justices, to the biggest star in ...
Former interim lightweight challenger Kevin Lee reached an agreement with the Nevada Athletic Commission for a reduced sentence for his failed drug test back stemming from August. The test was an in-competition one after his loss to Daniel Rodriguez on August 28th at the UFC Vegas 35. It was repo...
On September 14, Nick Diaz sat in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission to hear his fate after failing his post-fight drug test against Anderson Silva at UFC 183. His elevated marijuana metabolites resulted in a five year suspension and a $165,000 fine. A number of fighters have refused t...
Anti-doping zealots cheered when the UFC announced their new drug policy back on June 3. The policy promised stiff punishments for PED use (two years for a first offense) and year-round testing, and, best of all, would be carried out by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. USADA, a non-profit NG...
On Thursday February 27, the Nevada State Athletic Commission ruled in favor of banning testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). Nevada State Athletic Commission ban TRT, UFC supports ruling UFC President Dana White issued a statement regarding the decision made today by the Nevada State Athletic ...
Keith Kizer, the heavily-criticized head of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, has announced today that he will be stepping down from his position. Kizer has been given a job in the Nevada State Attorney General’s office and will be leaving the NSAC, effective immediately. Keith Kizer leaving ...
UFC Vice-President of Regulatory Affairs, Marc Ratner, announced yesterday that the Ultimate Fighting Championships will be taking a cue from the World Anti-Doping Agency and increasing the amount of marijuana metabolites required for a positive test result. This means that the benchmark of a pos...
The suspensions of Nick Diaz, Dave Herman, Matt Riddle and Thiago Silva show that athletic commissions are in need of a serious overhaul on how they approach the issue of marijuana as it is inconsistent with their stance on other medically approved therapies and even logic. The athletes in questi...
Chael Sonnen was suspended by the California State Athletic Commission following his first fight with Anderson Silva for elevated testosterone levels. Sonnen’s explanation was that he had previously had a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in Nevada and was...
“…it’s left me as impotent as a Nevada [Athletic] Commissioner.” – C. Montgomery Burns, The Simpsons You ain’t kidding, Monty. In a shameful display of tragic comedy, the Nevada State Athletic Commission gave Alistair Overeem “a slap on his testosterone-deficient wrist” (thanks to @CrooklynMMA fo...
Earlier today (April 24), UFC heavyweight fighter Alistair Overeem appeared in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) to answer for his failed drug test at the UFC 146 press conference back on March 27. The test came back with a testosterone-to-epitestosterone level of 14:1, where t...
Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “King” Mo Lawal has been going through rough times recently. He tested positive for steroids after defeating Lorenz Larkin in January, placing the blame on an outdated supplement he’d been taking. His health took a dramatic turn for the worse after po...
Alistair Overeem will be having a phone conversation with the Nevada State Athletic Commission for reasons that have not been announced to the public yet. During the UFC 140 broadcast the MMA world was set a buzz due to a tweet sent out that stated Overeem would be out of his fight against Brock ...