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Rashad Evans’ untold UFC 205 story: This one’s for you Mr. Dixon
There are few greater disappointments for a young man, than a father who promises to be there but disappears. Rashad “Suga” Evans’ father did that to him and the pain propelled him to greatness. “When you have a fight coming, you have to watch your whole mentality change over and you have to become this […]
Congressman: UFC tried to influence witness list, threatened to walk if Couture speaks
Representative Markwayne Mullin, the former mixed martial artist turned congressman, sponsoring the Muhammad Ali Expansion Act, says the UFC tried to influence a congressional committee to blackball former UFC champ Randy Couture from speaking at a hearing this Thursday. “They had threatened to walk because they didn’t want us to have Randy Couture on the […]
Bjorn Rebney reveals MMAAA’s plans: Attack UFC TV deals, ‘we will have to become a union’
It was a transformative moment in the history of MMA last week, when five powerful and popular UFC fighters, Georges St-Pierre, Tim Kennedy, T.J. Dillashaw, Cain Velasquez and Donald Cerrone, united to announce the formation of a new association: the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association. Their plan: to fight for fair pay, legal protections, pensions, […]
Breaking: Congress to hold hearing on MMA ahead of Ali Act vote
Congress is taking a deeper dive into the sport of Mixed Martial Arts next week with a hearing on Capitol Hill. The Energy and Commerce Committee announced today that “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives” will take place December 8th and feature the testimony of expert witnesses in the field of mixed martial arts. The […]
Randy Couture reacts to MMAAA’s invitation, questions Bjorn Rebney’s motives
Former UFC Champion and legendary fighter Randy Couture reacted to the new Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association by praising Donald Cerrone, Cain Velasquez, Tim Kennedy, T.J. Dillashaw, and Georges St-Pierre Wednesday night, while questioning the motives of their advisor, former Bellator owner Bjorn Rebney. “We have a great respect for those five athletes, and we […]
‘Healthy’ Rashad Evans explains why career-long medical irregularity will keep him from fighting in NY state
Exactly 24 hours after finding out he had been pulled from UFC 205, “Suga” Rashad Evans emerged from his hotel room around five o’clock on Wednesday night for the first time. The former light heavyweight champion had been holed up in the room all day, with his friend Tyrone Spong, a professional boxer, keeping him […]
NY Assembly Leader working to solve combat sports’ $1 million insurance barrier
New York’s controversial $1 million brain-injury insurance requirement could be on the verge of an adjustment, according to the politician who sponsored the bill to legalize MMA in the state. The news comes on the heels of an announcement that the state approved a policy from insurance company AIG to provide coverage for athletes fighting […]