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Joe Rogan: ‘TRT Ban Not Fair For Fighters Like Bigfoot Silva’
“I think that there’s most certainly people abusing [TRT]. It sucks because people who aren’t abusing it and actually need it, like Bigfoot (Antonio Silva). You want to talk about a guy who absolutely probably needs it, how about a guy who had a tumor in his pituitary gland and has a real health issue. […]
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Bigfoot Not Happy With Brazil’s Ban On TRT
“The way I see, he (Brazil’s Athletic Commission Leader, Marcio Tannure) wants to play the good guy role. He’s just being political because he was never against TRT. But I don’t judge him. Everybody likes Dr. Tannure, he is a great person. He made a mistake with me and I was upset because he hasn’t […]
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Fight Night 28 Medical Suspensions: All Fighters Sidelined
The Brazilian Athletic Commission has suspended 22 UFC fighters following last Wednesday’s ‘UFC Fight Night 28: Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader’ event, three of which could be suspended for as long as six-months. While a bulk of the suspensions are for precautionary reasons and are just a standard practice, some of the competitors will need […]
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Thiago Tavares Fails UFC on FX 7 Drug Test: Tests Positive For Steroids, Suspended 9 Months | UFC NEWS
Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, released the following statement today regarding drug test results from UFC on FX 7 that took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 19, 2013. All 22 fighters on the UFC on FX 7 card were drug tested at the event and all fighters passed their drug […]
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UFC on FX 7 Medical Suspensions Report | UFC NEWS
10 UFC on FX 7 fighters have been suspended for injuries suffered during last weekend’s fight card in Brazil. Both Wagner Prado and Diego Nunes received the lengthiest of suspensions with 180 days out. Event headliner Michael Bisping must sit out for 60 days after suffering a TKO loss at the hands of Vitor Belfort. […]
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Medical Suspensions Report: Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine | MMA NEWS
The state of Oklahoma doesn’t play around when it comes to medically suspending combat sports athletes. We are so used to seeing a laundry list of fighters being put on the shelf for precautionary reasons that it is a breath of fresh air to list off just five-men. The final Strikeforce card last Saturday night […]
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NSAC Authorizes Promotion Of Overeem’s Next Bout, But Not Nick Diaz | UFC NEWS
“We asked the commission, can we start setting up a fight for him (Nick Diaz), but he’s still got to go before the commission.”. … “I think Alistair has been doing the right thing as far as the commission is concerned and doing all the things that he needs to do to get back in […]