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Video: Nick Diaz And The Farcical Commission Testing Regime For Pot On The MMA Tete-A-Tete
Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com and I recorded another installment of MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening The Discourse yesterday before the official Nick Diaz news broke but we were able to address the rumors. Our main point is that the current testing regime for Marijuana is utterly pointless. The stated...
Nick Diaz Tests Positive For Marijuana After UFC 143
The speculation can now end. Nevada State Athletic Commissioner Keith Kizer has emailed the media to confirm that Nick Diaz tested positive for a drug of abuse after his UFC 143 loss to Carlos Condit: From: Keith Kizer Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:16 PMSubject: UFC 143 - steroid/drug tests The...
UFC 143: NSAC Boss Keith Kizer Confirms One Positive Drug Test
The rumors have been swirling that someone on the UFC 143 card failed his post-fight drug test. Now we have confirmation via an email from Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer that SOMEONE on the card did indeed fail a drug test. Here's an email sent from the NSAC...
UFC And Strikeforce To Test Fighters For PEDs Prior To Signing Contracts
The UFC released a very interesting bit of information this afternoon, all new UFC and Strikeforce fighters will have to pass a performance-enhancing drug screening. This news came out very shortly after news that "King Mo" Muhammed Lawal had tested positive for steroids after his last Strikeforce...
UFC Should Follow NFL's Example on HGH Testing
In the battle between performance enhancing drugs and the testing methods to catch athletes using them, the PED's have always had the lead. While that isn't really going to change, there have been advancements that make HGH testing much more accurate. This development does change the game though as...
Don't shoot the pro wrestling messenger Lance Storm, MMA fans!
Former ECW, WCW and WWE wrestler Lance Storm has ruffled the feathers of a few MMA fans with his latest website commentary entitled Tapping Out explaining his recent decision to quit being a fan of UFC and MMA in general. Storm, who may be the only professional wrestler who has been more...
Will the Texas commission sanction Chael Sonnen's TRT at UFC 136?
Fighters Only Magazine recently broke the news that UFC is very close to signing Chael Sonnen vs. Lyoto Machida for UFC 136 on October 8th in Houston, Texas. Well it had to be in Texas, as Texas is likely the only athletic commission that will sanction Sonnen while he is still unlicensed by the...
NSAC Receives Funding for Out-of-Competition Drug Testing
It's easy to beat a drug test when you know when it will be administered. You can time your cycle, you can flush it out of your system, or you can buy a prosthetic penis filled with fake urine to fool the testing official. Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu suggested, "Emerge to their surprise."...
USADA Chief Official Criticizes Drug Testing Policies in MMA
Ask UFC President Dana White about steroids and PEDs, and he is quick to repeat the refrain about MMA being the only sport drug tested by the government. The argument is typical promoterspeak, an attempt to convince fans that MMA is clean while also absolving Zuffa from taking a more proactive...
UFC 129 Results: Where Is Ontario's Drug Testing?
Cage Potato is reporting that the Ontario Athletic Commission did not conduct testing at UFC 129. The UFC is taking over the drug testing for the event, having the tests administered by an unnamed independent laboratory. This was not the first MMA event held in Ontario and this was also not the...
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