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UFC 162 officially draws 12,964 attendance for $4.826 million live gate

BAD MMA News — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:35:00 +0000

UFC 162 earlier this month officially drew an attendance of 12,964 for a live gate of $4,826,450. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer on Thursday released the figures to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Officials initially announced an estimated attendance of 12,399 for a live gate of $4.862 million. The live gate figure puts the event in third place for the UFC all-time at MGM Grand Garden Arena, trailing UFC 148 and UFC 66. UFC 162 took place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. In the headliner, Chris Weidman upset longtime middleweight champion Anderson Silva to become the new middleweight champion

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UFC 162 Drug Test Results: All Fighters Test Clean

BAD MMA News — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:32:48 +0000

function not found The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the results of the UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman fighter drug tests on Friday revealing all fighters tested clean. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer informed MMAWeekly.com that all 22 fighters that fought on the July 6 fight card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas were tested, and all returned negative test results. Chris Weidman became the new UFC middleweight champion in the main event of the fight card by knocking out long-time titleholder Anderson Silva early in the second round.

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All World Series of Fighting 3 Athletes Drug Tested; All Return Clean Results

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:43:11 +0000

Every fighter at the recent World Series of Fighting 3 event was drug tested and every fighter returned negative results. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer informed MMAWeekly.com of the WSOF 3 drug test results on Monday. World Series of Fighting 3: Fitch vs. Burkman took place on June 14 at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

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Carina Damm Provides Fake Urine Sample for Drug Test in Ohio, Receives Six-Month Suspension

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 04:55:36 +0000

Carina Damm has been suspended for a drug-related allegation for the second time in her career. Damm, the sister of UFC fighter Rodrigo Damm, was suspended for allegedly submitting a fake urine sample for her drug test related to her fight against Jessica Eye . The bout was part of the NAAFS show on June 1 in Cleveland. Ohio Athletic Commission Executive Director Bernie Profato confirmed the news to MMAWeekly.com on Saturday. It was first reported by MMAFighting.com . Damm was suspended for six months and fined $550, but she is still entitled to a hearing, initially set for Aug. 13, if she chooses to appeal, according to Profato. “She was observed by another female, but it is difficult to actually physically watch the person go in the cup,” Profato told MMAWeekly.com .

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MMA’s Great Debate Podcast: Stipe Miocic, Josh Burkman and the Best Debate in MMA

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:17:32 +0000

Courtesy of official MMAWeekly.com content partner Bleacher Report . MMA’s Great Debate Radio closes out the week with two of last weekend’s biggest winners as Stipe Miocic and Josh Burkman join the show, as well as all new debate about Steve Mazzagatti, Anthony Pettis’ future and the legacy of Renato “Babalu” Sobral . Today’s debate topics include: • Dana White rips Steve Mazzagatti’s latest issue after the fight with Josh Burkman and Jon Fitch. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer defended the referee. Who is right in this situation? • Should Anthony Pettis return as a lightweight and challenge the winner of Benson Henderson vs. T.J

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Former Champ Brian Bowles Tests Positive for Elevated Testosterone Levels Following UFC 160

BAD MMA News — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:13:09 +0000

Former WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles tested positive for elevated testosterone levels following his UFC 160 loss to George Roop . Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer informed MMAWeekly.com of the situation on Friday. All fighters on the UFC 160 fight card were tested and all returned negative results except for Bowles. “A complaint will be forthcoming,” said Kizer. A penalty has not yet been levied. “I put his license on temporary suspension pending the next Commission hearing

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UFC 160 officially draws 12,380 attendance for $2.942 million live gate

BAD MMA News — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:00:00 +0000

This past month’s UFC 160 officially drew an attendance of 12,380 for a live gate of $2,942,365. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer on Thursday released the figures to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Officials initially announced an estimated attendance of 11,089 for a live gate of $2.942 million. UFC 160, the promotion’s annual Memorial Day weekend card, took place May 25 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and featured a heavyweight title fight between champion Cain Velasquez and Antonio Silva . Velasquez dominated “Bigfoot” to earn a quick first-round TKO for his first defense of the title he reclaimed from Junior dos Santos in December at UFC 155.

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