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UFC’s Condit plans to down Kampmann 2.0, book more high-profile rematches

BAD MMA News — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:30:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS – After suffering back-to-back losses for the first time in seven years, Carlos Condit admits his back is against the wall. But “The Natural Born Killer” isn’t overwhelmed by the situation. In fact, he’d love to visit those fights once again.

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Report: Whistleblower says MMA fighters also were Biogenesis PED clients

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:35:00 +0000

In addition to some high-profile MLB players, the Florida-based Biogenesis clinic also supplied performance-enhancing drugs to MMA fighters, a whistleblower reportedly claims. According to ESPN’s ” Outside the Lines ,” Biogenesis employee-turned-whistleblower Porter Fischer said the client list stretches beyond MLB and includes “athletes from the NBA, NCAA, professional boxing, tennis and MMA, in addition to other professional baseball players who have not yet been identified.” He hasn’t yet identified the athletes. After backpay issues with clinic founder Tony Bosch, Fischer turned over documents to the Miami New Times in 2012. It ultimately led to an MLB investigation and the recent suspension of Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP. However, his intention to spark a federal investigation of Biogenesis and Bosch never came to fruition.

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Herb Dean to ref UFC 162′s Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman headliner

BAD MMA News — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:35:00 +0000

Veteran referee Herb Dean will be the third man in the cage when UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman meet in next week’s UFC 162 headliner. Nevada State Athletic Commissions officials appointed him to the high-profile officiating role during a meeting today in Las Vegas. UFC 162 takes place July 6 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card, including Silva (33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC) vs. Weidman (9-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC), airs on pay-per-view.

Ex-UFC welterweight Jon Fitch responds to Dana White’s fighter-pay comments

BAD MMA News — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:45:00 +0000

Welterweight Jon Fitch cut a video today to respond to UFC President Dana White’s angry rebuttal about his tenure with the industry-leader. Responding to White’s assertion that he made $302,000 in discretionary bonuses, Fitch added up his fight purses, saying he was paid a total of $1,022,000 for 18 bouts with the promotion and “about $300,000 in bonuses,” which he said brought his total payout to $1,322,000. “Sounds like a lot of money,” he said. “But let’s look at that a little bit closer. Out of the 18 fights in that fight purse, I paid 20 percent of that to management and the gym. So if you take that number, divide it by seven-and-a-half years, I was making roughly $176,000 a year before management and gym fees.” The onetime welterweight title challenger, who in January signed with the upstart World Series of Fighting promotion after his high-profile UFC release, said he was in the “medium to high pay grade,” but added, “most fighters didn’t make as much money as I did.” Fitch’s take-home figure also leaves out taxes (UFC fighters are paid as independent contractors)

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