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Before UFC-Shanghai, watch Michael Bisping’s 2014 bout with Cung Le

BAD MMA News — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:51:17 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Before the UFC set its debut in mainland China for this coming weekend, the organization visited Macau, where Michael Bisping headlined against Cung Le in 2014. The middleweight fight, which was part of UFC Fight Night 48 at CotaiArena in China’s special administrative region, saw Le – a former Strikeforce champion and Sanshou kickboxer – as the crowd favorite over the U.K.’s Bisping. However, the scheduled five-rounder ultimately resulted in a “Performance of the Night” bonus and a big victory for Bisping , who was in for a grueling night of work. Check out the full fight above. Related Bisping sees 'win-win' in UFC-Shanghai meeting with Gastelum – who isn't mad, either And catch former middleweight champ Bisping (30-8 MMA, 20-8 UFC) back in action on Saturday, when he makes a 21-day turnaround to fight Kelvin Gastelum (13-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in UFC Fight Night 122’s headliner. The event takes place Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai and streams on UFC Fight Pass. For more on UFC Fight Night 122 , check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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In wake of rescinded suspension, Cung Le requested release from UFC contract

BAD MMA News — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 23:31:52 +0000

Cung Le Cung Le (9-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) today said he’s lost the motivation to fight for the UFC and requested his release from the promotion after it accused him of using performance-enhancing drugs. “I asked (my manager) Gary (Ibarra) to ask the UFC to release me for … what they’ve done to me,” Le said on the Gross Point Blank podcast. “I really don’t want to be a part of a promotion that doesn’t (give) their fighters with the benefit of the doubt.” The middleweight’s request comes more than one month after the UFC rescinded a one-year suspension given to the fighter after doubts were raised about the validity of a post-fight drug test that found elevated levels of human growth hormone following a fourth-round TKO loss to Michael Bisping at UFC Fight Night 48. The UFC said it could not prove Le had elevated levels of HGH in his system and elected to rescind the suspension after standing by the results of the test , which was conducted by an independent laboratory not certified by the World Anti-Doping Agency to conduct HGH testing

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In wake of rescinded suspension, Cung Le requested release from UFC contract – MMA Junkie

Video: UFC Fight Night 55′s Luke Rockhold: ‘I’ll finish Bisping in one round’

BAD MMA News — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:44:49 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos We have a good old-fashioned grudge match on our hands this week, and it’s a fight that has roots years ago. But in August, Luke Rockhold (12-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) made his way to Macau to check out the UFC Fight Night 48 main event between Michael Bisping (25-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) and Cung Le . Bisping won that fight with a fourth-round TKO, and made sure Rockhold knew he was up for a long-talked-about fight. Rockhold and Bisping meet on Saturday (Friday in the U.S

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Cung Le releases first statement since UFC’s rescinded suspension

BAD MMA News — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:11:53 +0000

UFC middleweight Cung Le (9-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) today released a statement for the first time since the UFC rescinded his one-year suspension for an elevated level of human growth hormone in the wake of his UFC Fight Night 48 loss to Michael Bisping. In a statement released to MMAjunkie, Le said he is “extremely happy” with the promotion’s decision to reverse its punitive action toward him, but added that a statement released yesterday that announced the news fell short of the mark. “While I feel vindicated in this matter, the UFC’s press release does little in the way of an apology of which I believe I am rightly owed after unfairly enduring the public’s scrutiny,” Le wrote. Le did not say what his next step would be. In a previous interview with MMAjunkie, his manager, Garry Ibarra of the AMR Group, said retirement was a “possibility” but wasn’t able to say what the 42-year-old fighter would do. Included in Le’s statement today was a follow-up from Ibarra, who again called the UFC to task for the way it handled the case.

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UFC right to lift Cung Le’s suspension, but now what?

BAD MMA News — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:21:02 +0000

Nearly a month after it announced that Cung Le had failed a drug test due to elevated levels of human growth hormone, the UFC issued another announcement this week to admit, actually, maybe he didn’t ? The UFC can’t prove he did, anyway, which was kind of the whole point. Due to “the lack of conclusive laboratory results,” the UFC said in a statement issued Tuesday, it was rescinding his suspension from the Aug

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UFC rescinds Cung Le’s suspension, but fighter undecided on next step

BAD MMA News — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:22:07 +0000

For the first time since it began independently testing fighters for performance-enhancers and drugs of abuse, the UFC has taken back a suspension it issued for a failed drug test. The promotion today announced it has rescinded the one-year suspension of middleweight Cung Le (9-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC), less than one month after the UFC announced the fighter tested positive for elevated levels of human growth hormone following his fourth-round TKO loss to Michael Bisping (25-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) in the headliner of UFC Fight Night 48 on Aug. 23.

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Full-fight video: Watch Michael Bisping crush Cung Le in Macau

BAD MMA News — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:16:24 +0000

http://www.ufc.tv/video/michael-bisping-vs-cung-le-ufc-fight-night Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos With today’s release of “Fightography: Michael Bisping ” on UFC Fight Pass, UFC officials have posted the full video of Bisping’s August destruction of Cung Le, and you can watch it here . While Le has been in the headlines for his recent failure of a post-fight drug test, not to mention his subsequent claims of innocence, Bisping is back in training and looking forward to a November clash with fellow top contender Luke Rockhold. But in August, Bisping’s focus was firmly on Le, a dynamic striker capable of knocking out anyone in the middleweight division. The two met in the headlining bout of “UFC Fight Night 48: Bisping vs. Le,” which took place in Macau and streamed live on UFC Fight Pass. Watch the entire fight, courtesy of the UFC, for free at UFC.tv .

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Cung Le will get the chance to appeal his positive drug test

BAD MMA News — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:15:27 +0000

UFC middleweight Cung Le will become the first fighter to appeal a failed drug test result found by the promotion. After questions raised by MMAjunkie about the testing procedures utilized at UFC Fight Night 48, UFC President Dana White today told ESPN.com that the promotion is linking up a third-party arbitrator to hear the appeal . “He has a certain time to file his intention to appeal,” UFC COO Lawrence Epstein added. “An arbitration panel would be set up, he’ll make his case, arbitration will make its decision and that will be the end of it.” Le’s manager, Gary Ibarra, told MMAjunkie his client will appeal the promotion’s finding that he had an elevated level of human growth hormone in his system following a fourth round TKO loss to Michael Bisping in their headliner at Macau’s Cotai Arena. Usually, appeals for positive drug tests are handled by an event’s overseeing athletic commission, but because UFC Fight Night 48 was regulated by the promotion in lieu of a formal regulator, the promotion will handle the job

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In Cung Le’s case, a drug test with legitimate doubts, but an unclear appeal process

BAD MMA News — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:08:13 +0000

The NFL began its testing program for human growth hormone this week, some three years after the collective bargaining agreement that called for it was agreed to by both the league owners and the players’ union. So why did it take so long?

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UFC remains steadfast in Cung Le’s test result, but lab failed to meet WADA criteria

BAD MMA News — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:50:27 +0000

A company in Hong Kong’s southern Yau Tsim Mong District is at the forefront of Cung Le’s dispute with the UFC over drug testing. The Hong Kong Functional Medical Testing Center (HKFMTC) resides in Hong Kong’s southern Yau Tsim Mong District, about an hour’s ferry ride from the Macau’s Cotai Arena where August’s UFC Fight Night 48 was held. The company’s website offers to test your metabolic function, examine hair for heavy metals or nails for drugs of abuse, for example. It also offers a service called “autism medical testing.” The company opened its doors in February, according to an online records search, and recently put out a job posting for its marketing department. Following the Aug

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