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5 YRS AGO – IN THE NEWS: Chris Leben suspended, Bader says Henderson might solve Jon Jones, Benson Henderson talks 170 move, Jose seeks help for Mendes

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Five years ago this week, these four stories were in the news on MMATorch.com… UFC Featherweight Champ Jose Aldo looking to enlist Gray Maynard to prepare for Chad Mendes UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo has […]

Gleison Tibau provisionally suspended over potential violation of UFC and USADA anti-doping policy

December 4, 2015

One of the UFC’s longest tenured fighters has been nabbed by USADA’s out of competition drug testing program, with the UFC announcing on Friday that Gleison Tibau has been provisionally suspended due to a potential […]

Jon Jones still thinking about potential lawsuit against NAC over released positive cocaine test

November 29, 2015

“I have up to three years to sue them for what they did to me… I had no right to be doing cocaine, but they had no right to be testing me for street drugs […]

UFC announces provisional suspension for Mirko Cro Cop due to “potential anti-doping policy violation”

November 12, 2015

Just one day after announcing his retirement, Mirko Cro Cop has been suspended by the UFC over a “potential anti-doping policy violation.” The UFC announced the provisional suspension on Wednesday night, releasing the following statement: […]

Donald Cerrone’s advice to other fighters after USADA whereabouts failure: “Update your app bitches”

November 11, 2015

“I was out there for the UFC. This whole thing is so new to me I didn’t know I needed to have an app let alone update it. In a way it’s good this situation […]

Donald Cerrone says spur of the moment Vegas trip led to USADA “whereabouts” failure

November 10, 2015

Donald Cerrone may have become the first fighter to notch strike one on USADA’s “whereabouts” protocols, revealing in an interview with the Pirate Life Podcast that a recent spur of the moment trip to Las […]

UFC Champ Ronda Rousey says she’s happy to be most drug tested UFC athlete

November 1, 2015

“When I was 14 years old, the kind of drug testing I got [in judo competitions] was I had to drop my pants all the way to the floor, lift my shirt all the way […]

Wanderlei Silva: “I’ve never tested positive for anything… and they want to ban me from the sport”

October 19, 2015

Wanderlei Silva is back once again with another video, reiterating a false claim regarding the punishment handed to him by the Nevada Athletic Commission last year. This time piggybacking off of the situation with Nick […]

Georges St-Pierre on potential UFC return: “I’m starting to get the feeling, more and more, to come back”

October 14, 2015

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UFC finally comments on Vitor Belfort drug test report, says suggestion of a cover up “categorically false”

October 4, 2015

Following a damning report last month regarding a suspicious 2012 drug test of Vitor Belfort’s prior to UFC 152, the UFC has remained largely silent. However, the subject was broached Saturday night following UFC 192, […]

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