“They treat us like employees, but they don’t give us benefits like employees. It’s kind of crazy when you think about it. We have to tell them where we’re at at all times, so USADA […]
Brock Lesnar and his team are claiming no knowledge of intentional PED use after Lesnar’s failed USADA test from June 28, and are planning to fight the finding. “We will get to the bottom of […]
Brock Lesnar has been nabbed by an out of competition drug test by USADA, with a potential violation from a June 28 test announced on Friday. Here’s the UFC’s statement on the adverse finding: “The […]
The Jon Jones saga will continue behind the scenes for the time being, as his team will work to appeal findings from USADA after the testing of his B sample. Jones was flagged for a […]
Jon Jones and his manager Malki Kawa addressed the media in Las Vegas regarding his removal from UFC 200. They didn’t go into the specific substance for which Jones was flagged, but after making his […]
In a special edition of the MMATorch Podcast, Torch Editor Jamie Penick and Torch Columnist Rich Hansen react to the shocking news regarding Jon Jones’ potential violation of the USADA drug testing policy. With Jones […]
The UFC has issued a statement on Jon Jones’ potential anti-doping violation under the USADA policy, and with the main event change for UFC 200 coming days before the event, ticket refunds will be available […]
Frank Mir’s under a two-year sanction from USADA following an out of competition drug test, and the former UFC Heavyweight Champion and 15-year UFC vet is now asking for his release from the organization. Mir […]
WADA controversy involving the heart medication meldonium and its widespread use in Russia has led USADA to lift a provisional suspension on lightweight Islam Makhachev, according to a report from FoxSports.com. The drug was placed […]
B.J. Penn may yet get to make his return to MMA in 2016, with USADA announcing on Monday that they’ve reached a settlement for his punishment over disclosed IV use above their allowable threshhold. Penn […]
Brock Lesnar’s return from retirement at UFC 200 was announced just over one month before the event, well short of the four month standard under the USADA policy for a fighter coming out of retirement. […]
Chad Mendes was flagged this month for a “potential” violation of the USADA drug testing policy, and to this point it’s still unclear for what substance he tested positive. The featherweight’s first comments on the […]
Welcome to MMATorch’s new Daily Top Five. Every weekday, tune in for a new Top Five list on a variety of topics; some will be regularly updated, some will be one offs, but we hope […]
The UFC and USADA are implementing new weight cutting rules on fighters in the organization in an attempt to cut down on unsafe cuts from fighters, but not all of the proposed rules are going […]
Chad Mendes had a bad 2015, and it seems 2016’s not going his way either. It was revealed Friday night that Mendes was flagged for a potential violation of the USADA drug testing policy, and […]
Tim Means has accepted a six month suspension from USADA over a failed February drug test after it was determined the test was caused by a tainted supplement. Means’ failed test came in an out […]
B.J. Penn has given an explanation for why he was using an IV prior to a random drug test from USADA, which pulled him from next week’s UFC 199 card in California. In an interview […]
B.J. Penn released a statement late Monday night via his personal website, addressing his removal from next week’s UFC 199 event due to a USADA violation over the use of an IV. Penn claims ignorance […]
B.J. Penn has been pulled from next week’s UFC 199 event due to a violation of USADA’s anti-doping policy. In a statement released via UFC.com, the organization revealed that Penn disclosed that he’d used an […]
Carlos Diego Ferreira has been pulled from this month’s UFC Fight Night 88 event after being flagged for a potential USADA violation in an out of competition drug test. He was slated to face Abel […]
Lyoto Machida has made a statement following his removal from Saturday’s UFC on Fox 19 event, and revealed that the substance he disclosed taking was 7-keto-DHEA. Available in over the counter supplements, the substance was […]
Viscardi Andrade is denying any knowing wrong-doing in regards to his failed out of competition test from March 7, releasing a statement professing innocence as he awaits the testing of his B sample by USADA. […]
USADA has caught yet another fighter in a potential violation for an out of competition drug test, with the UFC releasing a statement on welterweight Viscardi Andrade on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Brazilian defeated Richard Walsh […]
Frank Mir maintains that he didn’t knowingly take any performance enhancing substances, but he revealed on his podcast this weekend that the USADA test in which he was flagged came back for an oral steroid. […]
Frank Mir is denying having taken any banned substances, releasing a statement in reaction to the USADA notification of a violation regarding a sample submitted for testing on March 20, the day of his UFC […]
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