Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Efficient coronavirus testing is a major key to the return of combat sports in earnest. The Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) is set to help unlock some of those doors.SMRTL has been "cleared and certified" to begin doing coronavirus testing for sports, lab president Dr. Daniel Eichner said Monday at a California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) virtual stakeholders meeting. SMRTL is the World Anti-Doping Agency-certified lab in Salt Lake City that analyzes samples for Olympic, Major League Baseball and UFC drug testing,...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Efficient coronavirus testing is a major key to the return of combat sports in earnest. The Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) is set to help unlock some of those doors.SMRTL has been "cleared and certified" to begin doing coronavirus testing for sports, lab president Dr. Daniel Eichner said Monday at a California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) virtual stakeholders meeting. SMRTL is the World Anti-Doping Agency-certified lab in Salt Lake City that analyzes samples for Olympic, Major League Baseball and UFC drug testing,...WW…

Skip to navigation<>LAS VEGAS -- The UFC has not done a show in the United States outside its home of Las Vegas in nearly a year. That could be changing soon, according to UFC president Dana White.White said Thursday at the UFC 259 prefight news conference that as soon as he heard Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had lifted COVID-19 restrictions -- including a capacity limit for facilities -- he started making calls. White said the city of Dallas turned the UFC down, but the promotion is now working on Houston.The promoter, who has touted the fact that the UFC was the first major sport back, in...…Skip to navigation<>LAS VEGAS -- The UFC has not done a show in the United States outside its home of Las Vegas in nearly a year. That could be changing soon, according to UFC president Dana White.White said Thursday at the UFC 259 prefight news conference that as soon as he heard Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had lifted COVID-19 restrictions -- including a capacity limit for facilities -- he started making calls. White said the city of Dallas turned the UFC down, but the promotion is now working on Houston.The promoter, who has touted the fact that the UFC was the first major sport back, in...WW…

Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Jonathan Huber, an AEW wrestler who previously starred in WWE, died because of a non-coronavirus-related lung issue, his wife, Amanda, wrote Saturday on Instagram. He was 41.Lee wrestled under the names Luke Harper in WWE and Brodie Lee in AEW. He had not been on AEW television since early October."No words can express the love I feel or how broken I am right now," . "He passed surrounded by love ones after a hard fought battle with a non Covid related lung issue. The @mayoclinic is literally the best team of doctors and nurses in the world who...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Jonathan Huber, an AEW wrestler who previously starred in WWE, died because of a non-coronavirus-related lung issue, his wife, Amanda, wrote Saturday on Instagram. He was 41.Lee wrestled under the names Luke Harper in WWE and Brodie Lee in AEW. He had not been on AEW television since early October."No words can express the love I feel or how broken I am right now," . "He passed surrounded by love ones after a hard fought battle with a non Covid related lung issue. The @mayoclinic is literally the best team of doctors and nurses in the world who...WW…

Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>HOUSTON -- It was razor-close. Perhaps even controversial. But pulled off another record-setting victory Saturday night.Jones beat by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to retain the UFC light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 247. The crowd at Toyota Center rained down boos when the result was read. As the bell was rung at the end of the fifth round, each man raised his arms, thinking he had won.The scores differed for all three judges. Per the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, judge Marcos Rosales had Jones...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>HOUSTON -- It was razor-close. Perhaps even controversial. But pulled off another record-setting victory Saturday night.Jones beat by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to retain the UFC light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 247. The crowd at Toyota Center rained down boos when the result was read. As the bell was rung at the end of the fifth round, each man raised his arms, thinking he had won.The scores differed for all three judges. Per the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, judge Marcos Rosales had Jones...WW…