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The now certified class action anti trust lawsuit against the UFC is getting ever closer to trial presently scheduled in April, 2024.

This week one of the last remaining hurdles was removed. The UFC brought a motion for summary judgment which sought to dispose of the case in their favor prior to trial. Judge Boulware denied the

In 2019 Ontario passed a new Combative Sports Act into law. The legislation allows the overhaul of how combat sports are regulated in the Province. The law, however, has yet to come into force which will happen “on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor“. 

Despite this very long passage of time it

A profound spinal cord injury and a profound brain injury. Two tragic outcomes in the combat sports community in recent weeks.

This week Leah McCourt shared that MMA fighter Ryan Curtis suffered a severe spinal cord injury in training. In addition to the spinal cord injury he suffered “a broken back, broken neck and dislocated spine”.

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