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Bones get a 4 year ban from USADA.

Must be coming up on more bonuses being due...

Hadn't considered the next CBA, and it is usually the Canadian vets that benefit the most so that is a great point.

He had no issues signing a 2 year deal in Sask so I'm guess it might be more about who can give him the most upfront money. Teams can promise him the moon (Sask & Montreal, I'm looking at you) but if they can't or have no intention of delivering on those promises, what's the point?

the chair doesn't hit him, the bat does. http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Eddie-Bat.jpg

Rey was also scheduled for NJPW's upcoming U.S. show too.

I had Dern 29-28 but barely. 1st was very close but she was the one pushing the fight so I gave it to her... could have gone either way though. 2nd & 3rd rounds were pretty straight forward to score. Adelaide Byrd was the judge who had Yoder winning so that says a lot! Lol

Yep, those guys never celebrate after making a play ...

Toss up between Ngannou and Lewis. Ngannou is dangerous very early but that's it. His fight with Miocic showed, he has zero cardio & ground game. Lewis isnt a threat on the ground either but at least he's shown he can still finish someone beyond the 1st round.

Sounds like Henoc wants to be here...

The worst part for Jones is that the CSAC took it easy on him. They are gun shy from losing a legal challenge about lengthy suspensions (which is why the chose to revoke his license instead). They are letting USADA handle that part and they will probably hammer him pretty good.

We also have it... barely use it though. Hasn't been enough original content for our liking yet but that may change. Even the non-exclusive stuff was underwhelming. Like Netflix, Prime has a lot of content not available in Canada. We were recently in Mexico and I threw it on one day to see the difference and it was huge. I hope that kind of thing changes over time.

Not that he wouldnt have been signed anyway but it happened so quickly because he was previously given permission to talk to other teams.

Would be better if they had cropped out that disgusting green thing on the right... the arms alone would have sufficed.

Not something I ever expected to read but I like it!

It might be an increase but it's still far below the $420-450 million the UFC had been looking for. The new owners are carrying a lot of debt and the interest alone is rumored to be about $100 million a year. They cut a ton of costs since the purchase but they were also banking on a huge new TV deal. It'll be interesting to see if they take it or if they continue to hold out for a better deal.

Venue is the biggest issue imo. Everyone runs the convention center which is expensive and keeps 100% of alcohol sales (at least that's what I heard anyway). In Alberta, they usually run pro/am cards & not having to pay half the fighters is the only way they make a profit... Not an option here at this time.

CFC was Giuseppe Denatale, his CFC gym is one of the biggest and oldest in Winnipeg so 100% local. UCW was Tony Condello and Krzysztof Sozynski so again 100% local. CFM was Gabe Santos. He helped Tony with UCW when Krystof moved away but they shut down soon after. He obviously didn't learn enough from that experience because CFM did not last beyond 2 shows (maybe 3?). The only non-local promotions i can think of in the last 10 years were AFC (2 shows) and King of the Cage (1 show). Neither were fly by night either (both were fairly successful in western Canada), they just didn't have the local support to keep running here. Mods can move these posts if they'd like, not a big deal.

At that time yes, an exhibition would have been outside the scope of the commission as they only regulate pro fights. Amateur kickboxing used to be legal here but when the feds updated their laws to clearly make mma legal (it was a grey area), they accidently made some amateur stuff illegal due to the wording (another grey area). Now you need a recognized PSO willing to sanction a sport before a province will allow it.

We have multiple gyms in the city where amateur fighters can train. Problem is amateur mma & kickboxing are illegal in Manitoba so they can train here but not fight. I wouldn't call the promoters we used to have (CFC & UCW) "fly by night" when they held dozens of events over the course of a decade. UCW essentially ended when Krzysztof Sozynski's mma career took him out of Winnipeg (they had a couple shows without him but it didn't last). CFC stopped running shows because they didn't make money (same issue virtually every promotion in Canada faces unless they are the UFC).

Goldstein has some good (ie terrible) stories of the old commission from the 80's and 90's. They changed leadership in 96 or 97 but major, albeit different, issues remained. Another leadership change about 10 years ago has made a huge difference.

Personally I preferred Omega/Jericho simply because I was more invested in the match. Gargano/Almas was phenomenal though so i dont want to take anything from it.

Yep http://edmontonsun.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/report-aaron-grymes-returning-to-edmonton-eskimos-backfield