A judge has refused Affliction’s request to dismiss several claims brought against the company by M-1 Global, the management company behind Fedor Emelianenko. Affliction Entertainment’s legal representatives had argued that the breach of contract claims had no merit, but yesterday a Los Angeles courtroom held differently. It means that the M-1 Global action against Affliction will proceed. The Russian outfit is claiming that Affliction is in breach of its contract with them and Emelianenko for failing to stage a third event, which had been due to take place on August 1st last year. Emelianenko was the headline that event in a fight with Josh Barnett but when Barnett tested positive for steroids, the fight could not be made. Shortly afterwards, Affliction ...

UFC president Dana White supports the athletic commission guidelines on drug testing mixed martial artists and compared the rigid policies and punishment to other sports’ testing programs to the media following Saturday’s UFC 108 in Las Vegas. “They can test us how ever they want to test us. That’s up to the athletic commission. I don’t like steroids in fighting,” stated White. “When you go out and you hit a (expletive) ball over a wall, who gives a (expletive)? Who cares what you’re on? I don’t care what you’re doing or what you’re on. When you can get on top of a guy and elbow and punch another guy in the face you should be tested, and you shouldn’t be using ...

If Brock Lesnar has been ill with flu for the past few weeks, how was he able to attend a Minnesota Vikings game just over a week ago - and even blow the honorary Viking horn before the game commenced? That question is just one of several being asked by fans who are sceptical that Lesnar has withdrawn from the UFC 106 card for legitimate health reasons. Yahoo! Sports columnist Kevin Iole has a weekly ‘mailbag’ feature, in which he responds to letters and questions from fans. The question of Lesnar’s Vikings game attendance was brought this week, and Iole says that following a conversation with UFC president Dana White, it appears that ...