Joe Lucia Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 NBC apparently moved them to that date from the originally scheduled one a couple weeks earlier. They're going to get slaughtered, and they can't even run an afternoon show to try to pick up on a Premier League lead-in - there aren't any EPL games that weekend. There also aren't any NHL games on NBC that day, so good job, good effort with giving them ANY lead-in at all. Speaking of WSOF, they announced PPV plans for 2015 and will implement a revenue sharing plan on 50% of the revenues from those PPVs. Oh, and DC's brawl punishment was a 9K fine and 10 hours of community service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I think it was 20 hours since they found he wasn't the initial aggressor Brett Okamoto @bokamotoESPN 1m Wanderlei Silva has been banned from Nevada and fined $70,000 for running from the drug test in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Was Silva actually banned or is it indefinite suspension because...those are not the same thing... An indefinite suspension seems to imply they could come back and decide to lift it at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 You're right, it was 20 hours for Cormier. Not sure where I got 10 from. MMAFighting lists it as an "indefinite or lifetime ban". I'd presume that verbiage was used because of his appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 MMAjunkie says "lifetime ban" in the headline but the article says "indefinite suspension." It does not say, "he was handed a lifetime ban, but the commission ruled an indefinite suspension pending an appeal by Wanderlei Silva." Poor reporting IMHO. Get your facts straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Was Silva actually banned or is it indefinite suspension because...those are not the same thing... An indefinite suspension seems to imply they could come back and decide to lift it at some point. Indefinite but the commissioners pretty much clarify it as banned for life (obviously pending the appeal from Goodman). They were using Tyson's suspension (and 10% purse fine) for the ear biting as the precedent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Was Silva actually banned or is it indefinite suspension because...those are not the same thing... An indefinite suspension seems to imply they could come back and decide to lift it at some point. Indefinite but the commissioners pretty much clarify it as banned for life (obviously pending the appeal from Goodman). They were using Tyson's suspension (and 10% purse fine) for the ear biting as the precedent. So it is not an actual lifetime ban since Tyson was allowed to box again in Nevada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Technically, you can go back and lift any suspension. Applying for a license (which Wanderlei didn't have in the first place) and getting one is a different story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I think it's just a way for outlets to throw out the term lifetime ban to get more hits, but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 A lifetime ban? After giving Chael two years for using everything under the sun? Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 To be fair VileOne, from watching the hearing, it didn't sound like a suspension that they were just doing because he didn't show up (or call in on the phone). In addition, everyone else is using the term "lifetime ban" (https://twitter.com/search?q=lifetime%20ban&src=typd). It's just not people looking for page hits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Good chance we'll end up seeing Wanderlei fighting the likes of Tatsuya Mizuno in ONE FC and possibly Satoshi Ishii in IGF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 A lifetime ban? After giving Chael two years for using everything under the sun? Jesus. Chael didn't run away from a test though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 A lifetime ban? After giving Chael two years for using everything under the sun? Jesus. Chael didn't run away from a test though. Overeem ran from a test...and the NSAC basically fellated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nate Diaz returns to fight Raphael Dos Anjos on the next FOX show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The NSAC (or NAC now) basically treat fighters who bring revenue to Nevada like the local cops treat Martin Sheen's character in Badlands after they've arrested him. All they need to do is ask fighters if they want a Coke and it would be the exact same thing. So much gladhanding and amusement because someone popular is in their presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nate Diaz returns to fight Raphael Dos Anjos on the next FOX show. Good, now we get to see another top LW beat the Nate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nate Diaz returns to fight Raphael Dos Anjos on the next FOX show. Good, now we get to see another top LW beat the Nate. And then get the obligatory Nate Diaz meltdown afterward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 A lifetime ban? After giving Chael two years for using everything under the sun? Jesus. Chael didn't run away from a test though. Overeem ran from a test...and the NSAC basically fellated him. He took the test though. Also Epwar, two wrongs don't make a right. Because someone else did something idiotic does not excuse what Silva has done here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 A lifetime ban? After giving Chael two years for using everything under the sun? Jesus. Chael didn't run away from a test though. Overeem ran from a test...and the NSAC basically fellated him. He took the test though. Also Epwar, two wrongs don't make a right. Because someone else did something idiotic does not excuse what Silva has done here. Well, in the case of the Brock fight, he stalled giving a sample for nearly a month after running...and still got to fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 MMAjunkie @MMAjunkie 50s Eddie Gordon vs. Josh Samman added to UFC 181 in Las Vegas http://dlvr.it/70Hn2f 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Saku vs. Renzo at Metamoris 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Cub Swanson vs. Frankie Edgar to headline UFC FN 57 in Austin, Texas on November 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Edson Barboza vs. Bobby Green on that same card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Jessica Eye vs. Leslie Smith added to UFC 180. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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