Marquardt signs with BAMMA

Multi-Fight deal as well. It's a dam shame when good fighters like this end of on regional promotions. The UFC or rather Dana White is very much about double standards.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Marquardt-Signs-with-UK-Promotion-BAMMA-34172

Embattled world-ranked middleweight Nate Marquardt has agreed to a multi-fight contract with the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, the promotion announced on Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Marquardt, 32, was released by the UFC in June after he withdrew from UFC Live 4 on the eve of his scheduled main event with Rick Story at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. It was later revealed that a New Jersey State Athletic Control Board test showed elevated levels of testosterone in Marquardt’s system prior to his UFC 128 bout against Dan Miller in March. He attributed the test results to hormone replacement therapy but failed to follow proper protocol for such measures with the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, which immediately suspended him. That penalty has since been lifted.

 

More like Dana is a scumbag. When fighters don't sing to his tune he all of sudden gets objective and really moral and cites his steroid abuse as a good reason for him "never" to fight in the UFC again. Ok Dana..........

 

Who knows. May be there was no offer on the table. May be his agent couldn't negotiate it. May be BAMMA offered him more money. Either way don't expect to see many of Nate's fights any time soon when he's on a nondescript regional promotion like that.

 

There're not on TV over here. Pretty certain they have no TV rights at all. So other than random video's i wouldn't have a clue where you would find their fights.

 

That wasn't live though was it?

 

That's very interesting i stand corrected. I thought bravo had pulled away from MMA altogether. If Bamma can get TV rights that's great for their coverage.