MMA BYTES
Posted: 081617

Matt Hughes is still recovering from being hit by a train while he was driving his truck…Bellator MMA has hired Mauro Ranallo and Mike Goldberg to replace Sean Grande. This does not interfere with Ranallo’s WWE contract…UFC’s Al Iaquinta has been openly complaining about the UFC pay scale. This isn’t the first time it has happened because he was gone for two years due to the same issue…Ian McCall has been granted retroactive therapeutic exemption by USADA after UFC 208 IV use. He missed the fight and had to go to a hospital where he ended up getting an IV. Nothing in the IV was banned but the amount given to him was too much which would result in a suspension but since he went through the proper channels he was given a retroactive TUE and was cleared of any wrongdoing…retired UFC fighter Anthony Johnson plans on opening a medical marijuana facility…Roy “Big Country” Nelson has signed a deal with Bellator MMA. He had lost seven of his last ten UFC fights.