Dana White Guarantees New York MMA Legalization in 2012
by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 9, 2012 2:40 PM EST
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Dana White has been making the radio rounds lately and there has been a lot of great information coming out of it. From his statement that Cyborg had been stripped of her Strikeforce title to his announcement of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil airing on Fuel TV in the U.S. to now making a guarantee that New York will legalize the sport of mixed martial artis this year.
MMA Fighting with the transcript:
"We're so close," White recently told the MMA Fight Corner show on FOX Sports Radio. "It's going to happen, and I guarantee you it's going to happen this year."
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"It's going to depend on what it happens, timing and everything else, but obviously, it would be nice to go in there with, probably, Jon Jones," he said.
The UFC and others filed a lawsuit in late 2011 against the mixed martial arts ban, it's unclear if his guarantee has anything to do with that suit or just a feeling based on information of how things are moving currently.
I still think the legalization in New York isn't all that important (or is at least overblown in how important people think it is), but it'd be great if the whole issue was finally put to bed.
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It’d be pretty awesome to leave Cali for the first time in my life to see Jones put a beatdown on ’Shad!
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NYer here, dreamt of seeing a card at MSG.
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MMA + Madison Square Garden...
that’s the most important thing. Forgot to mention that lol.
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by dajulzta on Jan 9, 2012 4:33 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I just want fighters to be able to fight in MSG for once.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 9, 2012 2:37 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
There's a prestige in being able to host an event at Madison Square Garden
That I don’t think you can get in many other places. I think for the UFC and for UFC fans in New York, that’s important enough even if the economic impact for the UFC and growth may not be effected.
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True.
It’s pretty strange to think that the WWE can do the MSG while the UFC can’t.
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by McKinley B. Noble on Jan 9, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
Junior Dos Santos vs Alistair Overeem in Madison Square Garden
"You got Floyd Mayweather making 25 million dollars...he can't stop the double leg." - Nick Diaz
by Chris Groves on Jan 9, 2012 2:42 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
YUS
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 9, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
I want fights like Shogun vs somebody and Koscheck vs Diaz on a card like that.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 9, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
I got to go to the Jones/ Shogun weigh in in Radio City Music hall last year and it was awesome
can’t wait to actually see an event in MSG
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It's important for Regional promotions as well... there's $$ to be made in NYC and having Friday night fights will get fighters paid and brnaded alot easier in the region.
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It’s far more important to regional promotions. I’ll agree there.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 9, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Sera vs ???? first MSG main event
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
SERRA, you asshole
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Jan 9, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Just cuz that guy isnt as smart as you doesn't mean you have to be a dick
No, your dumb
by RashadsLeftNipple on Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
You realize he was responding to himself right?
by MemphisMike on Jan 9, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
yes
the same name, sig and icon kinda gave it away
No, your dumb
by RashadsLeftNipple on Jan 9, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Well....that's a really terrible idea.
On the card? Sure. Main event? No way.
Read my tweets or whatever - @SSReporters
Co-Main
and I’ll do the dishes for a week.
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I see wat yoo did thar
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by dajulzta on Jan 9, 2012 4:35 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Matt Serra vs. Shonie Carter
Spinning backfists only rubber match main event…book it!!!
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Jan 10, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Not only is MSG the Mecca of sports, especially combat sports, NYC is THE media market of the world. As the UFC looks to expand and crossover a huge event in the greatest city would get massive attention. It’s important.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 9, 2012 2:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Along with all that...
finally being legalized in NY and hosting events at MSG will be the surge that causes a sea change in cultural and social acceptance especially when coupled with the FOX deal.
Agree.
MSG is just so iconic in the world of sports and entertainment that it grants immediate legitimacy to anything hosted there.
Oh, well thank you for waiting until I moved across the country to fucking California before doing this. THIS IS REALLY RELEVANT TO ME NOW.
Brawl in Buffalo
I live in NYC, so I’m all for MSG, but I bet Buffalo could support an event; especially with Toronto being so close.
Did you eat a lot of paint chips as a kid?
by Schwizzles on Jan 9, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Please do.
I’ll pick it up shortly. Until then, just leave it on your dining room table.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Jan 9, 2012 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
I live in Vegas now, but when I was in NY I drove all the way to Montreal to attend UFC. Also went out to NJ, which was much closer, and flew out to Vegas a few times. The only thing that would suck about MSG as compared to MGM Grand or Mandalay Bay, is that MSG is so big, that the fighters will look like ants from the farthest seats.
…compared to…
The Garden has great views from just about everywhere and few buildings get as loud. The Knicks playoff run in 2000 was insane, the place was defeating. I was also at Jones/Trinidad and it was amazing. Nothing like Fight Night at the Garden.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 9, 2012 3:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
But...that's not the boxing/wrestling seating
A concert is focused towards one end of the arena, while boxing/wrestling/MMA is at the center.
(And that’s a pre-renovation photo)
by ThisOneGoesToEleven on Jan 9, 2012 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
I agree and disagree with your closing statement
I still think the legalization in New York isn’t all that important (or is at least overblown in how important people think it is)
Whether it becomes legal this year or not, it’s not stopping MMA’s forward progression. Symbolically though, i think it’s incredibly important. MSG is the mecca of combat sports, and just that fact that one of the most well-known, progressive cities in the world is outlawing a sport on 20 year old misinformation is something i think is very important.
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by Genki Sudo's Choreographer on Jan 9, 2012 4:02 PM EST reply actions
This.
The reason the UFC is so obsessed with legalizing MMA in New York is because it will demonstrate the sport’s rise to mainstream acceptance. Moreover, think about all of the attention the UFC would get from the New York Times and other major media outlets if it does get legalized there.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 9, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
It's really the image thing.
If the UFC can perform everywhere else in the world but New York, that insinuate that the promotion simply doesn’t have the same kind of pull that other sports promotions do. If the UFC wants to be considered on the same level as football, baseball, and basketball, they have to be able to showcase their fights in the same places.
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by McKinley B. Noble on Jan 9, 2012 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
I seriously can’t understand why New York aren’t playing ball with MMA. The city would gain so much in terms of revenue, it’s ridiculous.
Jon Jones fighting in his own back yard (more or less). Interesting.
It's mostly the Culinary Workers Union
that has an old beef with Fertitta and his casinos. That’s right, disgruntled cooks are keeping MMA out of New York. I really wish this was a joke.
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by Genki Sudo's Choreographer on Jan 9, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
Is News Corporation and it’s massive media empire enough of counter punch to correct this problem?
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by MattParker117 on Jan 9, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Let's hope so!
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by Genki Sudo's Choreographer on Jan 9, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Fox
Dow Jones
New York Post
Nearly Every Regional New York Newspaper
You’d think that would be enough to “Convince” some assemblymen.
Don't follow in my footsteps I walk into walls
by MattParker117 on Jan 9, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
right now only one needs to be convinced. The speaker stopped the vote from happening. That’s the thing that frustrates me the most. If they voted and said no, I would be disappointed, but as of now, one guy is holding up the process.
If the vote happens apparently it will pass as well.
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by MattParker117 on Jan 9, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
I guarantee that New Yorkers will never allow all those skinhead white trash fans who enjoy watching men roll around like homosexuals into The Garden. I also guarantee that UFC 100 didn’t do anywhere near 1.6 million buys; not even a million, I don’t care what they try and tell people!
i guess they’ll have to be satisfied with a Kelly Pavlik fight.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 9, 2012 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder if the same person does their makeup...
by Damnatio Memoriae on Jan 9, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
iAye Dios mio!
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I couldn’t give two shits whether they get it or not.
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As someone who has never been to a UFC event I used to think this to
But they would no doubt put some big names in shows there if they had the chance and would also likely do a good amount of shows there. Would be a nice alternative to going to Vegas for us people on the east coast who wanna go to a show.
No, your dumb
by RashadsLeftNipple on Jan 9, 2012 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
You guys get shows.
Jersey, Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh, D.C., etc.
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Those are a few
But you gotta think there would be more quantity and quality shows done in NY city compared to those places.
I’m in MA. We had that one show in Boston the week I was on a work trip :(
No, your dumb
by RashadsLeftNipple on Jan 9, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
Shitty.
If it makes you feel better, I’m from Saskatchewan, we’ve never had a show of any calibre here.
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damn
i’m in Philly, and the last time they came here before Rashad/Tito it was back in 09 for Penn/Florian. at least they bother to stop by.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 9, 2012 9:44 PM EST up reply actions
You mean the Versus show we got at the verizon center???
or the VA show at the patriot center (which was a versus). Honestly, a few of the regional shows I’ve seen were better. Watching Dodson throw jump kicks when he fought in the UWC was insane. UFC 100 was of course wild, and pretty much any numbered UFC trumps what we have gotten so far, but a show at MSG would be THE BIGGEST ever. The prestige of MSG is unparalleled. It gives a breadth of legitimacy that could only help our growth and serve to make it more likely that you get a show up your way… at least one of these centuries :p
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just imagine when UFC debuts in MSG
UFC 200- with like 4 or 5 title fights
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by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 9, 2012 4:57 PM EST reply actions
"guarantee"
This word…I don’t think it means what DW thinks it means.
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by POW on Jan 9, 2012 6:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions 3 recs
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