Stephen Koepfer of 'The Coalition to Legalize Mixed Martial Arts in New York' writes a guest editorial on the current state of MMA's ban in New York, and suggests the UFC's and Zuffa's past actions in the fight may have been detrimental to legalization thus far, and urges a collaboration with the grass roots efforts. Exclusive to Bloody Elbow.
The UFC is smarting from a recent round of bad publicity and troublesome legislation. UFC president Dana White sees the fingerprints of the Culinary Workers Union on his problems.
UFC president Dana White pulls no punches when discussing the possible return of ex-champ Tim Sylvia or why MMA is still banned in New York.
Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White responds to the Culinary Workers Union's call for more regulation of MMA in this video interview.
The Fertitta brothers have retained control of their casino empire through bankruptcy proceedings.
In my opinion, the WEC consistently puts on the best cards in MMA in terms of sheer fight quality. But even factoring out the DirecTV/Versus mess, WEC ratings have been on a slide and aren't likely...
