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Former New York State Athletic Commissioner Changes Stances on Mixed Martial Arts
And does so in an op-ed via the New York Daily News: Sixteen years ago, I led the charge to ban MMA in New York. At the time, I was New York State Athletic Commission chairman - the boxing commission...
Lift the Ban Watch: New York to Finally Legalize MMA in 2010?
That's the word coming from the MMA World Expo that took place in New York City over the weekend: The first point the panel covered was an update on the A-2009, the bill to sanction MMA that was subm...
Of course the Northeast is having good ticket sales
Things are looking great for UFC 101 as the event has already sold 14,000 tickets for an approximate gate of over $3 million. However, we shouldn't be surprised that an event in the Northeast can dra...
MMA Weekly is way too optimistic about New York and MMA
MMA Weekly keeps passing along "hope" that MMA legislation will get done in 2009, unfortunately MMA Weekly needs a bucket of cold water from the Hudson River to wake them from their stupor. ...
Two weeks are up, WKR was right about New York and MMA
MMA Weekly is reporting that MMA legislation in New York may be done until 2010. Maybe they should read WKR more often because we wrote about that two weeks ago! I am not trying to gloa...
Two weeks left...
For those who were hoping that mixed martial arts legislation would get done in 2009 that idea has become fleeting at best. There are just fourteen days left in the current legislation...
BloodyElbow.com on Fight Network Radio Today at 4:10pm EST (Sirius Channel 98)
I'll be on Fight Network Radio today at 4:10 pm EST to talk about the vote to legalize MMA in New York State as well as WEC 41. If you have Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 98 is your station on the d...
A look at Bob Reilly's rhetoric
Lisa Olson, of MMA Fanhouse, has a fascinating new profile of MMA opponent and New York Assemblyman Bob Reilly Reilly continues to make his argument around a moral compass. Constantly bringing up th...
MMA Legislation faces date for critical vote
It was over a year ago that it seemed inevitable that MMA legislation in New York would get out of committee. Unfortunately for UFC and MMA fans that effort collapsed as certain politicians got cold f...
Lift the Ban Watch: Grassroots Organizing for MMA in New York State
Just got a Facebook alert to help MMA get regulated in New York state. Here's how you can help if you're in NY: We are trying to legalize MMA fighting in New York State. Right now, there are 37 st...
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