A bill to legalize mixed martial arts in the state of New York has failed to reach an Assembly vote once again this year. Despite a concerted effort to attempt to push the bill through, which included revamping the bill to attempt to appease legislators, it appears that it will not make it to a vote on what is the last day of an extended legislative session in Albany.
Jim Genia relayed the bad news. Genia among other New York MMA supporters gave up to the minute details on the sausage making in Albany and relayed the news to MMA fans that hoped to see the UFC in Madison Square Garden this December.
This year seemed different in Albany due to the removal of Speaker Sheldon Silver and a more MMA-receptive speaker in Carl Heastie. But once again, the MMA bill was not brought before the Assembly for vote despite an extended session which many thought would produce one.
Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, the sponsor of the MMA bill, indicated that it needed 76 votes in the Democratic conference for a bill to come to the floor. Prior to the revamp of the MMA bill a couple weeks ago, they had 70.
Payout Perspective:
MMA Payout will have more on this as more information comes out but this is a definite blow for MMA and the UFC. Many believed that this would be the year that MMA would become legal in the state. But, politics once again rears its ugly head. As for options, we must wait another year in Albany but the Zuffa lawsuit against New York continues. Its appeal of the dismissed lawsuit claiming the bill prohibiting MMA in the state is unconstitutional is in the Second Circuit and Zuffa’s briefing is due by August 4th.
Lets see 2015 so far, no Brock, no jones, no spider, no New York, shit canada, shit europe, shit brazil shit tuf, shit ppv, shit reebok deal, major anti trust lawsuit, bahhaha what else? Its only June
Lol nobody in the NY wanted Dana the joker to come there
Yaaaawwwwwnnnnn….whats new? and its a non news anyways,6 years too late if it was approved….how many times this year will boxing be having an event in NY? hahahahaha
Sal, I know you are retarded and everything, but Jon Jones already fought in 2015.
Brock Lesnar hasn’t been in the UFC in years, that is nothing new.
As for labeling everything as shit, you are probably just catching the stench of your diapers you dirty freak.
How many events will boxing have in NY this year? I don’t know but if the UFC did 1, they would outdraw all of them. That’s how pathetic the state of boxing is.
The UFC would be wise to remove itself from the fight in NY. Even with Silver gone this has still more to do with Anti-UFC rather than Anti-MMA in New York.
D forgot that Jones was stripped of his title and was removed from a big ppv, that did shit, Brock was going to be the NY big show at msg bahahhaha D can’t handle the truth UFC is falling apart. D can’t remember all the hype lies the ufc stated that I refer to in my fist post t. D’s medication has him on very select memory Boxing owns NY don’t forget it son!
That’s too bad. But UFC will continue to thrive without NY.
Haha. Sal is insane.
bahahha yep D another floating turn for the UFC
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/3/5/8157773/ufc-brock-lesnar-vs-frank-mir-3-mma-new-york-legalize-madison-square-garden-news
That article is three and a half months out of date, idiot. You get crazy by the minute.