New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the MMA bill into law making professional mixed martial arts legal in the state. As a result, the UFC announced a “major Pay-Per-View event at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, November 12.”
UFC returning to New York on Nov. 12 at MSG https://t.co/o0GYRgRc9F
— Steven Greenberg (@GreenbergPR) April 14, 2016
The UFC also announced another event in upstate New York to occur by the end of this year.
Via UFC press release:
UFC will be adding another live event in Upstate New York before the end of the year. The organization has pledged four events per year for the first three years after passage of the bill. The events will be held in Upstate cities such as Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, and Albany, in addition to Madison Square Garden and the Barclays Center.
Today’s bill signing and event date announcements cement mixed martial arts’ incredible future in the state of New York, and reaffirm UFC’s commitment to a market that is home to many top stars including former UFC champions Jon Jones, Chris Weidman and Rashad Evans, and countless other title contenders.
“I want to thank Governor Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, Senator Joe Griffo and the many other leaders in the state of New York for legalizing and regulating the sport of mixed martial arts,” said UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta. “Our commitment to bringing incredible live events to New York starts immediately, as we’ve planned a major Pay-Per-View event at Madison Square Garden on November 12. It’s going to be a historic, monumental moment for this sport and our passionate fans when the Octagon finally arrives in New York.”
“Today marks a great day for both MMA fans and New York,” said Joel Fisher, executive vice president, Marquee Events and Operations, The Madison Square Garden Company. “We think it’s only fitting that the first UFC event is taking place at The World’s Most Famous Arena and look forward to these world-class athletes becoming part of The Garden’s storied history.”
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For those wondering, the New York State Athletic Commission, who will oversee MMA in the state, will be up to speed by September 1, 2016. Essentially, this is when the law will come into effect as explained by Jim Genia. Although no names have been pinned to the November 12 debut in New York, you can expect New York natives Jon Jones and Chris Weidman to be prime candidates for the event at Madison Square Garden. Also, Ronda Rousey is rumored to be back in the octagon around this time so that would make sense as well. Certainly, Bellator and WSOF will be working to have events in New York as well.
Big fights coming up!! Big money!! MMA taking it to the next level!!
Wouldn’t be surprised if they did Jones-Cormier for this event.
Oh boy about 8 years later lol
Fight fan is just sad that this fight in November will do significantly more than anything ever put up in NY for boxing.
D over 100 years of boxing and you think mma will beat that with 1 show?
The UFC has been in NY before. This isn’t anything new at all.
Yeah, boxing doesn’t have the interest that mma does in NY. MMA is bigger. This ppv will do over 1m buys.
Prediction #2 for 2016 comes to pass. 3 more to go and then you will know why they call me guru.
@d, I expect the card to do 2 million + if Ronda, Conor and Jones are on it.
The NorthEast is one of the worst demographics for MMA. This is widely known.
The UFC will never have a fight in NYC bigger than Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling, you clown.
Jack Dempsey vs Luis Firpo, and of couse Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier.
Hahahaaaaaaahaaahahahaaaahah
Yet another milestone for MMA.
The sport continues its growth to the top of combat sports.
LOL at boxing fans’ insecurity.
“The UFC will never have a fight in NYC bigger than Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling”
You don’t know that.
And yet boxing itself hasn’t had an event bigger than that. Boxing ain’t what it used to be.
But MMA keeps making progress and growing.
Go ahead and tell me what the UFC has that even compares to something like Louis-Schmeling II.
Nothing.
How bout Ali-Frazier?
You don’t have an Ali or a Frazier in the UFC.
That fight is considered one of the most anticipated sporting events of all time, with an audience of over 300M viewers.
Yea but Jones-Cormier II, watch out for that barnburner.
Yawn hahaha
The weakest is not very bright. He is judging something that was touted historically as a big fight, but in no way, shape or form will generate the type of revenue that this UFC fight will do in NY. Not even if you factor for inflation.
So, then, his next attempt is to just turn it into global viewership. Again, like I said, not very bright.
“The NorthEast is one of the worst demographics for MMA. This is widely known.”
You are thinking about boxing.
More records going to be set for the UFC this year. More fans! More Money! More interest! The sport is blowing up!!! Boxing fans are self destructing! Most of them disappeared from this website over the past year because of all of their horrible predictions about the success of the UFC from 2015. Still a few hanging around though.
Think about it- they are going to do 3 ppvs this year that will easily do 1m+ ppv buys. They will likely come close to 2m buys for UFC 200 and they will probably have another one somewhere in there that hits a huge number as well. Records!!!!
Mayweather-Cotto made more money off ppv than any UFC event did in total revenue in history.
Boxing
Ali-Frazier made around $125M-$130M in total revenue with inflation, more than any UFC fight ever .
PBC on NBC payouts
Spence $225K, Algieri $325K
Cunningham $225K, Glowacki $150K
Browne $100K, Kalajdzic $85K
Algieri was making $200K per fight before he made $1.5M for fighting Pacquiao. He made $500K for his fight against Khan.
The only thing insecure boxing fans can hold on to are old records that boxing can’t even match anymore.
How much boxers make is irrelevant. It doesn’t change the fact that the UFC crushes boxing in yearly PPV ‘s.
And the UFC keeps growing.
Boxing ain’t what it used to be.
Yeah because they have like 12 PPV’s a year lol, basic math of course they’re gonna sell more when they have more. Boxing doesn’t have to put all of its fights on a PPV and have 8/12 be a crap card lol. 4.4 million tells you everything anyone needs to know. Boxing holds the top 3 PPV’s ever.
I will never understand why you guys have a go at each others sports, never.
O2 arena sold out by joshua……hahahaha….joshua whoo?
“Mayweather-Cotto made more money off ppv than any UFC event did in total revenue in history.
Boxing”
False. More lies. Boxing.
“Ali-Frazier made around $125M-$130M in total revenue with inflation, more than any UFC fight ever .”
*Sourced by the weakest, researched by the weakest, delusion spewed by the weakest.
“O2 arena sold out by joshua……hahahaha….joshua whoo?”
Has been mma fighters generate bigger gates. Hahahaha.
“Yeah because they have like 12 PPV’s a year lol, basic math of course they’re gonna sell more when they have more. Boxing doesn’t have to put all of its fights on a PPV and have 8/12 be a crap card lol. 4.4 million tells you everything anyone needs to know. Boxing holds the top 3 PPV’s ever.”
False. Take the top 3, top 5, top whatever and match them up with the top boxing puts up this year and the UFC is STILL likely to double them. You guys are going to be really scrambling for excuses by the end of the year.
Also, when boxing does more ppvs like they did last year, they actually usually do less buys. You can do math can’t you? That sounds like subtraction though to me. Hahahahaha.
“PBC on NBC payouts
Spence $225K, Algieri $325K
Cunningham $225K, Glowacki $150K
Browne $100K, Kalajdzic $85K
Algieri was making $200K per fight before he made $1.5M for fighting Pacquiao. He made $500K for his fight against Khan.”
Is this supposed to be impressive? UFC on FOX payouts are higher.
No one on the PBC card is a major star or really a star at all. Spence is going to be one and this is his first real legitimate test, so its a big fight.
But i picked a random UFC card. UFC 187.
Algieri and Spence made more than everyone on the card besides Weidman and Anthony Johnson, and thats including Cormier.
UFC 191, Spence and Algieri made more than everyone on that card
By the way. Weidman made less money than Algieri on the UFC 194 card.
You lie every time you post something. Why do you lie so frequently.
Weidman made more than all of those fighters combined for his last fight including Algieri.
Cormier, Weidman and Johnson made more than all of those guys also.
UFC 191, was a low profile fight card featuring DJ and Anthony Johnson made more than all of those guys other than Algieri.
Fact checking you is beyond amusing.
The last UFC on FOX had a higher payroll and needless to say the ratings will be sufficiently better than this PBC card, notably in the key demo.
I remember being at Dennis Alexio V ? I think the opponent was from New Orleans? kickboxing at the Felt Forum in the 80s. Zab Judah’s dad was on the undercard-Yoel.
All GOOD for Fight Sports. Touch Joe’s jabbing hand!! H
The OLD MASTER is watching from the rafters! HAPPY!!
Joshua is a new hw boxer and filling out o2 arena…haye, tyson fury,brook,u.k. Boxing is on a high……hahahaha
…olympic season is coming and nba finals.wait for dw’s mention of both with ufc….mma would be an olympic sport! how would lebron or curry do in mma or invites to watch the ufc hahahahaha
Ufc feels like an orphan this season….not included in the olympics….salaries not competitive to other sports like the nba….sniff sniff…..as tim kennedy says he will make better money as a garbage collector hahahahahaha..
“Joshua is a new hw boxer and filling out o2 arena…haye, tyson fury,brook,u.k. Boxing is on a high……hahahaha”
That no one outside of the UK cares about. Boxing…….fleeing the US! No fans! Hahahahahahaha.
“Ufc feels like an orphan this season….not included in the olympics….salaries not competitive to other sports like the nba….sniff sniff…..as tim kennedy says he will make better money as a garbage collector hahahahahaha..”
And by orphan you mean multi billion dollar company that is worth more than every major boxing promotion combined.
Tim Kennedy was making over 100k per year, he stinks and he’s not entertaining.
http://www.foxsports.com/boxing/story/mayweather-ready-to-try-his-hand-at-mma-fight-promotion-041216
Even Mayweather knows where the money is at.
Floyd’s leaving boxing for mma promoting. Hahahahahaha. No money in boxing. Hahahahaha!!!
Or mayweather attracted to slave labor of mma hahahaha…cheap pay….didnt schaefer and delahoya say theyre going to promote mma in 2009…..they just want the mma demo— dw favorites—-to crossover to boxing….how bout munoz saying he needs to work 2 jobs because pay is so low hahaha
http://www.lowkickmma.com/News/anthony-pettis-khabib-nurmagomedov-talk-potential-fight-on-bus-ride/..
How ufc champ rolls….lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tr8KRqyGJk. Video of the pettis and khabib hahaha
“Or mayweather attracted to slave labor of mma hahahaha…cheap pay….didnt schaefer and delahoya say theyre going to promote mma in 2009…..they just want the mma demo— dw favorites—-to crossover to boxing….how bout munoz saying he needs to work 2 jobs because pay is so low hahaha”
Or Mayweather attracted to the future business. Boxing promotions are being run out of the US. Yeah, DLH/Schaeffer tried and failed. They don’t know the industry.
” How ufc champ rolls….lol”
Speaking on Algieri-
” If you recall from the Pacquiao/Algieri 24/7 lead-up to the fight, the New York native drove an old car and lived with his parents.”
How top ranked boxers roll. Hahahaha.
Pacquaio ppv undercard pays fighters as low as $1500 for their purse. Reebok sponsorship money for prelimers is more. Hahahahaha!!!
Mayweather promotions is actually doing quite well in boxing, very well on both PBC and Showtime. IF they get Mikey Garcia who just fled Top Rank, even more so. Mayweather isnt leaving boxing for mma, he is expanding to mma like DLH wanted to do with Affliction. The problem with Golden Boy attempting to do it is it looked like they were not in for a long term investment. Roy Jones Jr. is also promoting both boxing and mma, sometimes even on the same card. Good idea for Mayweather, if it can offer fighters an alternative to the UFC wherein they can make more money verses the promotion making money, AND allowed sponsors of their own choosing thats all the better for the fighters. Im excited about it.
They aren’t doing well at all. If they were, he wouldn’t be even thinking about getting into promoting mma. He has zero ppv stars, zero big named stars, etc. He realized their is much more money in promoting mma fights also.
” Good idea for Mayweather, if it can offer fighters an alternative to the UFC wherein they can make more money verses the promotion making money, ”
That’s just it though, they won’t be making more money with him if he wants to get into promoting for more than a few months like De La Hoya. That’s what happens when people who don’t know this business attempt to jump right in and expect to make money in the short term. Look at Affliction, EliteXC, etc. The only one that really is proving some staying power since the UFC’s ppv exploded after TUF, is Bellator and even they are nowhere near what the UFC is now. They do have the right idea though, build up your brand name, don’t go crazy overpaying for big named talent, and make it a long term progression.
The point being if Mayweather gets into mma and offers fighters more, his company will fold within a few months. It has been proven that does not work with mma promotions.
D is so tired writing long paragraphs again…and will shorten it because he’s self conscious hahahaha…
http://www.bjpenn.com/mmanews/5-shocking-facts-about-the-ufc-pay-scale/…..cheap cheap cheap haha
Tops didn’t know how to deal with the Algieri article that was just posted. He was very self conscious which is why he shifted his delusional argument. Hahahahahaha!
$1,500 for a ppv fighter…cheap, cheap, cheap!
Hahahahaha
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o13TPkQGZWs. Ufc dictatorship hahahaha…d made his essays short again….very fragile….told ya all haha
Tops fled from the Algieri driving in beat up car living at parents article. Hahaha. The truth is painful. Top ranking boxers. Hahahaha.
Hahahaha…algieri didnt he make a mil with pacman? maybe befor pacman being an unknown boxer signed with a diff promoter….isnt he with de grdia promotion….ill check…
So your.comparing pre pacman algieri to anthony ufc champ pettis? Hahahaha
http://www.newsday.com/sports/boxing/financial-dispute-hovers-over-chris-algieri-fight-1.11672638…..he is not a.top.rank fighter but a star.boxing promotions…hahahaha your comparing star boxing pre pacman algieri to ufc champ….he made 115k first.hbo.fight provodnikov, 1.6 m against pacman….
Algieri is not a top level fighter.
Basically Provodnikov is an exciting fighter who had a good showing against Bradley due to Bradley being a fool.
Bradley won, but people got interested in Provo, more than they should have. So Provo beats Alvarado, and gets lined up with Algieri.
Algieri wins a close fight and gets propelled to fight Pacquiao.
And of course Algieri gets dropped 6 times by Manny.
Algieri and Weidman are friends by the way and when Weidman fought Silva, Weidman made $24k, and an extra $24k for winning.
Excellent news for all MMA promotions for the state of NY. MMA is actually safer than boxing, never made any legit sense to have one and not the other.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o13TPkQGZWs….
Hahahahaha. Boxing does typically around 4 big ppvs per year- Algieri was one of them and he was living with his parents driving a beat up car. Hahahahahaha.
“Algieri and Weidman are friends by the way and when Weidman fought Silva, Weidman made $24k, and an extra $24k for winning.”
Chris Weidman, Zuffa, everyone that knows anything about the business knows Weidman made a lot off of that fight. A lot more than Algieri did. Weidman is a multi-millionaire. Algieri lives at his parents. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Funny you said you saw 24/7 pacman algieri…that was before the fight,before his ppv..weres the logic hAhaha..after the fight he got 1.6 mil….how much did pettis get? a ufc champ…ridin the bus…hendersons hotel room prefight looks really small hahaha…mayweathers and maidana’s at the time ariza had a much bigger roomo
“Life in My Parent’s Basement: The Chris Algieri Story”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
D I give you props on that one lol
$24K was Weidmans purse.
He didn’t get millions for that fight.
Algieris biggest payday is more than Weidmans.
Also Algieri makes more money now than Weidman.
D you’re referencing something almost 3 years ago before Algieri fought Pacquiao, when he was making $100K a fight, which is still more than Mr. 24k Weidman.
I can say this for Algieri, I have alot of respect for that kid. He was ISKA and WKA world champion in kickboxing before making the move to boxing for bigger pay days, and became a world champion by beating one of the most rugged men in the sport, was dropped twice, and eye completely closed and he dug in and outgutted Ruslan. That was a hell of a fight. Had he had a proper boxing trainer from day one, he would have had a better performance against Manny, not won, but better than the drubbing he got. Since moving to John David Jackson, he looks to be alot more comfortable.
Smart move moving to boxing he got 1.6 mil from pacman….he can live on that and wont need to be a garbage man hahahaha
http://www.cagedinsider.com/ufc/tim-kennedy-says-better-off-as-trash-man-than-with-pathetic-fighter-pay/ hahaha…
Algieri would beat McGregor in an mma match.
I saw them talking about that on a MMA website.
Algieri has better boxing, kickboxing, and Algieri was a state champion wrestler, so add grappling to the mix as well.
Algieri could be a UFC champion after Spence beats him
“$24K was Weidmans purse.”
He made 98k in disclosed pay, and he also made additional money according to Chris Weidman” that was very big, he moved out of his old house(yes, he owned a house prior to this unlike Algieri) and into a huge single immediately after the fight.
He didn’t get millions for that fight.”
I don’t know if he got millions, but he likely made well over 1m for that fight.
“Algieris biggest payday is more than Weidmans.”
You are delusional. So crazy, it is unreal you convince yourself of your delusions.
Weidman is worth probably over 10m right now. He’s been in 5 title fights.
“Also Algieri makes more money now than Weidman.”
No he doesn’t. Not at all. Weidman is worth 10x Algieri.
“D you’re referencing something almost 3 years ago before Algieri fought Pacquiao, when he was making $100K a fight, which is still more than Mr. 24k Weidman.”
You have the combat sports IQ of Howard Cosell.
Algieri…..living with parents, Weidman…….multi millionaire.
“Algieri would beat McGregor in an mma match.
I saw them talking about that on a MMA website.
Algieri has better boxing, kickboxing, and Algieri was a state champion wrestler, so add grappling to the mix as well.
Algieri could be a UFC champion after Spence beats him”
If McGregor was a paraplegic, he could beat both Spence and Algieri in his wheel chair. Those guys are not qualified for mma. They are boxers, boxers can’t fight in mma.
“Smart move moving to boxing he got 1.6 mil from pacman….he can live on that and wont need to be a garbage man hahahaha”
…..from his parents basement and his beat up car.
Hahahahahahahaha.
Hahaha…d is still pissed hahaha…pettis missed the bus without 1.6 mil…
Hahahaha. Tops’ head is exploding. He didn’t think someone would leak undercard ppv boxer’s purses. $1,500. Hahahaha. Then he didn’t think someone would leak Chris Algieri…ppv headliner’s living situation….from his parent’s basement, cruising around in a beat up car. Hahahahahahaha.