Kenneth Lovett of the NY Daily News reported earlier this week that a bill to regulate MMA has been removed from the New York state budget proposal that’s been sitting in the Assembly since April. The article cites Assemblyman Steven Englebright, a supporter of MMA, as saying that there wasn’t enough support for the bill’s […]
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Toronto Sports Bar Ripe for UFC Viewing Party
Don Muret of the Sports Business Journal reports on the desire of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to turn its Real Sports Bar and Grill into a quasi closed-circuit destination for its Air Canada Center in Toronto. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s new sports bar next to Air Canada Centre will sell plenty of beer […]
New York Senate Passes MMA Bill
R.M. Schneiderman of the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the New York State Senate has passed a bill sponsoring the regulation of mixed martial arts: New York moved one step closer to becoming the 45th state to regulate mixed martial arts, as the state Senate voted 32-26 to pass a bill on Wednesday that […]
Dana White in SBJ
Dana White was interviewed for this week’s Sports Business Journal and answered various questions about the direction of the UFC and MMA in general. It’s clear the interview was designed for an audience that isn’t tremendously familiar with the sport and MMA fans are likely to have already heard these questions answered in previous interviews. […]
UFC 115: Judge and Referee Assignment
Jordan Breen of Sherdog.com has an interesting piece up on the website that discloses the judging and officiating assignments for Saturday’s UFC PPV event in Vancouver, British Columbia. Herb Dean will referee Saturday’s night main event between former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell and former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin in Vancouver, British Columbia, […]