New York is one step closer to hosting a live mixed martial arts event in the Empire State, and to do so legally.
On Thursday, with UFC fighters Ronda Rousey and Chris Weidman in attendance, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill to legalize MMA in New York, which took place at the hallowed ground of combat sports: Madison Square Garden. And Zuffa COO Lorenzo Fertitta seized the moment to announce the UFC’s first visit to MSG on Nov. 12.
No fights were announced at this time. Incidentally, Nov. 12 was the date of the first ever UFC event, which took place in Denver in 1993.
Fertitta also said that a second event will be held in upstate New York this year, with the location and date still to be determined.
"This is a huge day for us," Rousey said, in a brief moment on the podium.
On March 22, the New York Assembly voted to sanction MMA in a landslide, 113-25. The effort to legalize New York spanned back nearly a decade, with the first UFC first lobbying in 2007.
A decade later, it’s here.
"Madison Square Garden is the international icon for great sports events," Gov. Cuomo said. "MMA is going to happen in this Garden."
Lol if that's true. Classic loudmouth gets shut up then takes his ball and goes home. Probably just attention whoring though and what do you know, it's working.
He was also at the fight live last week when that young fighter passed away - could really see him going against Diaz to try to redeem the loss and then hanging them up.
Potentially saw that, looked at his bank account, and said "Screw this, it's not worth my life".
The other thing that somebody on another site noticed is that he recently started following HHH, Shane, & Stephanie Mcmahon on twitter.
Potential there to earn a decent salary in the WWE without doing very much like Brock Lesnar has been able to do (Lesnar makes $5M per year). Especially with some rumors that the WWE is looking at creating a separate division for those who are under 205 lbs.
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UFC President Dana White announced Tuesday that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been pulled from his UFC 200 main event against Nate Diaz on July 9.
White revealed that the decision was made by the promotion after McGregor informed UFC officials that he would not participate in any promotional activities, including a commercial shoot and press conferences.
Not sure how reliable this link is
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He'll be back no doubt, like Mayweather it's the limelight more than the money that he craves. But he is probably giving up a good chunk of change to bypass the rematch at 200.
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"Think I'm gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeee......."
Probably a combo of watching the live death of the fighter in Ireland and, White as he notoriously does, starting to dig his teeth into the guy and demanding more, expecting him to do this, that and the other as pay back.
He will be back by Fall.
And TSN is really becoming ESPN Canada, at least the website and the stories featured.
My guess is the UFC called his bluff. Some negotiation tactic by Mcgregor pay me this, I won't do that etc, he threatened to walk on the card if he didn't get what he wanted, UFC called the bluff.
Nov 12th - UFC @ MSG
I love GSP, I wish he would just pack it in.
