BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Fastest Growing Sport https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mixed Martial Arts Stalls Out in New York Once Again; UFC CEO Blames Union Interference https://www.badmma.com/mixed-martial-arts-stalls-out-in-new-york-once-again-ufc-ceo-blames-union-interference.html https://www.badmma.com/mixed-martial-arts-stalls-out-in-new-york-once-again-ufc-ceo-blames-union-interference.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:32:27 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/mixed-martial-arts-stalls-out-in-new-york-once-again-ufc-ceo-blames-union-interference.html The UFC ’s attempt to legalize professional mixed martial arts in the state of New York has once again stalled in the state’s Assembly. DailyNews.com reported late Tuesday night that the bill to legalize mixed martial arts, after passing overwhelming in the Senate, once again would not be brought to the floor for a vote by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver before the current legislative session ends. The embattled speaker said more than 40 of 104 Assembly Dems opposed the measure, DailyNews.com noted. The bill dying in the dust once again, led UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta to issue the following statement, critical of the Culinary Union: “While our disappointment cannot be overstated, our commitment to seeing New York legalize the fastest growing sport in the nation and the world is intact and undeterred. We continue to strongly believe that legalizing and regulating MMA in New York is the right thing for the state economically, the right thing for the millions of fans in New York and the right thing for the safety and benefit of the thousands of professional and amateur MMA athletes across the state. “This year’s new, absurd, offensive, and completely erroneous charge used to justify the defeat of MMA legislation was that MMA is anti-woman and leads to domestic violence.  This is a deception fabricated by a Las Vegas union that is recklessly and callously trying to use an important societal issue to try and punish the UFC.  It isn’t honest and doesn’t work. “It doesn’t work because our business is not harmed by not being in New York, as much as we would like to be there for our fans and for the arenas, hotels, restaurants, and other businesses which would see substantial economic benefits from the legalization of MMA in New York.

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