MMA finally in the state of New York? Not in 2013. For the fourth straight year, a bill to legalize the sport in New York – currently the only state in the U.S. to ban MMA – cleared the state Senate only to be tabled by the Assembly. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reportedly met in a “contentious” closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on Tuesday and said the vote would not be taken to the floor, according to nydailynews.com