Regulation: Final Showdown in Albany?
Picture the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. Now picture it hosting a fight with 20,000 screaming fans, pugilists…
Picture the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. Now picture it hosting a fight with 20,000 screaming fans, pugilists going toe to toe, and Mr. Buffer introducing them. Currently, there are only two ways of seeing this. Either in a boxing match, or in the new UFC video game.
Currently, the battle wages on to regulate the sport of mixed martial arts in the state of New York. Recently, other states such as Indiana and Pennsylvania have accepted the phenomenon of MMA, and have begun to regulate. However, New York has been different. The process has been long and hard for Zuffa and the sport of MMA to get any traction with the powers that be in Albany.