sports.espn.go.com - 1/6/2009
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Evans and Bisping AP Photo/Rich Schultz Rashad Evans, facing, took down Michael Bisping at UFC 78 in Newark -- a stone's throw away from New York. NEW YORK -- If the UFC compiled a list of New Year's resolutions, at the top of that list would be getting the 2009 New York Legislative session to ...
mma.fanhouse.com - 1/6/2009
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by Michael David Smith Filed under: UFC Although
he didn't sound very excited about it, Rich Franklin
confirmed today that if he beats Dan Henderson at UFC 93 , he will be one of the coaches on Season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter. UFC President Dana ...
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Franklin-Henderson Winner Ready to Coach The Ultimate ...
mmaweekly.com - 1/5/2009
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- UFC 92 FIGHTER SALARIES AND BONUSES (Monday,
December 29, 2008) MMAWeekly has obtained the fighter salary
information from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for UFC 92 featuring Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans... - EXCLUSIVE MMAWEEKLY.COM UFC 92 ...
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sherdog.com - 1/5/2009
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Hazelett-Saunders Targeted for UFC 96 Barring any last-minute
glitches, fast-rising welterweight prospect <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Dustin-Hazelett-11481">Dustin Hazelett</a> will lock
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UFC reinforces economic benefits of its events as push for New York MMA legislation heats up again
MMA Mania —
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“At a time when the New York economy is in crisis, it would be a mistake for the state to miss out on the considerable revenue that our events would generate. We are eager to bring both the excitement of our new sport as well as its major tax and tourist revenue to New York State.”
UFC Vice President for Government and Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner and president of the company Dana White ratchet up the economic rhetoric and financial success of its ...
Lift the Ban Watch: Back to New York
Bloody Elbow —
ESPN.com reports:
The tea leaves suggest the climate is right for passage of the bill. MMA became more mainstream in 2008 with CBS broadcasting two EliteXC cards on prime-time television and the UFC attracting unprecedented media attention while compiling record pay-per-view numbers. From London to Las Vegas, the UFC has enjoyed a consistent streak of sellout or near-sellout crowds in a troubled economy.
Meanwhile, Gov. Paterson is cutting programs and paychecks to address a $15 billion deficit in the state budget, and New York mayor Michael ...
UFC's Battle to Legalize MMA in NY Begins (Again) Tomorrow
CagePotato.com —
... Though a previous UFC-led effort to legalize mixed martial arts in New York State fell apart last year, the cause is not lost. A legislative session will re-address the issue tomorrow in Albany, which could lead to MMA being placed under the regulation of the New York State Athletic Commission, and open the doors for a historic fall UFC show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. And why might the current push for NY legalization be more successful than the last one? For one thing, New York State now has an ...
New Blood And Hard Times Bring The UFC Closer To New York
MMAFrenzy.com —
... It looks like the floundering U.S. economy is actually good for some things. A new ESPN.com article reports that the UFC is poised for yet another run at legalizing MMA in New York, with dollars and cents being at the forefront of the persuasive argument: ...
Time for New York to cut through hysterics and make MMA legal
Cage Writer —
... Now that the UFC has spent time and money lobbying and "educating" the state government, ignorance can no longer be feigned. The state of New York could benefit from staging not only UFC fights in New York City and Buffalo -- ...
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