Don King: 'UFC Is Taking 200 Years of Rules and Throwing Them Out the Window'
FanHouse —
by Michael David Smith Filed under: UFCThe boxing promoter Don King, who has done time for manslaughter and been accused of defrauding his fighters, isn't the guy I would choose to voice concern about the moral decline of our society. But the writer Thomas Hauser, who regularly writes about his opposition to mixed martial arts, uses King as his go-to guy for why boxing is good and MMA is bad. Hauser quotes King at ESPN.com: "UFC ain't nothing new," King said. "They started with 'ultimate' fighting, and then they civilized it and made it into boxing. All UFC is doing is taking ...
Lift the Ban Watch: New York Edition
Bloody Elbow —
Boxing writer and MMA enemy Thomas Hauser has a piece up on ESPN.com talking about the efforts to legalize MMA in New York state:
The prime mover in the drive to legalize MMA in New York is Zuffa LLC, the company that controls UFC. Marc Ratner, who served for 14 years as executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is UFC's vice president for regulatory and governmental affairs.
"We're the lead driver," Ratner said in regards to pushing MMA in New York. "The other organizations are just drafting on us."
In November 2007, Zuffa ...
New York proudly ignorant in MMA ban
Cage Writer —
New Yorkers, your tax dollars are being wasted. In working to keep mixed martial arts illegal in the Empire State, Assemblyman Bob Reilly has led his fellow Assembly members down a dark and ignorant tunnel. Sadly, the other Assembly members followed happily, no questions asked: "I'll express ignorance of this sport, but after Bob described what a vicious sport it was, it was voted down by everybody on the committee," said Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte, D-Niagara Falls. Really? Is that how Assemblywoman DelMonte approaches all of her legislative work? Apparently she couldn't spare an aide ...
FoxNews picking up on MMA's New York battle
Cage Writer —
Do-gooder Bob Reilly is fighting the masses in the state of New York. But it looks like the New York Assemblyman's push may in trouble according to Rick Leventhal from FoxNews. There is simply too much money and common sense out there to continue the state ban on mixed martial arts. It's amazing how goverment officials are so vehemently against something they know nothing about: "I'll express ignorance of this sport, but after Bob described what a vicious sport it was, it was voted down by everybody on the committee," said Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte, D-Niagara ...
FOX News picking up on MMA's New York battle
Cage Writer —
Do-gooder Bob Reilly is fighting the masses in the state of New York. But it looks like the New York Assemblyman's push may be in trouble according to Rick Leventhal from FoxNews. There is simply too much money and common sense out there to continue the state ban on mixed martial arts. It's amazing how government officials are so vehemently against something they know nothing about: "I'll express ignorance of this sport, but after Bob described what a vicious sport it was, it was voted down by everybody on the committee," said Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte, ...
