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Cuomo signs bill lifting NY's MMA ban
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ALBANY -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship will host a fight card at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 12 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved lifting the state's ban on professional mixed-martial arts.
Cuomo signed a bill Thursday ending the state's 19-year-old ban on the sport, which the UFC -- the sport's largest promoter -- lobbied to overturn for nearly a decade.
The legislative stalemate ended March 22 when the Democratic-led Assembly passed the measure after the Republican-led Senate had done so eight times in the past seven years.
UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta said the first card at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan will be Nov. 12, pending approval by the state Athletic Commission. Another event will be held upstate by the end of the year, Fertitta said, though details are still being ironed out.
Fertitta had previously mentioned Buffalo, Rochester and Utica as potential hosts for the first UFC event upstate.
"We'll be doing events throughout the state, all over," Fertitta said Thursday at a news conference at the Manhattan arena. "We're definitely going to be here. We're here to stay."
Cuomo signed the bill Thursday morning at Madison Square Garden, where he was accompanied by several state legislators and UFC figures, including Ronda Rousey, one of the sport's biggest stars.
The new law officially takes effect Sept. 1...
Cuomo and supporters have said that the matches will be a boost for the economy, while opponents said the violent nature of the sport -- participants often end up bloodied or knocked out -- was enough to keep it banned.
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