NEW YORK: A SECOND LOOK AT MMA? PROMOTERS AND FANS HOPE SO

By Carla Varriale, Esq. and James Han   The Ultimate Fighting Championship (the “UFC”), with the support of Madison Square Garden Sports, held a press conference on January 14, 2011 and renewed its commitment to legalizing the sport of mixed martial arts (“MMA”) in New York. If the ban on MMA is lifted, the UFC will bring MMA bouts to Madison Square Garden and other New York venues. However, legislators must first allow the state’s Athletic Commission to sanction and to regulate t