MMA Finally Legal in NY: Governor Cuomo Signs Bill Into Law, Making the Empire State Last to Do So
MMA is coming to New York!

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, hands out souvenir pens after signing into law a measure that will allow professional mixed martial arts in New York, Thursday, April 14, 2016. Behind him are UFC athletes Chris Weidman, left, and Ronda Rousey, and James Dolan, executive chairman of Madison Square Garden. New York was the last U.S. state to prohibit the bouts. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

By Dave Martin
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