Comments Thread For: MMA Still Illegal in NY According To Latest Court Ruling

[gdub27]

Zuffa needs to start paying off judges like everyone else.

[Beater_of_ass]

It's 2015, gay sex shouldn't be banned in any state at this point.

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who cares NY is trash

let those spreadsheet geeks fill out crossword puzzles in their 20 sq ft apartments to their heart's content

[Ham Porter]

A federal court in New York has ruled against the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter in the country, holding that UFC and its owner, Zuffa LLC are not yet in a position to challenge New York's ban on MMA. As a result, MMA remains illegal in New York.

In 1997, New York enacted a ban on professional MMA. After the sport grew into the mainstream, the UFC, plus a group of fighters, trainers, gym owners and fans that it put together, filed a federal lawsuit in 2011 challenging the constitutionality of the ban. The case had been dismissed piece by piece in prior opinions, but in a ruling issued today, Judge Kimba Wood terminated the entire case by granting summary judgment in New York's favor.

Judge Wood ruled that UFC and Zuffa do not have standing to challenge New York's position because it was never threatened with prosecution for violating the ban, nor was it otherwise injured by the New York law. According to Judge Wood, potentially lost profits were not enough to give UFC/Zuffa standing to sue: "Zuffa’s briefing emphasizes that before this lawsuit began, the company refrained from involvement with professional MMA in New York because of its concerns about the ban. Its decision to refrain from economic activity, however, is not alone sufficient to demonstrate an injury in fact in this case," wrote Judge Wood.

If UFC/Zuffa wishes to continue its fight to legalize MMA in New York, it can appeal the ruling or lobby state legislators, efforts that have so far been unsuccessful. Judge Wood suggested a third avenue, which is try to stage an MMA event, and when some actual consequences are suffered, re-file the case in state court. Judge Wood's ruling ended with the following advice: "Plaintiffs, particularly Zuffa, may consider filing new vagueness claims based on events that occurred after this lawsuit... The Court advises Plaintiffs to weigh the merits of a new federal suit against those of a state declaratory judgment action, given that the latter —unlike a federal decision on vagueness grounds— could decisively settle disputes regarding the Ban’s scope.

Struggling to spot even a single reference to boxing in this article.

Reeno accepting money to promote this gay **** on this site.

[CANELOLUJAH]

should bann that piece of shit scum sport.

[buckfangs]

Good this is a boxing town

[Bigg Rigg]

NY is looking ******!! Get with the times man.

[pacmanis1]

NY has lot its toughness. I remember back in the day we used to play bball at 2 am with guns in our pockets ready to pop whoever got ****y after beating us in a pick up game. Stabbing dudes for losing a game of connect4 was culture in my hood. NY was tough man, city of the gritty. It has gone completely ***** and soft. ****** used to get beat up at the Bronx, now they rule the Bronx. If you aint wearing tight red pants in the Bronx you a bish nowadays. I remember my friend Alejandro ( he used to wear emo hair) used to be dead scared of walking thru Queens at midnight, now emos hold bonfires right in the middle of queens. This **** is sad.

Pretty sure people not getting shot and stabbed as much is called progress, not losing toughness.

[TommyToughNuts]

NYC is a **** hole and boxing is far more dangerous than MMA.

[Dr Rumack]

A victory for sports fans everywhere.