After 18 long years wandering in the wilderness it looks like the state of New York is finally going to legalize professional MMA either this week or early next week.
According to our sources in Albany, the majority Democratic Conference of the New York State Assembly will meet tonight to begin the process of approving a measure that will make MMA legal in the state. Conference leadership will inform the members of their intent to bring the pro-MMA bill to the floor and then, upon approval from the conference, will release the bill into committee. Despite some lingering opposition within the party to mixed martial arts, our sources believe the bill will move smoothly through the necessary committees and could go before the full Assembly as early as Thursday and likely no later than Monday.
“The members of the conference will meet tonight,” one source said. “The leadership will tell members that the votes to approve are there and that it’s time to move through the bill committee. There are still members of the conference who are opposed to the bill, but once it’s clear we have the overwhelming majority they won’t stand in its way. We don’t expect much discussion.”
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