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Post by bobbbiez on Aug 25, 2012 20:02:20 GMT -5
 NYS is one of eight states that will not allow Mixed Marshall Art competitions to take place on a professional level. Why do we always have to be the last on the totem pole? Our professional fighters train here and then have to travel to another state to compete but yet we allow MMA amateurs to fight in NYS. Makes no sense to me. At the invite of my friend, Chuck Collins, who is the National Champion in MMA, I have attended four MMA events and see this sport no different or any more dangerous then any other contact sport. MMA has a huge fan base and for other areas it has brought in a huge revenue. It is time for our legislators to take this bill on legalizing the sport of MMA out of the closet and let New Yorkers enjoy their chosen sport. 
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2012 15:19:05 GMT -5
I also wondered why. I like to watch them fight on TV.
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Post by bobbbiez on Aug 26, 2012 23:01:35 GMT -5
Alan, I believe when our legislators figured out how to get their greedy mitts into that huge revenue the MMA events produce, they will put it back on the table, vote on it and lift the ban.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2012 5:37:02 GMT -5
Bobbie, I believe the Legistature will be back in Albany this fall. Maybe they will lift the ban when they return. But of course their main agenda will probably be voting themselves a pay raise. First things first!
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Post by JGRobinson on Aug 28, 2012 6:07:02 GMT -5
Im for lifting the Ban, I will never watch it but others like BZ do enjoy it so why not? Hell, if you can still Joust in public, whats the problem with MMA? Like the old Blue Laws, laws FOOG are being concocted with little or no common sense or constitutional precedence. Like when Florida banned Public Dwarf Tossing, the Dwarfs were madder then hornets! They get paid to get tossed and the law cost them jobs! www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/06/141133785/dwarf-tossing-long-banned-may-return-in-florida |
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Post by bobbbiez on Aug 29, 2012 16:06:50 GMT -5
I remember as a little girl sitting with my dad and watching boxing, true-wresting on TV and even going to some matches at the Aud. Both are sports many enjoy. Was very happy that the OIN bought the boxing matches to the Casino to sold out crowds. Just combining the sports shouldn't be a problem since the MMA sport is regulated much better then it ever was in the past. Our legislators have sat on this decision for too long and it isn't fair to the fighters who train here but have to travel out of state to compete in their chosen sport or is it fair to those who enjoy attending these events. We have the National Champ in MMA living in the Utica area who runs his gym and training here for our youth but yet he has to travel to and spend his money in other states to compete right along with other fighters living in our area. Pretty sad that this area can not benefit from the revue this sport is giving to other states.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Aug 31, 2012 5:51:39 GMT -5
Did you see this article? Cage MatchHow science is transforming the sport of MMA fighting  Greg Jackson, the single most successful trainer in the multi-billion-dollar sport of professional mixed martial arts fighting, works out of a musty old gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico, not far from the base of the Sandia Mountains. On a recent morning, the 38-year-old Jackson, who has the cauliflowered ears and bulbous nose of a career fighter, watched two of his students square off inside the chain-link walls of a blood-splattered ring called the Octagon.
One of them was Jon Jones, the light heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the premier MMA league. In four weeks, Jones would be defending his title against Rashad Evans, an expert fighter and his former training partner. To prepare him, Jackson had set up a sparring session with Shawn “The Savage” Jordan, a heavyset fighter from Baton Rouge.
Jones and Jordan met in the middle of the ring. Jordan threw first. Jones backpedaled and protected his face with his forearms.
“Look for that space, Jones!” Jackson hollered. “You. Do. Not let him close those angles on you.” Jordan threw a flurry of blows. To me, the exchange appeared disorganized, nonsensical—a blur of flesh, sinew and the red flash of Jordan’s mouth guard.
To Jackson, it was a logical sequence, one with only one possible effective response. “Jones,” he said, “move inside.” The fighter seemed to hesitate. If he moved within range of Jordan’s fists, he risked catching a glove square in the face. www.popsci.com/node/63502/?cmpid=enews083012&spPodID=020&spMailingID=4733913&spUserID=MTEzOTczNzkxMTES1&spJobID=284561182&spReportId=Mjg0NTYxMTgyS0I'm not really into watching either boxing or MMA but I thought this was interesting. |
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Post by dave on Aug 31, 2012 6:56:53 GMT -5
I remember as a little girl sitting with my dad and watching boxing, true-wresting on TV and even going to some matches at the Aud. Bobbie, before the Auditorium, do you ever remember going to wrestling at the Avon Theater? I think it was the Avon, and I remember seeing Gorgeous George there when I was quite young. I'm working on a story about GG at the Avon one winter night and if you remember when they transformed the theater into a wrestling arena, I'd really like to hear your memories. Dave |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 16:13:53 GMT -5
I remember as a little girl sitting with my dad and watching boxing, true-wresting on TV and even going to some matches at the Aud. Both are sports many enjoy. Was very happy that the OIN bought the boxing matches to the Casino to sold out crowds. Just combining the sports shouldn't be a problem since the MMA sport is regulated much better then it ever was in the past. Our legislators have sat on this decision for too long and it isn't fair to the fighters who train here but have to travel out of state to compete in their chosen sport or is it fair to those who enjoy attending these events. We have the National Champ in MMA living in the Utica area who runs his gym and training here for our youth but yet he has to travel to and spend his money in other states to compete right along with other fighters living in our area. Pretty sad that this area can not benefit from the revue this sport is giving to other states. I agree with you completely on that, BZ. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2012 16:22:06 GMT -5
Im for lifting the Ban, I will never watch it but others like BZ do enjoy it so why not? Hell, if you can still Joust in public, whats the problem with MMA? Like the old Blue Laws, laws FOOG are being concocted with little or no common sense or constitutional precedence. Like when Florida banned Public Dwarf Tossing, the Dwarfs were madder then hornets! They get paid to get tossed and the law cost them jobs! www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/06/141133785/dwarf-tossing-long-banned-may-return-in-floridaThey should be luckly they have a job. I would really like to see that live. Be great fun. Come to think of it what do dwarf's do. I know many live in Canestoda, NY because of the Wizard of Oz. I always see the black dwarf on the Bus thoughout the week. And I know a dwarf from Vietnam whom I see on Bleecker St. He was a heavy cocaine user I remember him a McPike. Real nice guy. But he found God recently and is a little messed up since. ;D |
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Post by bobbbiez on Sept 1, 2012 22:34:02 GMT -5
I remember as a little girl sitting with my dad and watching boxing, true-wresting on TV and even going to some matches at the Aud. Bobbie, before the Auditorium, do you ever remember going to wrestling at the Avon Theater? I think it was the Avon, and I remember seeing Gorgeous George there when I was quite young. I'm working on a story about GG at the Avon one winter night and if you remember when they transformed the theater into a wrestling arena, I'd really like to hear your memories. Dave Wow Dave, now that you jarred my memory I do remember going to the Avon with my dad for some bouts. Being so young then not much I remember of those days but I do remember some of my dad's favorite wrestlers and the ones we would go see. Remembering a few.....Ivan the Terrible, Sgt Slaughter, Gorgeous George, Eddie Graham, Andre the Great and my very favorite was Chief Jay Strongbow. I still have an autograph picture of the Chief. Got crazy over wrestling and other sports cause of my dad and it all started because I just love being with my dad. I thank him for those memories and for introducing me to the sport world, especially since I eventually became the mom to four boys who loved the fact that their mom could bite their hooks for them until they learned how themselves. All because of my dad.  |
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NYS is one of eight states that will not allow Mixed Marshall Art competitions to take place on a professional level. Why do we always have to be the last on the totem pole? Our professional fighters train here and then have to travel to another state to compete but yet we allow MMA amateurs to fight in NYS. Makes no sense to me. 
