Well here is another blow to Mixed Martial Arts in the state of New York, the state Assembly Democrats barred approval of MMA from their budget bill, a sport which could have brought in $2 million in tax revenues alone. Not to mention jobs to those working large MMA events that UFC and Strikeforce put on. In these hard economic times you would think politicians would jump at the change of brining in additional revenue, but the brutal cage matches are too violent for liberals in New York it seems. This is a sad day for New York MMA fans.

ALBANY – The push to legalize ultimate fighting in New York is on the ropes. Assembly Democrats stripped approval for the wildly popular violent sport from a budget bill that lawmakers will take up as soon as today.

Gov. Paterson sought to legalize mixed martial arts, saying fights could pull in more than $2 million in tax revenue for the cash-strapped state.

“The majority of voices who spoke about this issue in our conference were not supportive of approving it as part of the budget,” said Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D-L.I.), a fight fan. Englebright said it’s a long shot the Assembly will revisit the issue. The state Senate has already approved the sport.

[Source: NYDailyNews.com]

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