New Yorkers Get Ready


	New Yorkers Get Ready

annadeol

5-13-2009 4:54 AM

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When New York banned mixed martial arts back in 1997, things were bleak for fans of the outlawed sport. But time, a wealth of new rules and a lobbying push that would make Big Tobacco proud have put legislation repealing the ban on the table in both the State Senate and Assembly.

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