[MMA] Money defeats morons, MMA to be sanctioned in Ontario

[HCGLNS]

CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Fighting - Mixed Martial Arts: Mixed martial arts coming to Ontario

Yep, the government of Ontario has been persuaded by the economic arguments provided by the UFC and is moving to sanction MMA as a result!

 

[Frank]

Now if only they could get it to work in New York. That's good news. It's bullshit whenever it's shot down as illegal by a panel of fucking boxing fans.

 

[SpecialKO]

To be fair, Prudential Center is only 20-30 min away via NJTransit/PATH, and it's a real nice venue.

That said, a UFC event in MSG would be unbelievable.

 

[blotsfan]

Or HSBC Arena...

 

[SpecialKO]

Or HSBC Arena...

I haven't been to Buffalo since they built the place (barely been upstate, for that matter).

Is it nice?

 

[Covar]

Now if only they could get it to work in New York. That's good news. It's bullshit whenever it's shot down as illegal by a panel of fucking boxing fans.

Hey they have to keep what's left of boxing's relevancy somehow. Certainly not by doing like the UFC and pushing their market beyond PPV and making it available to fans who actually would like their sport.

 

[blotsfan]

Or HSBC Arena...

I haven't been to Buffalo since they built the place (barely been upstate, for that matter).

Is it nice?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's a really nice arena. It actually hosted UFC 7 but that was long before it was popular. I have no doubt another event there would be a huge success. There have been really low level fights in the area that have drawn about 5000 people, so top notch fights should draw huge crowds.