The FightersFor Matt Serra, the former UFC Welterweight Champion, the worst part about training for a fight is having to give up pasta so …
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Battleground State: The Fight to Legalize MMA in New York (Part 5)
The PunditBert Sugar is one of the world’s foremost authorities on boxing. A member of the Boxing Hall of Fame, Sugar has written over …
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Battleground State: The Fight to Legalize MMA in New York (Part 4)
The PoliticianIn Ratner’s eyes, the man holding the people of New York hostage is State Assemblyman Bob Reilly, a Democrat from Colonie. Reilly has …
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Battleground State: The Fight to Legalize MMA in New York (Part 2)
The EvolutionIn many ways, the biggest knockout punch in MMA history didn’t come from Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell, or any other of …
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Battleground State: The Fight to Legalize MMA in New York (Part 1)
It’s a frigid February evening in New York City, and yet scores of fans have braved the cold weather to gather at the midtown …
The extended version of my AMA article is up at The Columbia Journalist. However, it’s not exactly what I had written. As such, here’s …
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Battleground State: The Fight to Legalize MMA in New York (Part 3)
The LobbyistMarc Ratner spent 21 years with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, including 14 as its executive director. In the mid-1990s, when MMA was …
Former Minnesota Senator Dean Barkley weighs in on the viability of a third-party.