Zuffa LLC, parent company of the UFC, has filed suit against the state of New York on Tuesday (Nov. 15, 2011), calling State’s ban on mixed martial arts “unconstitutional.”
Here’s a an excerpt from today’s filing:
New York’s live professional MMA ban violates numerous provisions of the United States Constitution, including the first amendment, equal protection clause, due process clause and commerce clause. The live professional MMA ban limits the liberty of those who would, but for the ban, attend live professional MMA events, as well as those who train in MMA and want to exhibit their skills as professionals before a live crowd. Indeed, for the many New Yorkers who devote endless hours of training in MMA and who cannot afford to displace their homes and families to fight elsewhere, New York’s live professional MMA ban presents a serious infringement of their rights.