Mixed martial arts in New York is dead this year. Dead as New York Knicks' chances of defeating the Miami Heat in their playoff series. The closest thing you will get to two men fighting on national television in front of a live audience is at a New York Rangers game this week.

For approximately the 710th consecutive year, the MMA bill has been ruthlessly murdered by New York lawmakers that hold on to the unreal notion that MMA is too barbaric for humanity. When Bob Reilly stepped down from the assembly back in February, we all thought MMA would be opposition free going into May's hearing. However this year, the MMA bill wasn't even brought to the floor. Here's what Ken Lovett from NY Daily News had to say about the entire fiasco that transpired today.

The source said after eight people had spoken in favor of legalizing MMA and eight against, Silver called on members who don’t support the bill to raise their hands. About 25 members did.

Then he asked for a show of hands of those who support it before saying that it looked even, the source said.

An upstate member who supports the measure complained it didn’t look even to her, the source said. When Silver asked what she wanted, a city Democrat joked, a “slow roll call.”

The speaker took another informal vote, with 25 again raising their hands against. The “ayes” seemingly had more than 60, the source said.

Silver then said others had expressed opposition privately and that the votes weren’t there to move the bill.

Around this time every year the MMA community collectively believes the sport we all endlessly obsess over will be legalized in New York only to be disappointed by a tweet from the 'Fight Lawyer' himself, Justin Klein. He's been the bearer of bad news for years now, and in 2013 I'm absolutely certain I can copy/paste this same article with only minor alterations and no one would even notice.

I guess the only thing we have left to look forward to is this entire 2012 Mayan Apocalypse coming this December to a country near you. I'll see you guys in the afterlife -- let's just hope MMA is legalized there.

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-07 23:54

so jelly of this middleeasy background

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+2 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-05-07 23:54

The Cliff Notes version of the story of MMA being legalized in New York:

-MMA will never be legalized in New York.
-MMA may have a chance of being legalized in New York.
-MMA will never be legalized in New York.
-Bob Reilly is Satan incarnate.
-Bob Reilly has stepped down... MMA LEGAL IN NEW YORK TOMORROW!
-MMA will never be legalized in New York.

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+1 # Guest 2012-05-08 07:18

At this point MMA is on plenty of major networks, it generates billions globally as a sport, it's proven to be safer than other sports and NewYork is making it's self look silly to the rest of the world.

MMA doesn't need newyork in the slightest, every other major city in the world has MMA events, the fact NYC doesn't just makes NYC look moronic/insanel y corrupt to every other country/ city in the world.

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+1 # SenorStubbypants 2012-05-08 13:26

Quoting Datroof:

At this point MMA is on plenty of major networks, it generates billions globally as a sport, it's proven to be safer than other sports and NewYork is making it's self look silly to the rest of the world.

MMA doesn't need newyork in the slightest, every other major city in the world has MMA events, the fact NYC doesn't just makes NYC look moronic/insanely corrupt to every other country/ city in the world.

Yes but no matter how many chicks you're banging, you always want the one who won't give it up just to prove you can.

That being said, I hate my state.

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0 # Guest 2012-05-08 18:00

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I guess the only thing we have left to look forward to is this entire 2012 Mayan Apocalypse coming this December to a country near you. I'll see you guys in the afterlife -- let's just hope MMA is legalized there.

Mayan shmayan... the Bible predicts the future and it says Jesus is coming back, probably in the near future. Now, I don't know about this MMA fighting. All I know is that if you aren't saved when He returns some day it's gonna smack you in the face on the day of Judgment (Hebrews 9:27). So be ready for that. Thank you so much.

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