What was supposed to be the final week of the New York Assembly session has come and gone without a bill passed to legalize professional mixed martial arts in the state, but UFC's hopes of running in New York this year are very much still alive.
Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle said on Friday that he expects a vote on the bill to take place sometime in the upcoming week, as the Assembly has extended its session.
"I certainly remain hopeful," said Morelle in speaking to reporters about the bill that he sponsored. "We had a couple of members who could not be here for family reasons, so I didn't want to take a chance,.