In nearly a decade of starts and stops, professional mixed martial arts in New York has never come closer to being legal and regulated.
The bill to approve MMA will finally be voted on by the New York State Assembly next week, speaker Carl Heastie said Tuesday through a spokesperson (h/t Newsday). Heastie said the fact the bill is going to a vote means it will be passed.
It remains unclear what day the bill will be voted on. Three committees still have to approve it before it hits the Assembly floor.
But the news was so significant Tuesday that the UFC sent out a press release about it and UFC president Dana White reacted on Twitter.