Company president Dana White said in March that the UFC was holding a date in New York, hedging its bet that this would be the year that the New York State Assembly finally legalizes professional mixed martial arts in the state.
White on Thursday confirmed to Newsday “we have a date” reserved in December for Madison Square Garden in New York.
While he didn’t reveal what that date was, about the only ones that make sense for such a monumental event would be UFC 194 on Dec. 5 or UFC on FOX 17 on Dec. 19. But the magnitude of the promotion’s debut in New York would almost certainly command a pay-per-view event, and Newsday cited an anonymous source that indicated Dec.