According to Amtrak's timetables, it takes a mere 18 minutes to get from Newark Penn Station, located a few blocks from the Prudential Center, to New York's Penn Station, which sits underneath Madison Square Garden.
And yet that short hop over the state line seems so, so far away.
The UFC once again had to pull the plug on a planned New York City debut date. The Empire State's asinine ban on mixed martial arts remains in place, meaning a planned April 23 MSG date needed to be scrapped.
But as the UFC once again brought its revenue across the river to New Jersey, this time for UFC on FOX 18 on Saturday night, it remains committed to its effort to get the sport legalized in New York.