{"id":138519,"date":"2015-04-17T09:17:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T16:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=138519"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:36:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:36:23","slug":"dana-white-confirms-dec-5-booking-madison-square-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-confirms-dec-5-booking-madison-square-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Confirms Dec. 5 Booking Of Madison Square Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dana.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dana.png\" alt=\"Dana1\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dana.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dana-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dana-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dana-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have a date. You know we&#8217;re going to have a lot of New Yorkers fighting on the New York card. We do that in every market we go in. Plus, the first ever at the Garden, I mean, some of these guys&#8217; dreams are to fight at the Garden.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even though kickboxing and boxing are legal in the state of New York, mixed martial arts is still illegal&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-cautiously-optimistic-mma-will-hit-new-york-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but that may change soon<\/a>! In case MMA gets legalized in the coming months, Dana White told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/mixed-martial-arts\/ufc-reserves-december-date-at-madison-square-garden-in-case-mma-becomes-legal-in-new-york-this-year-1.10280488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsday<\/a> he has reserved a date at the world&#8217;s most famous arena in Madison Square Garden on December 5th!<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see headline the pay-per-view if it ever materializes?<\/p>\n<p><strong>REPLAY!UFC President Dana White Forced To Separate VanZant &#038; Herrig at the UFC on FOX 15 Media Day! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C \nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/. \n--><\/p>\n<p><script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"myExperience4178276564001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4178276564001\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. 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