{"id":184096,"date":"2016-01-30T07:29:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T15:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=184096"},"modified":"2016-01-30T11:38:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T19:38:02","slug":"watch-weidman-confident-mma-in-new-york-will-be-legal-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/watch-weidman-confident-mma-in-new-york-will-be-legal-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH! Weidman opens up on loss to Luke Rockhold &#038; MMA in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Weidman: &quot;I Know There Will Be MMA in New York in 2016&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/npqxD8N9H-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recently the UFC&#8217;s attempt to hold a UFC event in New York at the Madison Square Garden for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/fertitta-talks-jones-vs-dc-ii-in-new-york\/\">Jones vs. Cormier II<\/a> was shot down.<\/p>\n<p>As of right now, MMA is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-issues-statement-after-new-york-judge-blocks-mma-event\/\">still illegal<\/a> in New York, however with that being said former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is confident that will be changed sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Weidman discusses his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-luke-rockhold-defeats-chris-weidman\/\">loss to Luke Rockhold<\/a> at UFC 194, and his plans for a return to the Octagon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently the UFC&#8217;s attempt to hold a UFC event in New York at the Madison Square Garden for Jones vs. Cormier II was shot down. 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