{"id":190423,"date":"2016-03-25T22:29:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T05:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190423"},"modified":"2016-03-25T22:29:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T05:29:33","slug":"ufc-hoping-to-bring-mma-into-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lorenzo-fertitta\/ufc-hoping-to-bring-mma-into-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC hoping to bring MMA to the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While at one point in time MMA was regarded as &#8216;barbaric&#8217; given the lack of rules, earlier this month New York became the final state to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/mma-officially-legalized-in-new-york\/\">fully legalize MMA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With MMA now legal in all 50 states, the UFC is eyeing the most prestigious platform in all of sports, the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/olympics\/35671813\" target=\"_blank\">BBC.com<\/a> to discuss his goal of MMA eventually being in the Olympics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The Olympics are a business and they want to attract those younger viewers for all these big television deals,&#8221; said Lorenzo Fertitta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where we&#8217;re going with UFC, eventually we (MMA) will be part of the Olympics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what the kids want to watch &#8211; and that&#8217;s where we are going,&#8221; <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While boxing is already an Olympic sport, do you think that one day we will see MMA in the Olympic games?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While at one point in time MMA was regarded as &#8216;barbaric&#8217; given the lack of rules, earlier this month New York became the final state to fully legalize MMA. 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