{"id":191719,"date":"2016-04-14T08:36:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191719"},"modified":"2016-04-14T08:36:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:36:10","slug":"video-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-signs-bill-legalizing-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-signs-bill-legalizing-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs bill legalizing MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMA2NY?src=hash\">#MMA2NY<\/a> is OFFICIAL!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qY86hnszy6\">pic.twitter.com\/qY86hnszy6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/720627109215907840\">April 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill officially <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/thrilled-members-mma-community-react-new-yorks-mma-legalization\/\">legalizing MMA in New York<\/a>, 19 years after it was banned in The Empire State.  The UFC then proceeded to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/ufc-announces\/\">announce its inaugural event<\/a> in New York at the Madison Square Garden on November 12th.<\/p>\n<p>In the video above you can see New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signing the bill legalizing MMA, with Lorenzo Fertitta, Ronda Rousey, and Chris Weidman watching over his shoulder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#MMA2NY is OFFICIAL!!! pic.twitter.com\/qY86hnszy6 &mdash; UFC (@ufc) April 14, 2016 Earlier today New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill officially legalizing MMA in New York, 19 years after it was banned in The Empire State. 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