{"id":191841,"date":"2016-04-15T22:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T05:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191841"},"modified":"2016-04-15T22:55:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T05:55:14","slug":"ufc-eyes-event-at-yankee-stadium-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lorenzo-fertitta\/ufc-eyes-event-at-yankee-stadium-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC eyes event at Yankee Stadium in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week news broke that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-signs-bill-legalizing-mma\/\">officially signed the bill<\/a> legalizing MMA in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC promptly announced its inaugural event in New York at the Madison Square Garden on November 12th, which was later <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/frankie-edgar\/frankie-edgar-eyes-big-fight-at-ufc-new-york\/\">revealed to be UFC 205.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As if a show at the Madison Square Garden isn&#8217;t enough, now the UFC is eyeing an event at Yankee Stadium according to UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/mixed-martial-arts\/ufc-interested-in-holding-card-at-yankee-stadium-next-summer-1.11697148\" target=\"_blank\">Newsday<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;There\u2019s a bunch of other venues we want to go to,&#8221; said Fertitta. &#8220;We want to go to Barclays, we\u2019ve had discussions with Yankee Stadium to do something next summer there.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week news broke that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had officially signed the bill legalizing MMA in New York. 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