As the New York State Athletic Commission prepares to regular professional MMA, Mookie Alexander looks at some of the oft-criticized commission's most controversial boxing incidents over the past 16 years.
On September 1st, professional MMA events can officially be staged in the state of New York, who finally legalized the sport just a few months ago. The UFC will be headed to Madison Square Garden on November 12th, with plans to hold a Fight Night event somewhere upstate before the end of the year. The New York State Athletic Commission will be overseeing all MMA events, which theoretically is a massive sigh of relief given the truly frightening tales of unregulated amateur MMA in the state.