On this day in MMA history we are taking a look back at a pivotal night in the UFC’s light heavyweight division, a controversial TKO and the last night for one of MMA’s pioneering organizations.
In 2016 New York finally agreed to allow MMA back into the state. After reversing its 1997 ban on the sport, for the first time ever, MMA — as we know it today — was legal across the entire United States.
The first UFC event to take place since the lifting of the ban was the historic UFC 205 card at Madison Square Garden.