UFC 205: A Look Back on Historic Night Nine Years Later from MSG

UFC 205, the November 2016 pay-per-view from the No. 1 MMA promotion in the world was, without a doubt, a most-historic evening of action in New York City. Although boxing events were and are a mainstay at the World’s Most Famous Arena, MMA cards were forbidden.

A little history lesson: Back in 1997, during the early days of the UFC, the promotion was scheduled to hold its 12th flagship event, UFC 12: Judgement Day, in Niagara Falls on the US-Canada border in New York State. New York eventually disallowed the promotion sanctioning rights for the show on the day prior to the card, and subsequently the sport of MMA was banned from the state as a whole.

This was the second US state to disallow…