The UFC just celebrated its 30th anniversary, but for many of those years, the Las Vegas-based fight company was not permitted to run events in every state. Most notably in New York.
It wasn’t until 2016 that the promotion was allowed to run its first event in The Empire State after years of battling with state legislators.
“The Las Vegas Culinary Union is what was keeping us out of New York because the Fertittas are a non-union casino,” Dana White explained during an appearance on the Full Send podcast with the Nelk Boys.