Rumors on UFC's BIG Announcment **Update**

[Keithlewis]

[WESTWOOD303]

OH SHIT!!! I hate surprises!!

[Keithlewis]

New York Still Has NOT Voted on Legalizing MMA


The legalization of mixed martial arts in the state of New York has been delayed according to representatives in New York State Assemblyman Steve Englebright’s office. Englebright, who introduced the bill, has reportedly voted against it.

When the UFC cancelled a “HUGE” announcement for Thursday, reports began appearing that the Tourism, Arts, and Sports Development committee had voted down the bill introduced to them that would sanction the sport of MMA in the state of New York. The vote is now scheduled for next week.

This vote has been widely reported – rumored that Dana White and the UFC thought the vote was in the bag and they would be able to announce a future event in New York.

[ArmyofDarkness]

I THOUGHT THE BIG NEWS WAS THE TOY DEAL!

[NWOWolfpack]

UFC president Dana White further clarifies his position on the big announcement:

"I’m doing it Tuesday. Let me tell you how out of [expletive deleted] control that thing is. I was talking to ESPN and [the reporter] was talking about competition and I said, ‘Let me tell you what. People have been trying to compete with the UFC for years, even before we bought it. The last big one everyone thought was a big threat ... was the IFL. They went public, raised 800-[expletive deleted] million dollars, then they were talking about doing fighter benefits and stuff. They got the first network deal and those other guys weren’t the first on. They got time on 60 Minutes with us when 60 Minutes did their piece on us, and now the IFL is gone. They are [expletive deleted] down, their stock is worth half a cent (Editor's note: IFLI closed today at $0.02). That’s what we were talking about that day and I said I’m going to make an announcement to my employees that shows everyone exactly where this business is going in the next couple years.

I said I wanted to make the announcement to my employees, so it’s not even like I was making a big announcement to the media. If I was doing that I would’ve had a big news conference and then gone off to London. I wanted to wait until I was back to do it.

It’s a big [expletive deleted] announcement, it’s a big [expletive deleted] deal but I got a lot of other stuff we’re working on right now. It was never anything I said I was going to announce to the media.

I wanted to do it after I got back from England and I got back late Wednesday. Also, all of our people are going to be in town next week for The Ultimate Fighter finale. All of our production guys, Joe Rogan, I mean everyone who works for the UFC is coming to it."



----Who the [expletive deleted] knows what the hell Dana has to announce but it is sounding less and less like it will be big news for the fans!

[Keithlewis]

Dana White's Big Announcement:

Yahoo Sports is reporting that Lorenzo Fertitta is resigning from his post at the president of Station Casinos to work full-time in expanding UFC.

Fertitta is leaving a post where he was the second highest paid casino executive in Las Vegas in 2007, earning a total of $113.8 million.

Frank Fertitta III will become the man in charge of Station Casinos at CEO and retain 45% ownership in UFC, while Lorenzo Fertitta will work alongside Dana White as the co-heads of UFC.


WOW!

[WESTWOOD303]

Who cares!!!!!