Ultimate Fighting Championship / Mixed Martial Arts
ADVOCACY GROUPS CALL ON DEFENSE SECRETARY TO CEASE FUNDING OF ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP, August 1, 2012. See letter to the Secretary of Defense.
ANDERSON SILVA'S BROKEN LEG WAS NO FREAK ACCIDENT, Sean Gregory, Keeping Score Blog, Time, December 29, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Time, Inc.
ANDY JOBS PLAN: RING IT ON! ~ FIGHTERS BOOST MMA AT CAPITOL, Erik Kriss, New York Post, Albany, NY: April 24, 2013. Copyright © 2013 NYP Holdings, Inc.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH WARNS UFC ABOUT FIGHTERS; SEXIST, HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS, E. J Schultz, Advertising Age, April 25, 2012. Copyright © 1994-2013 Crain Communications.
ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS TEAM UP TO TAKE DOWN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BILL, Kenneth Lovett, New York Daily News, Albany, NY: June 9, 2013. Copyright © 2013 NYDailyNews.com.
BOSTON BOMBERS HAD MMA, WRESTLING CONNECTIONS, Nate Wilcox, SB Nation, April 19, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Vox Media, Inc.
CAGE FIGHTING IS NOT A SPORT (fact sheet).
CLERGY JOIN FIGHT AGAINST SANCTIONED MMA, Jessica String, Legislative Gazette, Albany NY: May 6, 2013. Copyright © 1999-2013 Linear Publishing.
CLERGY JUMPING INTO NY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT, Michael Virtanen, San Francisco Chronicle, Albany, NY: April 30, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Hearst Communications Inc.
COPS: EX-UFC STAR VANDALIZED CHURCH, Franklin McNeil, ESPN, August 14, 2012. Copyright © 2012 ESPN Internet Ventures.
CUOMO BACKS PRO MMA ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS ~ TENTATIVELY, New York Business Journal, April 24, 2013. Copyright © 2013 American CIty Business Journals.
CUOMO SAYS HE'S OPEN TO LIFTING MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BAN, Jon Campbell, pressconnects.com, Albany, NY: March 12, 2013. Copyright © 2013 www.pressconnects.com.
DEAD BOMBING SUSPECT WANTED TO COMPETE AS US OLYMPIC BOXER, Daniel Strauss, Blog Briefing Room, The Hill, Washington, DC: April 19, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.
DEBATE SURROUNDS MIXED MARTIAL-ARTS BAN, John McLoughlin, WNYT-TV, Albany, NY: April 23, 2013. Copyright © 2013 WNYT-TV, LLC.
DONTÉ STALLWORTH, WIDE RECEIVER, JOINS GROUP FIGHTING HOMOPHOBIA IN SPORTS [UPDATE], Amanda Terkel, The Huffington Post, April 10, 2013. Copyright © 2013 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
FOES BATTLE N.Y. MIXED-MARTIAL ARTS BILL, Haley Viccaro, USA Today, April 30, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Gannett.
FORMER UFC WELTERWEIGHT RORY MARKHAM ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY, Kyle Symes, Bleacher Report, November 3, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Bleacher Report, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
FRANCE SAYS "NON!" TO LAS VEGAS UFC-STYLE CAGE FIGHTING, Unite Here!, Business Wire, Las Vegas, NV: July 22, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Business Wire.
FRENCH UPHOLD BAN ON UFC, ESPN.co.uk, July 22, 2013. Copyright © 2013 ESPN Sports Media Ltd.
GOV. CUOMO SAYS MONEY IS TICKET FOR LEGALIZING MMA FIGHTING IN NEW YORK; HE SAYS HE OCCASIONALLY WATCHES CAGE FIGHTS, Kenneth Lovett, New York Daily News, Albany, NY: March 12, 2013. Copyright © 2013 NYDailyNews.com.
GROUPS CALL ON MARINES TO SEVER TIES WITH UFC, Jennifer Hlad, Stars and Stripes, Washington, DC: August 21, 2012. Copyright © 2012 Stars and Stripes.
GSP WANTS UFC TO ABOLISH ROUNDS; CRAVES OLD MMA FORMAT, David King, Yahoo! Sports, April 24, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Yahoo! Inc.
INCIDENTS OF MISOGYNY AND SEXISM IN THE UFC, January 2013.
JOHNSON VS. DODSON, UFC, Chicago, IL: January 24, 2013.
JON 'WAR MACHINE' KOPPENHAVER APPREHENDED BY POLICE AFTER FLEEING ARREST, Steven Rondina, Bleacher Report, August 15, 2014. Copyright © 2014 Bleacher Report, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
JOSEPH TORREZ, MMA FIGHTER, FENDS OFF 4 ATTACKERS, KILLING 1 DURING HOME INVASION: POLICE, The Huffington Post, January 6, 2014. Copyright © 2014 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
KID FIGHT CLUB? MOM DEFENDS SON IN MMA LEAGUE, Danny Fell, HLN TV, February 4, 2013. Copyright © 2013 HLNtv.com Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
LAWMAKERS EYE MILITARY SPORTS SPONSORSHIP BUDGET FOR CUTS, Lauren French, Reuters, Washington, DC: July 16, 2012. Copyright © 2012 Thomson Reuters.
LAWMAKERS WHEEL ON NASCAR, David Rogers, POLITICO, Arlington, VA: July 17, 2012. Copyright © 2012 POLITICO LLC.
LAWMAKERS, CLERGY OPPOSE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS ON MORAL GROUNDS, Jessica Bakeman, Politics on the Hudson, April 30, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Politics on the Hudson.
LETTER TO FOX NETWORK, UFC, AND UFC SPONSORS ~ PULL RAMPAGE JACKSON OFF THE JAN. 26 CHICAGO FIGHT CARD, signed by various advocacy groups, January 24, 2013. Note: The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence signed onto this letter. Read Incidents of Misogyny and Sexism in the UFC.
ANDERSON SILVA'S BROKEN LEG WAS NO FREAK ACCIDENT, Sean Gregory, Keeping Score Blog, Time, December 29, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Time, Inc.
ANDY JOBS PLAN: RING IT ON! ~ FIGHTERS BOOST MMA AT CAPITOL, Erik Kriss, New York Post, Albany, NY: April 24, 2013. Copyright © 2013 NYP Holdings, Inc.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH WARNS UFC ABOUT FIGHTERS; SEXIST, HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS, E. J Schultz, Advertising Age, April 25, 2012. Copyright © 1994-2013 Crain Communications.
ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS TEAM UP TO TAKE DOWN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BILL, Kenneth Lovett, New York Daily News, Albany, NY: June 9, 2013. Copyright © 2013 NYDailyNews.com.
BOSTON BOMBERS HAD MMA, WRESTLING CONNECTIONS, Nate Wilcox, SB Nation, April 19, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Vox Media, Inc.
CAGE FIGHTING IS NOT A SPORT (fact sheet).
CLERGY JOIN FIGHT AGAINST SANCTIONED MMA, Jessica String, Legislative Gazette, Albany NY: May 6, 2013. Copyright © 1999-2013 Linear Publishing.
CLERGY JUMPING INTO NY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT, Michael Virtanen, San Francisco Chronicle, Albany, NY: April 30, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Hearst Communications Inc.
COPS: EX-UFC STAR VANDALIZED CHURCH, Franklin McNeil, ESPN, August 14, 2012. Copyright © 2012 ESPN Internet Ventures.
CUOMO BACKS PRO MMA ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS ~ TENTATIVELY, New York Business Journal, April 24, 2013. Copyright © 2013 American CIty Business Journals.
CUOMO SAYS HE'S OPEN TO LIFTING MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BAN, Jon Campbell, pressconnects.com, Albany, NY: March 12, 2013. Copyright © 2013 www.pressconnects.com.
DEAD BOMBING SUSPECT WANTED TO COMPETE AS US OLYMPIC BOXER, Daniel Strauss, Blog Briefing Room, The Hill, Washington, DC: April 19, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.
DEBATE SURROUNDS MIXED MARTIAL-ARTS BAN, John McLoughlin, WNYT-TV, Albany, NY: April 23, 2013. Copyright © 2013 WNYT-TV, LLC.
DONTÉ STALLWORTH, WIDE RECEIVER, JOINS GROUP FIGHTING HOMOPHOBIA IN SPORTS [UPDATE], Amanda Terkel, The Huffington Post, April 10, 2013. Copyright © 2013 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
FOES BATTLE N.Y. MIXED-MARTIAL ARTS BILL, Haley Viccaro, USA Today, April 30, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Gannett.
FORMER UFC WELTERWEIGHT RORY MARKHAM ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY, Kyle Symes, Bleacher Report, November 3, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Bleacher Report, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
FRANCE SAYS "NON!" TO LAS VEGAS UFC-STYLE CAGE FIGHTING, Unite Here!, Business Wire, Las Vegas, NV: July 22, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Business Wire.
FRENCH UPHOLD BAN ON UFC, ESPN.co.uk, July 22, 2013. Copyright © 2013 ESPN Sports Media Ltd.
GOV. CUOMO SAYS MONEY IS TICKET FOR LEGALIZING MMA FIGHTING IN NEW YORK; HE SAYS HE OCCASIONALLY WATCHES CAGE FIGHTS, Kenneth Lovett, New York Daily News, Albany, NY: March 12, 2013. Copyright © 2013 NYDailyNews.com.
GROUPS CALL ON MARINES TO SEVER TIES WITH UFC, Jennifer Hlad, Stars and Stripes, Washington, DC: August 21, 2012. Copyright © 2012 Stars and Stripes.
GSP WANTS UFC TO ABOLISH ROUNDS; CRAVES OLD MMA FORMAT, David King, Yahoo! Sports, April 24, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Yahoo! Inc.
INCIDENTS OF MISOGYNY AND SEXISM IN THE UFC, January 2013.
JOHNSON VS. DODSON, UFC, Chicago, IL: January 24, 2013.
JON 'WAR MACHINE' KOPPENHAVER APPREHENDED BY POLICE AFTER FLEEING ARREST, Steven Rondina, Bleacher Report, August 15, 2014. Copyright © 2014 Bleacher Report, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
JOSEPH TORREZ, MMA FIGHTER, FENDS OFF 4 ATTACKERS, KILLING 1 DURING HOME INVASION: POLICE, The Huffington Post, January 6, 2014. Copyright © 2014 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
KID FIGHT CLUB? MOM DEFENDS SON IN MMA LEAGUE, Danny Fell, HLN TV, February 4, 2013. Copyright © 2013 HLNtv.com Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
LAWMAKERS EYE MILITARY SPORTS SPONSORSHIP BUDGET FOR CUTS, Lauren French, Reuters, Washington, DC: July 16, 2012. Copyright © 2012 Thomson Reuters.
LAWMAKERS WHEEL ON NASCAR, David Rogers, POLITICO, Arlington, VA: July 17, 2012. Copyright © 2012 POLITICO LLC.
LAWMAKERS, CLERGY OPPOSE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS ON MORAL GROUNDS, Jessica Bakeman, Politics on the Hudson, April 30, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Politics on the Hudson.
LETTER TO FOX NETWORK, UFC, AND UFC SPONSORS ~ PULL RAMPAGE JACKSON OFF THE JAN. 26 CHICAGO FIGHT CARD, signed by various advocacy groups, January 24, 2013. Note: The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence signed onto this letter. Read Incidents of Misogyny and Sexism in the UFC.
LETTERS TO NEW YORK ASSEMBLY MEMBERS...
- NCDSV Expresses Concerns about Legalization of Cage Fighting, Deborah D. Tucker, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX: January 10, 2012.
- Re: Statement Opposing Legalization of Cage Fighting in New York, signed by various religious and community leaders, February 27, 2013. Read fact sheet.
- Re: Uphold Ban Against Professional Cage Fighting in New York, signed by various advocacy groups, March 15, 2013. Note: The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence signed onto this letter.