State Assemblyman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) likened MMA to the savages of slavery and police brutality, hinting at the case where Eric Garner died after he was placed in a chokehold by police in Staten Island in 2014.Īssemblywoman Angela Wozniak (C-Cheektowaga) said she was a worried “this bill doesn’t do anything about” policing sex offenders.Ĭoncerns about traumatic brain injury were also cited by a few legislators.
O'Donnell was hardly the only dissenter for a bill that will clear the way for UFC and other sanctioning bodies to hold fights in the state, which passed by an unofficial tally of 113-25. O'Donnell, the brother of actress Rosie O'Donnell, concluded his remarks by saying that he would “take a cold shower” and hopes the state would remain the only one in the nation where pro MMA would remain banned. That’s gay porn with a different ending.” You have two nearly naked, hot men trying to dominate each other.
“I thought I should learn a little bit about (MMA),” said Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell (D-Manhattan), who is gay. A bill that would legalize professional mixed martial arts was finally passed by the New York State Assembly on Tuesday – although not without some scrutiny by legislators.
