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In other news, the UFC booked MSG for an April fight, and announced it. Then they promptly filed a lawsuit in federal court asking a judge to declare the NY law that the NYSAC relies on to ban MMA unconstitutionally vague. If they don't get the injunction, the fight is off. (or probably moved to NJ)

If this sounds far-fetched, it actually could have a chance. A similar lawsuit was tossed earlier this year, but the judge who tossed it only did so because she reluctantly agreed that the UFC did not have standing to sue because they never actually tried to hold an event in NY. She blasted the NY law in her opinion and strongly suggested the UFC try again if they can show standing. Well, the UFC decided to take her advice, and this whole show of booking the garden, reaching an agreement with the WKA to sanction the fights, and announcing an event should pretty much take care of standing to sue.

The UFC is basically saying to whichever judge gets this case "look, we would have won if he had standing to sue. Well now we do, so just take a look at the evidence in this other case and the facts and opinions this other judge reached, and just give this to us right now, please."