The worlds largest mixed martial arts promotion company, Ultimate Fighting Championship, has been brawling with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for two years, hoping to persuade a federal judge to lift a 1997 ban on MMA matches in the state. Schneiderman still hasn’t beat the case, but UFC’s lawyers at Morrison & Foerster barely managed to cling to the ropes (or stay in the cage, as it were) in a ruling Monday.
Southern District Judge Kimba Wood (See Profile) largely sided with the state in Monday’s decision, rejecting UFC’s claims that New York’s Combative Sport ban violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, and the equal protection and commerce clauses. Wood did, however, green-light the UFC’s claim that the ban is unconstitutionally vague as applied and therefore runs afoul of the due process clause.
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