UFC, Arenas Fight for MMA Ticket Tax Cut in NY Budget Talks

The Ultimate Fighting Championship and two New York arenas are pushing New York lawmakers to cut the tax on mixed martial arts tickets, with hope that the measure gets wrapped into a final state budget plan under negotiation ahead of a Monday deadline.

Bill backers say not only is the tax too high compared with other states, it’s much higher than other combat sports like boxing and wrestling.

Zuffa LLC—an entity owned by the parent organization of UFC, the leading MMA promotion company—has paid $10,000 to Brown & Weinraub Advisors LLC this year to lobby on legislation that would cut ...