Santa MONICA (March 22, 2016) - I teie mahana, te State o New York haere ture e ka tukua te hākinakina o toi hōia whakauru ki te heke i te "Empire State."

Bellator MMA peresideni Scott Coker i tenei ki te mea e pā ana ki te fanongonongo rohe:

"Pōti te New York Assembly o ki te whakamana i MMA ko te taime wai kei mo tenei hākinakina maere. Ka rite ki te tangata kua nei kua whakatairanga hākinakina whawhai hoki neke atu i te 30 tau, Ko te wa rawa whakaongaonga hoki i konatunatua toi hōia tenei. Kei te nui atu tatou i Bellator MMA titiro atu ki te whakahaere i tētahi kaupapa i roto i te 'Karauna Jewel o Amerika,’ New York. Two Bellator champions, Liam McGeary ko Marcos Galvao karanga New York kāinga me mohio ahau tikanga reira he mahi nui ki te rua o ratou, rite e te reira mo te whakatairanga katoa. Kua kua kua matou i roto i te whakapā atu ki te iwi nui i te Center Barclays me rave rahi atu wāhi maere, a kore e taea e tatou e tatari kawe hohoro tatou kaitäkaro-ao te piha, me whakaaturanga mahi-Kikī ki te ao i roto i te Empire State.”