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UFC's First Amendment path to legalization?

November 19, 2011 6:45 PM By MARK LA MONICA mark.lamonica@newsday.com

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Photo credit: UFC Photo | Jon "Bones" Jones destroyed Matt Hamill at The Ultimate Finale on Dec. 5, 2009, but referee Steve Mazzagatti disqualified him for an illegal 12-6 elbow.

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