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One wouldn't think that there was much similarity - indeed any at all - between horse racing and mixed martial arts. But now it looks as if there is: Various state athletic commissions - especially the Nevada State Athletic Commission - have been handing out draconian suspensions to fighters who have tested "positive" for substances contained in products that be purchased over the counter at any GNC outlet, causing a costly drain of some of the sport's biggest live and pay-per-view draws - like Jon Jones, who many if not most regard as the greatest MMA fighter ever.
If the Stronachs go through with this, they may very well be vindicated in the long run - but not before turning California into the same ghost town for racing as New York became for baseball when the Dodgers and the Giants left town - ironically, for California.
Call it The Big Apple's Revenge.
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