Chris Weidman A federal judge today denied UFC parent company Zuffa a preliminary injunction that would have allowed the promotion to hold an April 23 event at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. That nixes UFC 198, which the UFC announced in hopes of pushing its way into the state after years of legislative maneuvers were unsuccessful. An email requesting comment from the UFC was not immediately returned. According to an order issued today by New York district court judge Kimba M.