Watch Thursday's UFC Press Conference At Madison Square Garden Live at 2 p.m. EST (STREAMING VIDEO)

On Thurs., Jan. 13, UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar (#1 Lightweight) will join UFC executives Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and and Scott O’Neil, the president of Madison Square Garden Sports, for a press conference at MSG’s Club Bar & Grill. The press conference – which will stream live on FIGHT! at 2 p.m. EST – is being held to announce a plan to bring the UFC to MSG as soon as the New York legislature approves the regulation of MMA.

The press conference will take place Thursday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. ET in the Club Bar & Grill at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and will also run live on UFC.COM. The UFC will also release a new economic impact study during the press conference which details the economic benefits of regulating MMA in New York State. New York is one of only nine American states that do not regulate the sport. The UFC has promoted cards in all of the major urban areas surrounding New York City, including Boston, Mass., Philadelphia, Penn., and Newark, NJ. The promotion will return to New Jersey for UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans on March 19.