Awesome!!!! i was just looking at the rule sets in Illinois the other day, and one glaring thing was a rule of "No elbow or forearm strikes of any kind." and i thought well that rules out any UFC venues here... I did figure it would change eventually. every Dec here theres a Shudokan Tournament (3 rounds 1st is bare knuckle karate, 2nd is kickboxing with padded gloves, 3rd puts the small MMA gloves on and while standing its a striking allowed, but once a persons knee touches the ground it's grappling only since illinois had no GnP rule), and this last december Illinois allowed Nevada rules except the elbows, and allowed GnP. so i knew changes were comming, just not this quick!!!
I cant wait!! we got an IFL Team here, and UFC may be comming shortly!!!
and yes AA trains in Northbrook and Downtown Chicago, ovation for him would be absolutly HUGE!!!!