« Reply #275 on: September 12, 2014, 03:11:47 PM »
Why do you think MMA has escaped scrutiny for the DV problems among some of its stars? The War Machine stuff was stomach turning. Is it just a factor of the NFL having a lot more exposure?
To call "War Machine" a star is a huge stretch. I mean he wasn't in the UFC and hadn't been in 6 years. He was in the 2nd biggest org in the U.S. (Bellator), but was far from a star in it.
But to your point MMA is fringe and MMA involves two competitors beating the crap out of each other for viewing pleasure. I think most people almost expect them to be violent outside of competition as well (most clearly are not, but that is a very wide perception) and thus when they commit violent acts it is almost expected.
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