Abina Alberta: 'You don’t bounce back from hitting a woman': Is this UFC's biggest lie?

Abina Alberta

'You don't bounce back from hitting a woman': Is this UFC's biggest lie? Jan 17th 2019, 10:32, by Vanessa Angel MMA fighters are nearly four times more likely to be arrested for domestic violence than NFL players. But UFC does not want to talk about the issue This Saturday former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy — a man once convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend — will make his official UFC debut. To add to the controversy, Hardy is scheduled to compete on the same fight card as Rachel Ostovich, who suffered a broken orbital bone during an alleged attack by her husband. Her husband, Arnold Berdon, was arrested for attempted second-degree murder but was later charged with second degree assault. The UFC's decision to do business with Hardy and promote him on a fight card featuring an alleged victim of assault emphasizes the promotion's tone-deaf approach to handling domestic violence and its apparent disregard for fighters' violent pasts. Continue reading... from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2HhBhWY

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