MMA Media Needs to Be Honest With Itself | SiriusXM | Luke Thomas


After MMA media were apparently told not to ask questions about Greg Hardy being on the same card as Rachael Ostovich at the UFC 231 presser, there’s been lots of hand wringing about what the media response should be. The Mixed Martial Arts Journalists Association (MMAJA) did some work in pushing back against the organization, but there’s a broader discussion to be had, namely, why there is so much anti-media feeling and what organizations like the MMAJA can do to restore faith in the practice. While I believe there are concrete steps that can be taken to fix many of the problems, I’m less convinced the organization as it currently operates is the one to do it. Moreover, to really restore public trust, MMA media needs to be honest with itself about why there’s a credibility gap to begin with.



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20 Comments

  1. The media is the only ones making a big deal out of this. Rachel is fine with it, Greg hardy and UFC is fine with it.
    What's the problem?

  2. Luke getting nervous he gotta face Hardy after all that trash talking without facts!😢

  3. Luke it's YOU too. You've called yourself a journalist in the past and have NEVER asked a tough question to the UFC regarding any real issues.
    It's EVERYONE involved in MMA "journalism"

  4. Luke refusing to join the mma journalist association and yet keeps harping the fighters for not creating a union. I don't know why I still listen to this guy

  5. Hardy should not be in the UFC. Dude is nothing but a thug. He should be in One or Bellator, not in the UFC.

    It's only other weak wife beaters who defend these low life bums. They can hit women but most of them don't have balls to fight another man on the street.

    I respect bank robbers more than I do wife beaters. Being a bank robber takes some guts, being a wife beater doesn't take any courage. Wife beaters are equivalent to child molesters. They prey on the weak.

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