MMA on FoxNews: Fair and balanced?

Hannity is a dumm ass – I hate that guy!!!

what do you expect from the most conservative news channel in the nation?

Sean Hannity is one of the dumbest human beings i have ever heard speak. Every topic he covers involves him speaking over whomever he is debating. Quality, not quantity, of words said wins a debate, Sean.

Dammit, no sound on my computer at work. Can’t wait to get home and see what this blowhard has to say. I’m prejudging this, but from your intro Mania it looks like another person completely uneducated in MMA talking out of the side of their neck.

Hannity is trippin a little too hard. He doesn’t know alot about mma obviously. If you take the cage away the story changes. He sees the cage and automatically is taken back to the 90’s when in was bare knuckle. (which they should do again for adults) He does take it to far.

I caught my 10 year old in an armbar yesterday. I could have pounded him out but he looked like had enough. Seriously though, I think throwing young kids in the cage is a little too much. I’m not opposed to young kids training but I don’t think they should start fighting until around 15 or so.

No! They should be in a ring so they can fall out while grappling and break their necks.
People like Hannity are too stupid to see the cage as a safety feature. Just like they are too stupid to judge this sport.
Anyway, McCain already changed his tune on MMA after he learned of the new rules.
Faux News is a joke.

are you f’ing kidding me…. first of all, that one boxing commission guy comes in and just talks complete BS, then hanity gets OWNED and has no response when the trainer claims it poses less injuries than boxing… this is rediculous

Hannity definitely takes it overboard, even refers to it as “bare knuckle fighting.” However, I agree that those kids are too young for MMA. They need to master single forms of martial arts and the discipline that is usually taught in that format. These kids aren’t ready to use the things they learn responsibly.

Well, that’s Sean Hannity for you. He is notorious for not only have a lack of fact checking, but of pretty much making of ‘facts’ as he goes along. He also takes non correlating data, uses fuzzy math on it, and comes out with ‘proof liberals are the devil’ or some such. Just remember that most FOX viewers will be dead of old age in the next 5-10 years anyway!

I think uneducated MMA people always say its brutal or barbaric. It is lack of knowledge. I do think that kids shouldnt fight in bouts yet, they should just train.

I completely agree that this sport is not for kids, but Fox just gets it wrong from the start. Sheesh, and the way they he says at the end, “you’re rationalizing.” ridiculous.

I agree with Iss-man. I don’t believe kids under 15 should be involved
Hannity’s a tool!!! He’s trying to make the cage sound brutal
Funny when asked how many of those were Martial Artists,
“Eh, many and I’ll ask em”
Gimp

i’m not buying the “safe” pitch. tell me where they get their stats. i bet those numbers are just as slanted as Hannity’s reporting.

… how about start by asking each loser kid “are you hurt?”

I am a huge Sean Hannity fan. I disagree with him totally here! If you listen, Sean had no arguement for the fact that the guy put forth in terms of safety. It looks brutal, but it’s not. Period

First off, the kids haven’t even mastered 1 martial art, much less mma. Kids should train for mma, not particpate. And as for the news coverage, eeeewwww. I watch fox news more than any other news channel, but good grief, there so stupid some times. Better than the clinton news channel.

And to the comment above, I’m 18. not 97.

good ol fox….

I watched the first 45 seconds and couldn’t watch any more. What an insult to the sport.

I think it’s stupid having children compete in MMA. As much as any of us would like to deny it, MMA has a component of brutality to it. There are also components of skill and technique. If we are teaching children MMA, we need to focus on the skill and technique aspects of MMA. Children should wait till they are older to compete.

Uneducated MMA people like Hannity shouldn’t comment on MMA it really just perpetuates other uneducated MMA people to past judgement without understanding the sport.

I for one, so far think it’s ok for kids to compete in MMA. I like what I hear about the rules n protective gear and would like to find out more before giving my stamp of approval.

I don’t dislike Sean Hannity but he’s just not educated on the subject. I honestly think he views it as the “old” UFC with basically no rules, weight classes, etc. He absulutely doesn’t understand the “A” in MMA. I’m not real sure what to think about young children competing…but I see nothing wrong in training.

I don’t see why people would be so offended by this. There are kids already fighting in kickboxing, boxing, and other various frms of martial artist fighting. This kids in this mma video are doing the exact same thing only they can take thier opponent down (wrestling). They can’t punch to the face on the ground. Also as noted the gloves they are wearing are bigger then the standard mma gloves.

I think you’re more prone to get serious injuries with almost any other sport more than what these kids will be recieving. I watched this video for 45 seconds and was excited to see these kids getting to do something I would have loved to do when I was that age.

Looked alot more to me like organized sparring, MMA is becoming mainstream and it is very easy for the blind to lead blind in ignorant attacks that have no merit, the trainer there said it had less injuries then bowling… I guess there is no need today for reporters to have any facts, just an uneducated opinion

What a dumbass!

Hockey, wrestling, boxing anyone?
Random fighting by siblings?

Funny that it is a conservative jumping on this
because it sounds like a pansy liberal idea for
kids not to practice mma.

I just saw a story this morning about 20,000 kids
go to the hospital because of gymnastic injuries.

What a donkey. Any network that would give a moron like that a regular spot to spew his ignorance is a joke. But I guess it is Fox so what do u expect. Inviting that coach on and then ambushing him. Someone should do a story on that.

of course it’s brutal. should kids be competing in a sport where the oject is to pound the other kid out in submission? no. but on another note, kids break bones, die, lose fingers, with shit like skateboarding and hockey as well.

i just can’t stand it when some news channels deem they’ve found a new sacrifical lamb and pounce all over it with the most biased and prejudical perspective possible.

i mean, how do you ever win?

Im not really for it that much, but that guy got way wierd about it.

The news in the US is f****d up!!!!…especially fox news…you only have to look at their coverage of the “war on terror”…Hope our news in the UK does not go down the same road.

if i was a parent… i’d atleast wait until the kid was 12 before letting them compete. Just a personal thing. But this “News report” is just absurd. I don’t understand what type of people still watch Fox News.

I don’t see anything wrong with youngsters TRAINING, but maybe they should wait unitl they are 16 or 18 to begin actual MMA competition

If you guys would like to see mr. hannity and others like him exposed check out “Lying Liars and the Liars That Tell Them” by Al Franken…his style of writing makes for entertaining reading if you are not into books, check it out…

My 8 year old brother spars with 13 year olds in his karate class and gets punched in the face wearing head gear and gloves…occaisionally he has had his nose busted and bleeding…not broken, and so have many of the other kids. Sparring teaches smaller kids how to effectively defend themselves against much larger attackers…sometimes their insructor will even have a 3 on 1 sparring. Sean Hannity would get owned by any of these little kids. This Kid MMA is just adding all apsects (instead of just the striking like in my brother’s class) of the sport.

The media always blows everything out of proportion….how about all the child molesters and kid rapists out there? What kid do you give the better odds of escaping a pervert or “kidnapper” out there in the REAL WORLD…one that knows some sort of self defense? Or one who watches Barney all day and can’t wait for the next “(cr)Happy” meal at McDonalds!

Edit above post…

“Lies, and the Lying Liars That Tell Them” – Al Franken

This is a prime example of some uneducated person taking little bits and pieces of knowledge and running with it to create a story. MMA is not what it was. Do I think 6 is a little young sure. But seriously they have thicker gloves, head gear, shin guards, and a cup. With all that it makes it no dangerous than football. People like this are really just a bunch of conservative morons who would rather see there kid get his ass beat on a football field.

Rob, I agree that the U.S. media is pretty bent, but I would take any of the news outlets in the U.S. over the socialist propaganda being spewed by the BBC.

wish i had this available to me when i was a kid . all i had was little league base ball which sucked.

I think the reporter dude is a douche, I’ll start with that. However, I don’t for a second think kids that young should actually be in a cage fighting. When those kids turn 16, and they are legally old enough to drive, then they can fight. Let kids learn MMA at whatever age, 3 years old, 6 years old, whatever. But, dont let them fight until they are older.

kids fight at school or after school with no ref no protective gear and friends watching who just want to see someone get hurt real bad. i did it sean hannity did it and anyone who really stood up for their beliefs did the same. now there is a simple solution, with rules, protection, and adult supervision and dumb-asses, even like some of the people on here cant see how this would be safer. well sign me up i have 1 3yr old who i teach basic self-defense and martial arts to and a 1yr old i plan to. get real its way safer than fighting unsupervised and most people who practice martial arts have better self control.

kids fight at school or after school with no ref no protective gear and friends watching who just want to see someone get hurt real bad. i did it sean hannity did it and anyone who really stood up for their beliefs did the same. now there is a simple solution, with rules, protection, and adult supervision and dumb-a$$es, even like some of the people on here cant see how this would be safer. well sign me up i have 1 3yr old who i teach basic self-defense and martial arts to and a 1yr old i plan to. get real its way safer than fighting unsupervised and most people who practice martial arts have better self control.

you need someone articulate like joe rogan to be defending MMA when its being attacked… DW will throw in too many f bombs and start challenging people to a fight

and this guy struggled getting his point across while that juackass repeatedly interupted him and talked across him

in all seriousness with the headgear and pads on it didnt look that dangerous a sport

kids boxing is very dangerous but the match shown looked a lot like you would see in a BJJ gym

the cage gives the illusion of danger but its far safer than a ring which can be fallen out of

american football, rugby ice hockey boxing wrestling are way more dangerous than this for kids

i actually cant wait until my son is old enough for the sport. I will have no problem putting my own child in there to fight, and it is safer than boxing. How many boxers are walking around shaking and cant even dress themselves because of getting pounded over the years? Sean Hannity should have to fight Dana White before he has the right to down-talk mma

Why are people saying people shouldn’t train until they are 15. It seems like a rather arbertrary age to pick. Is a 15 year old really that much more prepared than a 14 year old? That being said I don’t believe that young kids should compete in MMA, or boxing for that matter, but they should be allowed to train. As for this report, if you can call it that, it is totally biased and completely uneducated. It had a guy talking about how brutal a sport is with no knowledge of the rules and safety regulations and precausions. Then he refuted fact after fact while continuing to contend that it was brutal and not safe when evidence to the contrary was presented to him. Fox is news for idiots by idiots.

Hannity’s reporting was terrible. We can all agree on that.

Everybody seems to be OK with Martial arts including sparring sessions and point scoring competitions. I am.

But the debatable topic is: is it ok for young kids fighting in mma competition @ 100% goal being submit the other kid? It might not be what you would chose for your kid but is it ok to have? The line has to be drawn somewhere. Safety is top issue among others.

IMO: Its definitely not for my kids and not worth finding out what we all might have guessed, that its too dangerous.

i hate hannity but i agree with him 100 precent keep the kids in cooperate sports like little league. its sad to see kids so young fighting.

these are the kids that will be whooping nerds asses in high school…

Maybe I fall into “uneducated MMA people” category.. but how is ANYBODY going to tell me that a sport, where the object of the competition is to hurt somebody out of consciousness, is safe? thats all i’m saying… common sense right? cmon now.

what a jerk

haha, McCain hasnt opposed MMA since around ten years ago, during the dark ages when the rules first came about, he was even quoted as saying, “were pleased to see the changes”

Hannity is a douche. Does anyone know of a way to contact him specifically, like “fan mail” or something. He needs to get his facts straight instead of just speaking as loud as he can to win an argument.

You know what, watching this makes me want to write a letter to the network. That was the most unbelievable monstrosity of an “interview” I’ve ever witnessed with regard to MMA. The man that was brought on to defend the sport wasn’t even granted the opportunity to talk. The poor guy wasn’t “rationalizing” anything – he was trying to state the proven facts about this sport and Hannity wasn’t having any of it. He completely wasted that guy’s time.

Kids are perfectly capable of training MMA in the same way they’re perfectly capable of boxing, or wrestling, or playing hockey, or playing rugby, or taking Tae Kwon Do/karate/kung fu. The same risk of injury and long-term effects are present in each one of those sports in much the same as they are in MMA. The kids shown in the tape were fully geared with gloves, headgear and shin pads. Worst that’s gonna happen is a kid gets the wind knocked out of him or maybe twists an ankle or breaks a rib or something – all of this can happen in other contact sports, or even in the HOME – which is where most child accidents occur ANYWAY.

I’m appalled and I feel very badly for the gentleman who was interviewed. This is a disgrace. Sure, the object might be to knock a guy out, but isn’t it the same in full contact boxing matches or karate tournaments? Why don’t people have problems with kids signing up for that?

Fuck you, Sean Hannity. Maybe they should ban douches taking up airwaves too.

Whoever came up with this kids mma thing is a dumbass. It’s one thing to allow your kids to train MMA, but to compete in a fully fledged mma match is insane.

Those parents that allow their kids to fight in the cage are horrible parents and should be seen to by social services. They should be ashamed of themselves. Let your kids train without competing, as they get older, let them compete in amateurs.

Why the heck is anybody surprised that this was covered in this manner? Hannity is a complete prat, but kids mma fights is just plain stupid.

I have been a fan and a defender of the UFC and MMA since it started back in the early 90es. I’m not a fan of adult mma for children. I don’t see it as kids being exploited but the doctor that speaks has a point that kids are still developing and shouldn’t be in full mma fights. I would be all for a version of mma, maybe just outlaw ground and pound for kids. If the fight goes to the ground kids have to wrestle or use submission and the ref should have the responsibility to stop the fight if a kid gets caught in a submission not when they tap.

ok, i agree that 15 might be a better age for kids to start doing MMA… they can still do wrestling and stuff so i dont really see a problem

i would never let my kid fight. train in a heartbeat. fight no.

all those other sports are dangerous, rugby football hockey.

but the chance of getting punch drunk at 21 from rugby? football?

much less than 10 years of competition in mma.

Yeah the one thing i will agree with what miller says is that kids arent capable of mastering one discipline let alone all of them. It is not right, sign your kids up for one of the individual disciplines, arguably they will be a better fighter in the end anyways. This type of stuff is what gives the sport a negative public image, especially when the dad’s defending are slightly sub-par in the intellect department.

I am a huge Sean Hannity fan. I disagree with him totally here! If you listen, Sean had no arguement for the fact that the guy put forth in terms of safety. It looks brutal, but it’s not. Period

i think most of you will find the the entirety of fox news is baseless argumentative spin. the sad truth is that there is a large part of the country (midwest) that buys this load of bull everynight and votes accordingly. i live in texas and i actually had a customer tell me the other day that this whole " global warming thing " was a bunch of liberal BS. i can’t believe in this day and age there are still people uneducated enough to not know better. it speaks volumes about our country falling behind others. people can’t think for themselves anymore and the media knows it big time.

sorry bout the rant, but i loathe fox news….
the NO SPIN ZONE——My ASS

So I agree with most of you regarding this issue. Hannity is out of his element. But… Now… all of a sudden, it’s okay to talk about politics (i.e. fox news is oh so scary)on mmamania. So much for all that bravado about this being an mma site. If you guys want to go political, let’s dance. By the way, Brian Kilmeade from FOX NEWS played the part of Joe Rogan by commentating ringside at UFC 1. Maybe it’s a conspiracy?

i love the repeat of “kids in cages” over and over. typical fox news move. they like to use catch phrases to implant the thought in peoples head. they do it all the time.
they make it sound like the kids havn’t been fed in 2 weeks and they throw them in the cage and lock them in.

also he says, shouldn’t we as adults look out for the welfare of children?? thank you captain obvious, who would disagree with that?? heres a thought let the PARENTS decide what their children should or shouldn’t do. this isn’t russia.

i mean it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that if this is available to children then it must be highly regulated. if it is then great, if it isn’t then stop the program until you get it that way.

i would never let my kid fight. train in a heartbeat. fight no.

all those other sports are dangerous, rugby football hockey.

but the chance of getting punch drunk at 21 from rugby? football?

much less than 10 years of competition in mma.

i understand your point, but i had 2 concussions playing football before the age of 16. not typical i know, but its possible in any contact sport.

Let’s just get this over with guys. Okay, so who is everybody voting for? I guess if Hillary is your man, er.. I mean woman, then this would be okay with you. Because my tax dollars will be paying for the kid’s broken arm. Great, is this fun now. MMA and the campaign trail. This sucks! I’m going to the drudgereport maybe they have the lates discussion on Fedor and Coutre. So much for our “untainted by politics” world.

Let’s just get this over with guys. Okay, so who is everybody voting for? I guess if Hillary is your man, er.. I mean woman, then this would be okay with you. Because my tax dollars will be paying for the kid’s broken arm. Great, is this fun now. MMA and the campaign trail. This sucks! I’m going to the drudgereport maybe they have the lates discussion on Fedor and Coutre. So much for our “untainted by politics” world.

wow a comedian and a sexist :)

sooper822,

Are you serious? Let the Parents decide. Have you ever ben in a trailer park. Parents are “deciding” all day long. So if a parent decides it’s okay for his kid to oke on a little weed, no big deal as long as the “parent decides”. Come on guys this is why this is an mma site. You guys suck at rational debate.

You gotta admit, she looks pretty tough in a pants suit.

GSP will beat Serra!

ok so don’t anyone go to fox dumb ass news then.

Hell, skateboarding is more dangerous..How many broken bones result in that…Anyways I’m a conservative myself, but I disagree of the way Hannity approached this. Although I feel 6 years old is a bit young, maybe when they get into middle school years.. But if its controlled, and like the trainer said, no strikes above the shoulders while on the ground, I think its alright, and maybe even grow in a few years. Just wonder if there are any Muay Thai knees or elbow strikes allowed?? That would cause serious damage. If they maintained it as a discipline, and promote it as such, I think its fine.

How can anyone say ,boxing,wrestling,karate,JJ… are ok for kids, but put them all together and it’s not ok. That’s like say bananas,peaches,cherries and pears are ok for kids, but FRUIT SALAD is bad for them. I laugh at the suggestion that a 6 year old in full protective gear is going to seriouly injure another 6 year old. Did you see the POWER in those VICIOUS blows that kid was raining down. Give me a break.

Are you serious? Let the Parents decide. Have you ever ben in a trailer park. Parents are “deciding” all day long. So if a parent decides it’s okay for his kid to oke on a little weed, no big deal as long as the “parent decides”. Come on guys this is why this is an mma site. You guys suck at rational debate.

ok well with your argument we should just let the government regulate every aspect of our lives and our childrens. you can’t take parents decisions away because there is some irresponsible parenting going on. just because someone doesn’t share your view doesn’t mean they can’t have a rational debate. it wouldn’t be a debate if we all agreed. are you a big fan of censorship as well?? there are alot of stupid people in the world, you can’t take peoples rights because a few of them can’t handle the responsibility. to my way of thinking that is irrational….

I like his last statement: “You’re rationalizing” rationalizing what Sean? You asked him a question and he told you that it’s safe. This guy is so funny when he gets owned like that. what a maroon.

And yeah it’s violent. All sports are violent and are based on some type of violent means. Think of all the people that have been brutalized in football! Injuries in boxing. Fighting and crushing people into the boards is a part of hockey that everyone cheers at. Even tennis, in it’s own soft way, is violent. That bloody channel is nothing but an excuse to entertain the neo-conservatives.

He’s just doing his job. I dont think kids soud be allowed to fight being that young wether it be boxing, kickboxing or wresting. There should be an age limit of say 15.

Although it’s not near as popular in the way of athletic competition, can anyone guess which sport is the single most dangerous involving the highest number of serious injuries and death? Polevaulting. Only recently banned for middle schoolers in the U.S. Just thought that was interesting.

What a Douche… He’s earned his master of douche baggery badge for sure.

“the sad truth is that there is a large part of the country (midwest) that buys this load of bull everynight and votes accordingly. i live in texas and i actually had a customer tell me the other day that this whole " global warming thing " was a bunch of liberal BS. i can’t believe in this day and age there are still people uneducated enough to not know better. it speaks volumes about our country falling behind others. people can’t think for themselves anymore and the media knows it big time."

Yeah, the hick population is holding the country back.

There was absolutely zero substance to hannity’s arguments. He just reused the words “brutalize” and “cage” over and over. The guy handled it well, though…very professional.

I can’t stand Fox News…conservative biased channel. This is nothing compared to how they portray other things such as the war in Iraq and the presidential election. I joined wrestling when i was in Kindergarten and it was a good recreational sport that teaches kids to keep it in the ring and off the streets.

I love it. My fight organization was the one that was featured throught that footage, Fight for Honor (Formaly Cage of Honor). I guess any publicity it good publicity. Thanks Hanity, You Jackass. Let him fight a well trained 6 y.o