HBO reportedly uses Fight Matrix for domestic violence statistic

Aug 10, 2015
Jason

Recently, the War Machine drama was covered on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, along with some other tidbits regarding domestic violence in sports.

In the episode somewhere around the 21 minute mark, they made reference to the fact that American MMA fighters ranked in the Top 200 were over twice as likely to be arrested for domestic violence when compared to a relevant segment of the general population.

I saw no citation or reference, but where else would they get this info?  Jordan Breen assumed as much and Jonathan Snowden from Bleacher Report, apparently got the official confirmation that Fight Matrix was the source.

Not a big deal, but still cool.  I recommend catching the episode as the interview with Mayhem Miller is alone, worth the time spent.

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