Jay Glazer Thinks Greg Hardy Should Not Be An MMA Fighter

In an interview with The Rich Eisen Show (via MMA Junkie), MMA trainer Jay Glazer said he doesn’t think that former football player Greg Hardy should make the transition to MMA. Here are highlights:

On Hardy’s past issues with domestic violence: “It’s pretty cut and dried, here. And I asked all my fellow MMA coaches not to give this guy a chance because he doesn’t deserve it. It’s a privilege to play this sport or play football, and we here at Unbreakable Performance, and I know other places I’ve worked, we actually train women to defend themselves against people like Greg Hardy and with threats to violence. I’m not on my high horse here. It’s an art. It’s martial arts. It’s the art of self defense, is how it started – not so you could use it to be more aggressive and more violent.”

On if Hardy deserves a second chance: “I just think, first of all, the guy feels absolutely no remorse whatsoever and people are going, ‘Oh, well don’t you believe in second chances?’ What second chance? He’s not asking – there’s been no remorse,” Glazer said. “I love this sport. It’s a beautiful sport where you learn all these different arts. Someone like this does not deserve the privilege to do that. So yes, I’m calling on every other coach out there to not train this dude. He does not deserve it, he doesn’t deserve to be allowed to be around us, it’s not what we stand for. And I know people go, ‘Well, there’s a problem with domestic violence in MMA.’ There are individuals there who do that in our sport, too, and I don’t think they should be in our sport, either. That’s the bottom line. If you are violent with a woman, you play a violent sport, your privilege should be stripped of you. That is it. This guy shouldn’t be allowed in it. He tarnishes what I think is one of the greatest sports on the planet.”

On Hardy’s MMA career: “He’s going to have to start with some lower level fights, but again, I just hope nobody trains him. Here’s a guy who used force to horrifically beat a young lady – let’s not give him more of those skills. Let’s use our time, anybody, that time you spend with Greg Hardy, let’s use it on teaching women how to defend themselves when you have somebody like this who does that. Greg Hardy, if you’re listening, choose another sport.”