Meryl Streep got MMA fans hopping mad Sunday night following an off-hand insult of the sport during her Golden Globes acceptance speech. In defense of mixed martial arts, Bellator MMA president Scott Coker extended an olive branch.
Coker invited Streep to come out to Bellator 170 on Jan. 21 in Los Angeles to see what MMA is all about in a Twitter post. Coker described himself as a “lifelong fan” of Streep’s work and said MMA “celebrates male and female athletes from all around the world.”
Streep’s speech took U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to task for making fun of a disabled reporter last year and for what she seemed to perceive as an attempt to vilify those from other places.