This is such a gray area I don’t even know how to comment on it. If I don’t think Fallon Fox should fight women because she’s still partially a man (in my opinion) is that trans-phobic? How are we supposed to even figure out the situation of whether or not she can fight other women? Is it unfair? Honestly, I don’t even know anymore. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, but Matt Mitrione doesn’t take kindly to her existence. This is what he said about her on the MMA Hour:
“Because she’s not a he. He’s a he,” he said. “He’s chromosomally a man. He had a gender change, not a sex change. He’s still a man. He was a man for 31 years. Thirty-one years. That’s a couple years younger than I am. He’s a man. Six years of taking performance de-hancing drugs, you think is going to change all that? That’s ridiculous.
“That is a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak,” he continued. “And I mean that. Because you lied on your license to beat up women. That’s disgusting. You should be embarrassed yourself. And the fact that Florida licensed him because California licensed him or whoever the hell did it, it’s an embarrassment to us as fighters, as a sport, and we all should protest that. The woman that’s fighting him, props to you. I hope you beat his ass, and I hope he gets blackballed and never fights again, because that’s disgusting and I’m appalled by that.”
Because of the comments, the UFC code of conduct police came out of the woodwork and suspended the heavyweight. This is what the UFC released:
“The UFC was appalled by the transphobic comments made by heavyweight Matt Mitrione today in an interview on ‘The MMA Hour.’ The organization finds Mr. Mitrione’s comments offensive and wholly unacceptable and – as a direct result of this significant breach of the UFC’s code of conduct – Mr. Mitrione’s UFC contract has been suspended and the incident is being investigated. The UFC is a friend and ally of the LGBT community, and expects and requires all 450 of its athletes to treat others with dignity and respect.”
I’m just going to slowly back out of the article now, as I don’t want to say anything to offend anyone.
