Do you think we'll start seeing transwomen in MMA?

[Alphaboy]

Fallon Fox made "her" MMA debut in 2012 and boasts a record of 5-1.

Going by today's standards it is becoming less and less politically correct (and increasingly illegal) to exclude transgender individuals from activities and facilities that are created for their identified gender, such as the recent inclusion of transgender boys into Boys Scouts for example.

I see sports such as WMMA to be an area where transwomen could exploit a loophole. Being born male, they'd have a huge physical advantage in fighting (in spite of what Fox's loss to Evans-Smith may suggest).

Do you think we'll see more in WMMA?

 

[YoudBeSurprised]

 

[DaBoogemane]

if we do they should be made to fight guys

 

[fearoth]

 

[KONE]

No

Normalizing mental illness is not something the UFC should do

 

[A84]

Joanna is already in the UFC.

 

[20falarVerdades]

HOw will they pass an USADA test when they are injecting themselves with exogenous hormones every day ?

 

[Threetrees]

Never in the UFC. It's a private company.

 

[Alphaboy]

No

Normalizing mental illness is not something the UFC should do

I can see Dana saying "no" b/c he isn't very P.C. he outright stated

"No Girls!" At one point... However, with mounting pressure who knows... People probably would not think the same of Boy Scouts years back.

 

[Otto!]

Perhaps they would be less prone to posing thong pics on Instagram as the current roster.

 

[105]

Cyborg already fought... and s(he) has huge balls...

 

[King Joffery]

Would be pretty funny to see Cyborg fight one. A bit of a role reversal.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Ediane-Gomes-37734

 

[Coolidge]

Fallon Fox was an absolute disgrace. If you're a transgender person and you intend to fight a genetic woman, you need to be honest and upfront about your medical history. She wasn't.

 

[Abazzdeboom]

 

[Threetrees]

HOw will they pass an USADA test when they are injecting themselves with exogenous hormones every day ?

In TS's scenario they probably would get a TUE.

 

[Coolidge]

Perhaps they would be less prone to posing thong pics on Instagram as the current roster.

Tuck and stuff.

 

[NotSoSure]

Wow, tough one. It's hard to keep people who were born hermaphrodites and had an assignment to be females: there's been cases in other sports and a whole wikipedia entry about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_verification_in_sports

But trans as in, one gender to the other: if a woman becomes a dude, she won't pass the drug tests. In the other direction...too controversial.

 

[Jay philips]

Thank God we have Trump as President now and maybe some of this weird shit will stop, what your asking is will we see a man fight a woman and that ranks right up there with the most ridiculous questions on the face of this earth

 

[jsbx45]

Probably. They will get a political correctness exemption for drugs. They will get lots of coverage on CNN for punching your sister. There will be a heartfelt documentary done on the struggles of trans fighters to break down societies barriers and expose the oppression of the evil white man. Tyron will be there to speak specifically about white oppression in the UFC and to challenge Conor and Flyod. Book it.