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Dan Weryha|Sports|19 Apr 2017

Fallon Fox is Shaking Up MMA

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41-year old MMA fighter Fallon Fox is shaking up women’s MMA. The Navy vet came out as transgender in a March 2013 interview with Outsports writer Cyd Zeigler and Sports Illustrated following her first two professional fights. Fox is the first openly transgender athlete in MMA history.

Breaking down barriers has never been easy, and Fox faced a lot of backlash after coming out. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan repeatedly insisted Fox wasn’t really a woman and insisted Fox must have more bone density and muscle mass than women ever could in the ring. That was just the beginning of the backlash against Fox.