A few days ago UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey was asked about her opinion regarding the recently concluded fight between Fallon Fox and Tamikka Brents. Brent lost to Fox with a slight of controversial twist after the games.
Fallon Fox is an American mixed martial artist (MMA). She is the first openly transgender athlete in MMA history. She underwent gender reassignment surgery, breast augmentation, and hair transplant surgeries at the Bangkok International Hospital in 2006.
According to Rousey "I think that she has an unfair advantage. It is outside of her control, but that unfortunately is her scenario. It's unfortunate especially for her competition, as well."
And when she was asked if she can knock Fox out she candidly answered ""I can knockout anyone in the world. I ain't scared, homie."
But it seems like Fox didn't like what she heard with regards to Rousey's comment on her.
She said "First, I really wish Ronda would stop with the ridiculous bone structure arguments. That was so last year. Second, she should tell her boss to put me in that Octagon over there at UFC. I'm quite sure that there are quite a few female MMA fighters who have guts to fight another skilled woman without peeing their panties and saying 'No, I wouldn't fight her!'. I think they may be a little more mentally tough and say, 'I'll fight a trans woman, just like I'll fight a lesbian woman or a black woman.' Etc. They may throw all kinds of backwards bogus bone density or bone structure arguments in it to possibly save face if they lose - because they sense that people are ignorant on bones within sport. But, at least some of them are the real deal in the way of fighting. Ronda Rousey may not be right about what advantages she thinks that I have. But, at least she isn't mentally weak! And wait... Does that mean that makes Ronda more tough than Miesha Tate? Because Miesha Tate recently said... Oh... Well, I'll just let you all dig to find that one."
The war of words between Rousey and the other female fighters who wants to face her will have a long way to go.
