The Joe Rogan Podcast was recently under fire, after transgender mixed martial arts fighter Fallon Fox criticized Rogan for statements earlier made in the show. The UFC analyst, since then, had offered his response to the issue.
The said statements made on the Joe Rogan podcast were centered on Rogan's issue on Fallox Fox, a transgender fighter who used to be a male, and is now fighting professional Women's mixed martial arts. Since the said issue came out in early 2013, the UFC analyst and former "Fear Factor" host had been vocal about his stance against it.
"I'll be respectful but you can't fight women when you have a man's frame. PERIOD," Rogan said in a March 2013 edition of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. "Women aren't that wide, that generates to increased punching power. Women don't have that sort of muscle structure."
The controversial testimonies made in the Joe Rogan podcast have recently gotten the attention of Fallon Fox herself, who responded through a lengthy rant posted on MMA website Bloody Elbow.
"I realize that it's likely Joe Rogan and friends may have been confused in the beginning, and may not have understood the psychology of all this," Fox wrote. I also realize that Joe Rogan and friends likely have been confused about what happens to a transgender woman's body in transition relating to sport."
Furthermore, Fox demanded a public apology from Joe Rogan.
"It's tragic really for Joe Rogan and those people who side with him," she added. "All of this 'being corrected' can just be avoided by him apologizing and correcting the misinformation. That would really make my day."
The UFC analyst did respond, but not according to how Fox wanted him to.
"I'm 100% in favor of transgender people, but to pretend that a male frame and a female frame are the same is insane," Rogan said through his personal Twitter account. "If a woman knows that someone she's competing with was born male and chooses to fight her anyway, I'm 100% in favor of that as well."
"The idea that you shouldn't have to disclose that you used to be a man before you fight women because it's a "private medical history issue" is what I find most offensive about the fighter in question. She fought women without letting them know she used to be a man, and I'm 100% against that," he added.
