Fallon Fox
Fallon Fox | |
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Born | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | November 29, 1975
Nickname | The Queen of Swords |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
Division | Featherweight (2012–present) |
Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
Fighting out of | Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S. |
Team | Midwest Training Center |
Years active | 2012–2014 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 6 |
Wins | 5 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 2 |
Losses | 1 |
By knockout | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Fallon Fox (born November 29, 1975) is an American former
Early life
Fox was born in
After leaving the navy, Fox enrolled at the University of Toledo, but dropped out after ongoing psychological stress from her unresolved gender issues.[2]
After leaving college, Fox worked as a
Mixed martial arts career controversy
Fallon Fox
UFC color commentator and stand-up comedian Joe Rogan opposed Fallon Fox receiving licensing, saying,[6]
First of all, she's not really a she. She's a transgender, post-op person. The operation doesn't shave down your bone density. It doesn't change. You look at a man's hands and you look at a woman's hands and they're built different. They're just thicker, they're stronger, your wrists are thicker, your elbows are thicker, your joints are thicker. Just the mechanical function of punching, a man can do it much harder than a woman can, period.
Due to controversy and the licensing procedure CFA co-founder Jorge De La Noval, who promoted Fox's fight on March 2 in Florida, postponed Fox's April 20 fight. However, De La Noval later stated his organization will not "turn our backs on her ... As long as she's licensed, she's always welcome in our promotion. We stand behind her and we give her all of our support."[2] Fox claimed in her video interview with Cyd Zeigler to be within the rules of organizations like the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for postoperative transsexuals and wishes to continue fighting in MMA.[citation needed]
On April 8, 2013, Matt Mitrione, in an appearance on The MMA Hour, said that Fox was "still a man", and called Fox an "embarrassment" and a "lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak". UFC "was appalled by the transphobic comments" he made,[7] and, referring to itself as "a friend and ally of the LGBT community", immediately suspended Mitrione,[8] and fined him an undisclosed amount.[9] The next day Fox issued a response stating that Mitrione "personally attacked me as a fighter, as a woman, and as a human being".[10]
Whether or not Fox possesses an advantage over cisgender female fighters was a topic on the April 2014 edition of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.[11]
In an interview with the New York Post, former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey stated she would be willing to fight Fox, saying "I can knock out anyone in the world",[12] although she believes Fox has male bone density and structure, leading to an unfair advantage.[13] In an interview with Out, Rousey said: "I feel like if you go through puberty as a 'man' it's not something you can reverse. ... There's no undo button on that."[14] UFC president Dana White claimed that "bone structure is different, hands are bigger, jaw is bigger, everything is bigger" and said "I don't think someone who used to be a man and became a woman should be able to fight a woman."[15]
During Fox's fight against Tamikka Brents on September 13, 2014, Brents suffered a concussion, an orbital bone fracture, and seven staples to the head in the 1st round. After her loss, Brents took to social media to convey her thoughts on the experience of fighting Fox: "I've fought a lot of women and have never felt the strength that I felt in a fight as I did that night. I can't answer whether it's because she was born a man or not because I'm not a doctor. I can only say, I've never felt so overpowered ever in my life and I am an abnormally strong female in my own right," she stated. "Her grip was different, I could usually move around in the clinch against other females but couldn't move at all in Fox's clinch ...".[16]
Eric Vilain, the director of the Institute For Society And Genetics at
Has anybody ever watched the movie
heel bones" than the white men he was competing with? Are we repeating history yet again with bogus bone claims? Can we couple these bogus claims with Rogan's horrible language that was aimed at me from the video I put out last week? I'm a transgender woman. I deserve equal treatment and respect to other types of women. I feel that all of this is so ridiculously unnecessary and horribly mean spirited.
The documentary
In July 2022, the
Personal life
Fox was raised
Mixed martial arts record
6 matches | 5 wins | 1 loss |
By knockout | 3 | 1 |
By submission | 2 | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 5–1 | Tamikka Brents | TKO (punches) | CCCW: The Undertaking | September 13, 2014 | 1 | 2:17 | Springfield, Illinois, United States | |
Win | 4–1 | Heather Bassett | Submission (armbar) | Xtreme Fighting Organization 50 | March 21, 2014 | 2 | 0:44 | Chicago, Illinois , United States
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Loss | 3–1 | Ashlee Evans-Smith | TKO (punches) | CFA 12 | October 12, 2013 | 3 | 4:15 | Coral Gables, Florida, United States | Women's Featherweight Tournament Final. |
Win | 3–0 | Allanna Jones | Submission (shin choke) | CFA 11: Kyle vs. Wiuff 2 | May 24, 2013 | 3 | 3:36 | Coral Gables, Florida, United States | |
Win | 2–0 | Ericka Newsome | KO (knee) | CFA 10: McSweeney vs. Staring | March 2, 2013 | 1 | 0:39 | Coral Gables, Florida, United States | Women's Featherweight Tournament Semifinal. |
Win | 1–0 | Elisha Helsper | TKO (injury) | KOTC Wild Card | May 17, 2012 | 1 | 2:00 | Worley, Idaho, United States |
Amateur record breakdown | ||
1 match | 1 win | 0 losses |
By submission | 1 | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 1–0 | Rickie Gomes | Submission (armbar) | Rocktown Showdown 12 | June 10, 2011 | 1 | 2:27 | Rockford, Illinois, United States |
Awards
In 2014, Fox was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.[23]
See also
- Patricio Manuel, the first transgender professional boxer in the United States
- Parinya Charoenphol, Thai boxer and kathoey
References
- ^ a b c Bishop, Greg; Begg, Jack (May 10, 2013). "For Transgender Fighter Fallon Fox, There Is Solace in the Cage". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Hunt, Loretta (March 7, 2013). "How Fallon Fox became the first known transgender athlete in MMA". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture". Time. Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ a b Hunt, Loretta (March 5, 2013). "Transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox faces licensing problems". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Noble, McKinley (March 19, 2013). "UFC's Joe Rogan to Transgender MMA Fighter Fallon Fox: 'You're a F***ing Man'". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ UFC suspends Matt Mitrione for transphobic comments regarding Fallon Fox Archived 2017-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, by Kevin Iole, 2013-04-09 13:00, for Yahoo Sports
- ^ Wong, Curtis M. (April 9, 2013). "Matt Mitrione, UFC Fighter, Suspended After Transphobic Fallon Fox Rant". HuffPost. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Sean (May 24, 2013). "Should A Former Man Be Able To Fight Women?". Keeping Score. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ "Fallon Fox responds to Matt Mitrone". HereIsYourWinner.com. April 9, 2013. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ "Fallon Fox featured on HBO's 'Real Sports' - Newsday". 2014-04-26. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Ronda Rousey: Transgender fighter has 'unfair advantage,' but I'd knock her out anyway", Fox Sports, September 19, 2014, archived from the original on 2019-05-02, retrieved 2019-05-03
- ^ "Rousey: Chop Fox's pecker off but she's still got man bones". ESPN. September 19, 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "UFC Women's Champ Refuses to Fight Trans Athlete Fallon Fox". 2015-07-16. Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ Agency, Qmi (2014-09-19). "Rousey won't fight transgendered MMAer Fallon Fox". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "After Being TKO'd by Fallon Fox, Tamikka Brents Says Transgender Fighters in MMA 'Just Isn't Fair' - Cagepotato". cagepotato.com. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons; Hembree, Cohen-Kettenis, Delemarre-van de Waal, Gooren, Meyer, Spack, Tangpricha, Montori; The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2009 94:9, pages 3132-3154
- ^ Fox, Fallon (11 November 2014). "Fox breaks down anti-transgender arguments". Bloody Elbow. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "New Documentary Explores Challenges of LGBTQ Athletes". ESPN. 2016-02-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Somerville, Ewan (16 July 2022). "BBC apologises after interviewing transgender athlete who boasted of violence against women". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Ennis, Dawn (17 July 2022). "Exclusive: Fallon Fox responds to BBC apology over its attack on her". Los Angeles Blade. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Maxwell, Nancy Hass, Robert (23 December 2013). "Fallon Fox, MMA's First Transgender Fighter". Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Zeigler, Cyd (9 July 2014). "Gay sports hall of fame inducts 15 new members". Outsports. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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