Dana Whites<\/a> of the world.<\/p>\n\u201cFrom what they said about me in the past, I could have just crawled up into a ball and given up. I could have just stopped competing, but I didn\u2019t. I kept competing and I kept talking about this issue and I\u2019m going to continue to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, he (Rogan) shouldn\u2019t speak, especially on this issue that\u2019s so important to transgender people and transgender people\u2019s lives,\u201d Fox continued. \u201cJust like coronavirus is important to people\u2019s lives. He just brings up these things and just makes them up. I think people should pay attention to what he said, that he\u2019s not an expert. You know, he\u2019s not an expert, so people should take what he says with a grain of salt.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of Rogan’s main points brought up against Fox participating in MMA against women was the difference in bone densities between genders.<\/p>\n
“People like to ask me about the science behind trans athletes, and I\u2019ll tell you what I know, but it\u2019s not like I\u2019m pulling all this stuff out of thin air,\u201d Fox said. \u201cNowhere in the tale of the tape is bone density ever introduced. Right? Nobody ever talks about bone density.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd there are bone density differences between men also and in women also. For instance. African-American women have more dense bones than Caucasian women do. I don\u2019t see anyone saying that we shouldn\u2019t have African-American women competing against cisgender women.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the time to have more dense bones than cisgender white men do,” she added. “We never talk about this. And I think it\u2019s just bogus for them to even bring up bone density in the first place. Things like that that people just bring out of thin air and just say our truth, that [is what] we\u2019re fighting against.\u201d<\/p>\n
The now-45-year-old Fallon Fox retired due to injuries after a 5-1 pro career spanning from 2012 to 2014. In those six bouts, she never once went the distance compiling three knockouts and two submissions. The one blemish on the featherweight’s record came against current UFC bantamweight Ashlee Evans-Smith.<\/p>\n
Fox notes that her current relationship with the sport is a “challenging” one. However, she still enjoys watching it and hopes to get back into training at some point.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of prominent people haven\u2019t recognized what I\u2019ve done, like Joe Rogan and Ronda Rousey and all that,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t think the world of MMA is ready to have an intelligent conversation about transgender athletes, but I\u2019m willing to have that conversation and I\u2019m always willing to stand up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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