Gay fights

“I could care less if there’s a gay fighter in the UFC. There probably is and there’s probably more than one.”

However, while there are a number of prominent, and proudly open lesbian fighters, male fighters have tended to be more circumspect. The first male fighter fighter to come out was Shad Smith; he deserves praise for a social bravery.

And that night, Griffith beat him to death in the ring.

The times were far more bigoted than they were today, and Griffith was forced to lead a closeted existence. We now live in better, less bigoted age, where it is taunting about sexual preference that is shameful, not the sexual preference itself.

“If there was a gay fighter in UFC, I wish he would come out,” said UFC President Dana White in 2011.

Where I am in a small town in Nebraska is 5,000 feet in the air, so it’s good for me training-wise, but it’s also good for me to get away from home and the faster style of living and that helps me focus on my training.”

 Starting out, it was very tough. And he died [after being stuck by a car in 2014; a police investigation contines].

A 20-year-old man was also shot and taken to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. I felt like a reject. I think the only way it would is if I were to do something to make them uncomfortable and made it an issue. in Nebraska on a full scholarship, majoring in exercise science and kinesiology. A small group quickly helped the injured woman, guiding her to safety as she held her head and stumbled away.

Shattered glass covered the ground, and people walked barefoot after losing their shoes in the fights.

Before the violence erupted, footage showed women twerking in a white vehicle and someone dancing on top of a light pole.

As night fell, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced the closure of Washington Square Park over loudspeakers, leading to clashes between the police and unruly partygoers.

A 20-year-old man was also shot and taken to a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.

“None of it’s been easy and it’s still rocky.

Though Dana White apologized, this was the first major hint pointing to a rocky relationship between the UFC as well as White and the gay community.

If there were doubts about White and the promotion’s stance on gay fighters in UFC, those doubts were effectively cleared in February 2013.

Dana White revealed that should a UFC male fighter come out openly as gay, he would support such fighters and help with any potential discrimination.

Years down the line, despite the reassuring words of White on supporting male UFC gay fighters, the UFC male divisions boast of no openly gay athletes.

This, however, is not a reflection of anti-gay sentiments in the UFC.

In fact, the UFC star Marc Diakiese dubbed the Bonecrusher, became the first UFC star to appear in a gay magazine.

The fact that no openly gay UFC star exist is not an issue unique to the MMA promotion.

Sports in general, especially male sports, do not have gay athletes.

Most top-flight sports which generate lots of buzz and interest boast of few to zero athletes who openly identify as members of the gay community

This, thus, is no issue peculiar to the UFC but to sports in general.

The Complete List of Gay UFC Fighters 

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Raquel Pennington

Ever since her stint in The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC flagship reality show, Raquel Pennington has won over a section of fans that passionately support the MMA star.

In March 2012, the active UFC fighter made her debut in mixed martial arts before going on to Invicta Fighting Championship, where she had a brief stint.

After her time at Invicta, Raquel Pennington was announced as a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs.

When Dakota Chochrane revealed that he had appeared in gay porn, there was a widespread assumption that he was a gay man. Tonya Evinger

Triple Threat, as she is known, is one of the MMA veterans who remains relevant after almost two decades of competing in mixed martial arts.

Aside from being one of MMA’s top-rated veterans, Tonya Evinger has a lot that rivals most of her younger contemporaries in the MMA for being the hottest in the sport.

The couple welcomed their first child, birthed by Nina, in September 2020.

2. He now attends Chadron State? Team Tate, the eighteenth installment of The Ultimate Fighter reality show.

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Raquel Pennington is one of the lesbian UFC fighters who is vocal about her identity.

She revealed to fans candidly how she came out as a lesbian and also conveyed her thoughts on the struggles of being a gay athlete.

Pennington is in a relationship with UFC strawweight fighter, Stevia Torres.

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