1. Fallon Fox was born on November 29,1975 and is an American former mixed martial artist, and the first MMA fighter who is openly transgender.
12 Facts About Fallon Fox
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Fallon Fox recalls struggling with her gender as early as age five or six.
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Fallon Fox continued living as a heterosexual man and married her then-girlfriend at the age of 19, when the latter became pregnant with their daughter.
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Fallon Fox then joined the US Navy to support her new family and served as an operations specialist on the USS Enterprise.
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Fallon Fox came out as transgender on March 5,2013, during an interview with Outsports writer Cyd Zeigler and Sports Illustrated, following her two initial professional fights in the women's division.
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Controversy swelled over confusion with the California State Athletic Commission and Florida's athletic commission over the licensing process Fallon Fox chose to complete in Coral Gables.
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UFC color commentator and stand-up comedian Joe Rogan opposed Fallon Fox receiving licensing, saying,.
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The next day Fallon Fox issued a response stating that Mitrione "personally attacked me as a fighter, as a woman, and as a human being".
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Whether or not Fallon Fox possesses an advantage over cisgender female fighters was a topic on the April 2014 edition of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
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Fallon Fox herself responded to the controversy with an analogy comparing herself to Jackie Robinson in a guest editorial for a UFC and MMA news website:.
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Fallon Fox was raised Christian, but has since become an atheist.
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In 2014, Fallon Fox was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.