Fallon Fox will return to mixed martial arts action on Friday and make a little MMA history in the process when she does so. When the undefeated (2-0) Fox steps into the Octagon at the BankUnited Center on the University of Miami campus against Allana Jones she will be participating in the first nationally televised bout (AXS-TV) of the Championship Fighting Alliance Series.
It's the first bout she's participated in since the revelation in March the undefeated Fox is a girl like us and the transphobically ignorant reactions to the news it triggered in MMA world that included UFC women's champ Ronda Rousey.
CFA president Jorge de la Noval featured the 37 year old Fox on a card in March before finding out she was trans when he got a call from the commission. He stands by his decision to feature her on Friday night’s card and supports her 100 percent.
“I’ve been discriminated many times because I’m Hispanic,” de la Noval said to the Miami Herald. “People have been discriminated through the years because of color, sexual preference, and that’s something I’m completely against. As long as she’s got her license, and doctors approved her to fight as a female, I was fine with it. I’ve gotten a lot of calls, mostly negative, but I stick with my decision no matter what the outcome is.
I’m just glad she’s fighting for the CFA this Friday.”
So are we in the trans community, Jorge.
Best of luck Fallon on Friday night. Your best revenge for all the drama you've been through since March is to just keep winning. You have an ever growing legion of fans inside and outside the trans community that wish you nothing but success.
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