It has been tertg to see mastream wrers wrtle wh whether mixed martial arts is "gay." The Daily Beast has had two somewhat-opposg lumns on the subject the past two weeks, the...
Contents:
- THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?
- LIST OF GAY UFC FIGHTERS (OUT & PROUD MEN & WOMEN)
- GAY MMA FIGHTERS – IS IT A BIG DEAL?
- MMA IS 'GAY PORN' FOR STRAIGHT GUYS
- THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?
- LIST OF GAY UFC FIGHTERS (OUT & PROUD MEN & WOMEN)
- GAY MMA FIGHTERS – IS IT A BIG DEAL?
- MMA IS 'GAY PORN' FOR STRAIGHT GUYS
THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?
* mma is gay *
It has been tertg to see mastream wrers wrtle wh whether mixed martial arts is "gay.
Is homoerotic?
LIST OF GAY UFC FIGHTERS (OUT & PROUD MEN & WOMEN)
Are there any gay UFC fighters? Here is a pilatn of male and female gay fighters the apex MMA promotn. * mma is gay *
Of urse, to those boxers and boxg promoters who don't unrstand and are threatened by MMA, homophobia is the last refuge of the sundrel. Recently, gay bloggers, homophobic crics of MMA, and even straight fans have clared that one of the great appeals of the sport is s homoeroticism. They note the large number of gay men and straight women who have bee fans of MMA and attribute to the appeal of the nearly-naked hard bodi of the fighters and the timate, often pelvic techniqu of Brazilian Jiu-Jsu, the favored grapplg disciple the sport.
Sheridan says that 's the nature of MMA (where the "fights ntue if the batants fall to the ground") that give s gay vibe.
GAY MMA FIGHTERS – IS IT A BIG DEAL?
New York Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell poted out what we've all been thkg for years: Straight guys love gay porn. Du. * mma is gay *
It's a sign of the growg populary of the sport and the creased acceptance of male-to-male sexual imagery that discsg MMA and gay the same sentence is beg fairly mon. You n also go to the MMA Fix webse, which regularly posts s "homoerotic photo of the week:". I thk homoerotic is a much better term for MMA than gay.
And I would gus that the percentage of MMA fighters who are gay roughly mirrors the percentage society as a whole. But there is an unniable homoerotic aspect.
MMA IS 'GAY PORN' FOR STRAIGHT GUYS
It has been tertg to see mastream wrers wrtle wh whether mixed martial arts is "gay." The Daily Beast has had two somewhat-opposg lumns on the subject the past two weeks, the... * mma is gay *
A lot of discsn has e about after boxer Bernard Hopks and boxg promoter Bob Am dismissed MMA as nothg but gay porn. Their reactns spoke more of speratn over boxg's rapid cle, sce llg somethg "gay" is supposed to renr unwatchable by the mastream (pecially young men).
THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?
Are there any gay UFC fighters? Here is a pilatn of male and female gay fighters the apex MMA promotn. * mma is gay *
But when straight fans n wre about their top MMA hotti, and UFC head Dana Whe wel gay fans and fighters, the gay slur is losg s punch. Are there any gay UFC fighters?
From male and female gay UFC fighters to enuragg closet members to reveal their inty to the world, the MMA muny embrac Pri month a spectacular welg as the MMA is to LGBTQIA+ members, at the apex MMA promotn, rervatns persist regardg the acceptabily of members to the doubt LGBTQIA+ members abound the women’s UFC; is a different realy the UFC domated by article explor the realy of the LGBTQIA+ muny the UFC and also prents the list of male and female openly gay UFC fighters. Before we lve to our list of UFC gay fighters, the recurrg qutn regardg why no gay fighter exists the male divisn of the promotn has to be fairly answered. Why are there no Openly Gay Male UFC fighters?
In 2009 UFC print, Dana Whe was ptured a vio blog posted on the UFC webse which he took swiped at women and obsceny-lan vio was a rponse to a story by a longtime MMA reporter Loretta Hunt of, which he claimed rrectly reported on UFC polici and crentialg of managers and agents relatn to their vio stck the nerve of the members of the LGBTQIA+ muny, such as the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), who requted that Whe apologize.
LIST OF GAY UFC FIGHTERS (OUT & PROUD MEN & WOMEN)
Though Dana Whe apologized, this was the first major ht potg to a rocky relatnship between the UFC as well as Whe and the gay there were doubts about Whe and the promotn’s stance on gay fighters UFC, those doubts were effectively cleared Febary Whe revealed that should a UFC male fighter e out openly as gay, he would support such fighters and help wh any potential down the le, spe the reassurg words of Whe on supportg male UFC gay fighters, the UFC male divisns boast of no openly gay, however, is not a reflectn of anti-gay sentiments the fact, the UFC star Marc Diakie dubbed the Bonecsher, beme the first UFC star to appear a gay fact that no openly gay UFC star exist is not an issue unique to the MMA general, pecially male sports, do not have gay top-flight sports which generate lots of buzz and tert boast of few to zero athlet who openly intify as members of the gay muny This, th, is no issue peculiar to the UFC but to sports Complete List of Gay UFC Fighters 1. Amanda Nun The Brazilian MMA star is no stranger to the UFC or the world of mixed martial Nun is one of the most ement members of the gay muny the UFC but also bee she is credibly talented what she of May 2022, Amanda Nun currently holds the UFC Women’s Featherweight to fightg the UFC, Amanda Nun fought the Strikeforce promotns, where she effectively tablished herself as one of the tought MMA fighters the reputatn she created was tegral her short stt wh Invicta Fightg Champnships before she moved on to the UFC. Raquel Penngton is one of the lbian UFC fighters who is vol about her revealed to fans ndidly how she me out as a lbian and also nveyed her thoughts on the stggl of beg a gay athlete.
GAY MMA FIGHTERS – IS IT A BIG DEAL?
Tecia TorrPhoto: @teciatorrOne of the current gay fighters UFC who is openly lbian, Torr, is no stranger to the MMA star, who is one of the top-rated stars the UFC female strawweight divisn, began her MMA reer over a ago and has tablished herself as a ntenr for the UFC Strawweight ’s major troductn to the sport started October 2012 when she ma her promotnal but the Invicta Fightg stt at Invicta was short, as her potential ught the attentn of the UFC, who offered her a place the ele December Torr was one of the first 11 women signed to the UFC strawweight divisn and also was a st member The Ultimate Fighter realy show. Concln There you have —the list of the openly gay fighters there are no openly gay male UFC fighters, the promotn, through s print Dana Whe has ma known how supportive they will be should any male MMA fighter tak the brave step of g the current members of the LGBTQ muny the UFC, there has been mostly no difference their reers pared to their straight Out The Intertg Articl on BiglySports:Top 20 Hottt Female UFC Fighters Of All TimeHow Much Do UFC Rg Girls Make? Even today, there is still clearly a stigma around gay fighters the UFC.
MMA IS 'GAY PORN' FOR STRAIGHT GUYS
Whilst there are many lbians fightg at var different weights on the roster, there is not an openly gay man who do, or has fought the UFC. This is not jt a strange occurrence the UFC eher, we rearched across a lot of fight promotns worldwi such as Cage Warrrs, Bellator, ONE, Junglefight, and var others, yet uld not fd an openly gay all, would seem strange that there are a handful of lbians the 107 woman roster, yet no homosexuals well over 1000 male fighters – approximately a 10 tim larger sample. Part of the reason why there are no open homosexuals is likely due to the ridicule they would receive upon announcement.
Homosexualy is turned to an even stranger topic when the manager of Plo Costa, Walid Ismail quoted “Asanya has homosexual stcts and he should be studied by science”. This short sentence sums up why some fighters want to rema the closet, there is simply too much drama around beg homosexual. Strangely enough a gay assemblyman New York state pared MMA to gay pornography orr to get banned.
Whatever you thk of MMA, or homosexuals, this ment is clearly polil and divisive.