MMA is the most dangerous sport there is for a transgender, with all the body contact, I know that. Fallon Fox Read Quote
You’re brought up not to hit girls, that it’s the worst sin, and that’s what I do. But you know, gender is the last thing I think about when I’m fighting. It’s the one situation where I don’t think of gender at all. Fallon Fox Read Quote
Where I came from, it was more shocking to be an atheist than to be transgender. Fallon Fox Read Quote
Right after I got out of the military, I realized that I wasn’t surrounded by men all of the time. I started behaving – and outwardly – how I truly felt inside. And I decided that it would be a good idea if I transitioned. Fallon Fox Read Quote
Do you ever wonder what the Amazons would have looked like in real life? I think in MMA, like, you see it – that warrior spirit. You see that determination. You see that heart. You see that bravery. Fallon Fox Read Quote
I break people’s faces. I break their arms. I break their legs. That’s a part of the sport. That’s my job. That’s the job of the opponent who’s trying to do the same thing to me. Fallon Fox Read Quote
If no one knew that I was trans – let’s say that I made it very, very far. Let’s say I went to the UFC and became a UFC champion, even, won the belt title, took it home and no one ever knew – that would be great for me. Fallon Fox Read Quote
Some people believe I have an automatic advantage over other female MMA fighters, so they think ‘well she has to be stronger, because she used to be a male,’ but if they look into the science of it and what the hormones do to the body, to the male body once taken over a period of time… it dissipates. Fallon Fox Read Quote
Media is set up to give information to the people – at least that’s what it says. But we all know in the U.S. that media is a capitalistic system, people are getting paid to write things, they have bosses and editors, and they have bosses, and they put pressure on people to write intriguing stories that catch the eye. Fallon Fox Read Quote
