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Transgender MMA Fighter´s
License Under Review
ESPN, by Franklin McNeil and Melissa Isaacson
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Original Article
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Posted By:Phosphene, 3/7/2013 2:48:37 PM
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| Florida State Boxing Commission officials are reviewing the mixed martial arts license of Championship Fighting Alliance women´s featherweight tournament participant Fallon Fox after learning she is a transgender female. Fox revealed her original gender to SI.com on Monday, two days after Fox landed a knee to the chin of Ericka Newsome, who was knocked out in 39 seconds of their quarterfinal bout in Coral Gables, Fla. It is believed that Fox is the first transgender male or female to participate in an MMA event.
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Comments:
I´m a fan of mixed martial arts. It has been unfairly criticized by some as barbaric cage fighting among street thugs when, in truth, its athletes are highly trained and athletically gifted.
This, however, is a freak show, tantamount to a man fighting women. Political correctness is going to get one of these women severely hurt.
Headline split by staff
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
HerbVA, 3/7/2013 2:52:03 PM (No. 9213437)
The Govt wants to send females into combat. Let´s see if they are tough enough to handle a sexual freak.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
halfnorsk, 3/7/2013 3:41:07 PM (No. 9213548)
I wish the real women would refuse to fight the "her" with male genes in her body.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
miceal, 3/7/2013 3:42:14 PM (No. 9213554)
Sorry, but "it" is and will be a guy regardless of what "it" thinks "it" is....
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw, 3/7/2013 3:43:06 PM (No. 9213555)
Does she have an X or a Y, that is all they need to look for.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
GraniteBayTom, 3/7/2013 3:47:58 PM (No. 9213564)
Another liberal conundrum. Do we back the feminists or the LGBT´s? It´s getting complicated!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
veritas, 3/7/2013 3:51:27 PM (No. 9213567)
Point of order: There´s, uhhh, actually no such thing as a "transgender female" in the way the phrase is intended to mean in the article.
FTA: her 2006 sexual reassignment surgery
Whoo-hoo! Yowza! BWA-HA-HA! Oh stop, I´ll hurt myself!
But hey, De La Whoever and Mr. Fox got the free publicity this "story" was intended to generate. Plus, neither of them can force any of us to buy a ticket or live by their diktats.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Kingbubo, 3/7/2013 4:16:12 PM (No. 9213619)
Just eliminate the gender classes. if you are 135lbs-145lbs, simply fight in that wight class. I understand the fighter in question can live life how (s)he wants, but it creates an unfair advantage to those who she competes against.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 3/7/2013 4:33:18 PM (No. 9213656)
Just make it a requirement that all fighters do a full split to enter female contests.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX, 3/7/2013 7:42:50 PM (No. 9213943)
Testosterone is a decided advantage in women´s MMA.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LaVallette, 3/8/2013 5:49:28 AM (No. 9214291)
Chemical or physical self mutilation does not alter ones genetic make up. The primary indicator among many others is that a "male to female" will never conceive a child, nor will a "female to male" father one.
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Transgender MMA Fighter´s
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ESPN, by Franklin McNeil and Melissa Isaacson
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Posted By: Phosphene- 3/7/2013 2:48:37 PM
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Florida State Boxing Commission officials are reviewing the mixed martial arts license of Championship Fighting Alliance women´s featherweight tournament participant Fallon Fox after learning she is a transgender female. Fox revealed her original gender to SI.com on Monday, two days after Fox landed a knee to the chin of Ericka Newsome, who was knocked out in 39 seconds of their quarterfinal bout in Coral Gables, Fla. It is believed that Fox is the first transgender male or female to participate in an MMA event.
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Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Brendan Kuty
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Posted By: Phosphene- 2/15/2013 4:49:36 AM
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Parsippany - The township police chief will soon retire with an annual benefit of $131,951.76, according to state Department of Treasury spokesman William Quinn. Anthony DeZenzo filed a retirement application with the New Jersey Police and Firemen´s Retirement System on Feb. 8, according to Quinn. DeZenzo was sworn in on Sept. 1, 2011, to lead the department, which boats more than 90 officers, making it the largest in Morris County. He joined the Parsippany Police Department in 1982 after a year with the sheriff´s office. Quinn said DeZenzo will get a monthly benefit of $10,996.
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Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Stephen Stirling
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Posted By: Phosphene- 1/20/2013 2:01:55 AM
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New Jersey is about to experience its coldest weather in several years this week, but while that isn´t terribly unusual for January, the likely reason for it is – suddenly warming temperatures miles above the Earth’s surface at the North Pole. An arctic air mass is expected to spill across the United States and enter the northeast on Sunday, dragged by a series of cold fronts that are forecast to drop high temperatures into the low- to mid-20s by mid-week, according to the National Weather Service.
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