The first openly transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox has been a focal point in the ongoing debate about transgender athletes in competitive sports. She had a brief career in MMA. This is an outline of her story and an outline of transgender athletes in sports. Fallon Fox competed in professional MMA from 2012 to 2014, during which she faced significant backlash after coming out as transgender.
Transgender MMA Fighter
Critics argued that Fox, the transgender MMA Fighter, retained physical advantages from her male puberty despite undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery years before competing.