Boxer Bernard Hopkins is tired of his sport being compared to MMA, mostly because the whole gay porn thing. Oh yeah, that…
Everybody is different. I don’t want to watch two grown men wrestling with panties on. I’m from the hood, we don’t play that. To me, I’m not buying a ticket to watch two grown men with panties on, sweating, [with] nuts in their face. That’s not me. To compare that to boxing is ludicrous. It’s a porno. It’s an entertainment porno.
And he went on…
I’m not criticizing people for what kind of entertainment they like. I think most of those people have chains and masks in their closets. There is something out there for everybody. I can understand if 90% of women were going to those things but I can’t understand a grown man sitting there with a couple of guys watching two grown men with panties on, sweating. That’s just my opinion. It’s not a good look.
One person commented on the story at BoxingScene.com that the “gay stigma will be the death of UFC.” On the contrary, I think UFC offers straight guys a way to get just enough guy-on-guy action to whet their whistles. Take our straight guy’s list of top MMA hotties. The guy’s straight, but there’s obviously a hint of homoeroticism that MMA satisfies for him and many other straight guys. That aspect of UFC is what will keep many guys coming for years.
For those guys who like MMA but don’t want to feel all gay about it, here’s a simple rule to remember:
on Oct 19th, 2009 at 5:05 PM
If I remember, Dan Hardy commented on this. Something about Hopkins gimp mask that he always wears to the ring. Perhaps Hopkins is trying to tell us something with that chains and whips comment.
on Oct 19th, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Yeah because boxing is sooooo not gay, Hopkings? Two guys butting heads and hugging each other for 12 intimate rounds. Yeah. Sounds so much more hetero.
on May 7th, 2010 at 6:17 PM
It’s okay for the opponents to grapple, but no erections.
on May 8th, 2010 at 4:44 AM
Actually, I’d call MMA “gay porn for gay guys that has saved a number of my friendships with straight guys.” To wit, said straight guys and I can now hit up the suburban sports bars they prefer… and we’ll ALL still enjoy it!
on Sep 3rd, 2010 at 11:58 AM
The same homoeroticism is in basketball when the players slap each other on the butt and the occasional crotch grab. It’s just turned up a lot of notches in MMA lol. Let’s face it straight guys like the closeness of other males in a way that is only slightly gay.
The punches, kicks and knock outs make the sport extremely masculine and entertaining though. The “panties” and gay positions are just a bonus for those who enjoy it lol!
on Sep 16th, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Don’t see anything new or surprising here lol. Sports like this have always been pretty homoerotic. In fact this sport of MMA is basically a modern version of the Greek fighting style/sport called Pankration, which pretty much means “all powers”. The men often fought nude, because of course the male body was seen as a beautiful thing. There’s also this extreme closeness with a lot of the guys in the sport even love (not in a sexual way).
Sex however isn’t on the mind when you’re out there fighting. Though I’m sure for some people watching two muscular sweaty dudes all over each other is a turn on, the guy’s doing the fighting are more concerned on the fight. Sometimes they have to fight their best friends, or even their brothers.