While Ben Cohen’s Stand Up foundation to fight bullying has gotten lots of attention in the gay community, MMA fighter Daniel Puder has created a pretty fantastic anti-bullying and self-worth program himself. My Life My Power is a school-based program that recruits high school students who carry the positive messages to younger students in the [...]
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Dana White says he wishes gay UFC fighters would come out
Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, both apologized (again) for his past homophobic comments while encouraging gay fighters to come out. “I’ll tell you right now, if there was a gay fighter in UFC, I wish he would come out,” he said. “I could care less if there’s a gay fighter in the [...]
Michael Bisping is the latest UFC fighter to make ‘gay’ comments
I guess when you’re straight and you spend most of your time with half-naked men you might feel the need to distance yourself as far as you can from the gays. It seems to be the case for many UFC fighters, and Michael Bisping is the latest (Bisping earlier this year called a fighter a [...]
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira of the UFC says he doesn’t want to train with a gay fighter
UFC fighter and former Interim Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira told UOL Esporte he would not train with a gay fighter. Bloody Elbow has the translation of the 35-year-old Brazilian born fighter’s interview: I have no prejudice against the gays, but I wouldn’t train with someone who’s gay. I have no malice, I don’t take our [...]
UFC freaks out after fighter wears a Speedo
The UFC has banned its fighters from wearing Speedos into the ring after Dennis Hallman wore one in UFC 133 Saturday night. In fact, UFC President Dana White gave a $70,000 bonus to Hallman’s opponent Brian Ebersole for knocking him out in the first round and thereby sparing the fainthearted babies who apparently watch the [...]
Jake Shields to fight Georges St. Pierre for UFC title, so let the gay rumors begin
Jake Shields is fighting Georges St. Pierre on Saturday for St. Pierre’s UFC welterweight title. This prompted my friend DJ to send me a note saying mixed martial arts fans are always questioning the sexual orientation of both fighters. DJ is right. Start typing in “Jake Shields” into Google and the second recommendation is “Jake [...]
UFC fighter Michael Bisping calls opponent ‘faggot,’ then spits on his corner after fight
Huge tip of the hat to our friend Michael David Smith for calling out fighter Michael Bisping and the UFC after Bisping called opponent Jorge Rivera a “faggot mother——” during a promotional video. For good measure, after delivering an illegal knee to Rivera in their fight he won, Bisping then spit in Rivera’s corner. That’s [...]
MMA fighter Daniel Puder takes on bullies
Daniel Puder stands 6-3, weighs 235 pounds and has an 8-0 record as an MMA fighter (he was also a pro wrestler). It’s hard to believe, though, that he was once bullied. He is now reaching out and offering help to victims of bullies. As he told TMZ: Anybody that’s getting bullied in the whole [...]
MMA fighter hopes to kill ‘fag’ opponent in ring
Mixed martial artist Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (right) hates his upcoming opponent Jamie Varner so much that ke called him a “fag” and said he hopes he literally kills him during their Sept. 30 WEC fight. He said this on Tapout radio: “This is real, this isn’t like the WEC trying to get us to you [...]
Rampage Jackson explains ‘so gay’ comment
Former UFC champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, aka the new Mr. T, made a comment last week that acting is “gay.” People got outraged and demanded an apology. Jackson has responded, but sans apology. Instead, he offers some insight into who he is; And despite the “insensitive” remark, I think I sort of buy his response. [...]
MMA fighter: Gay or playing gay on TV?
Nick Ring, a competitor on the current season of “The Ultimate Fighter” is either openly gay or so comfortable with his sexuality that he doesn’t care if everyone else thinks he gay. After all, no other MMA fighter, when asked if he was gay, would answer, “No, but my boyfriend is.” Nor would they have [...]
Weekend Hot Jocks: Two MMA fighters
We got an email this week from some folks representing an MMA event this weekend called Total Fighting Alliance, streaming live on SwaggMedia.com Saturday, April 17, 7pmPT. We told them we’d promote the event if they gave us some pics for our Weekend Hot Jock: They were happy too! See, shirtless straight guys care less [...]
The debate: How gay is MMA?
It has been interesting to see mainstream writers wrestle with whether mixed martial arts is “gay.” The Daily Beast has had two somewhat-opposing columns on the subject in the past two weeks, the most recent by Sam Sheridan, himself a fighter. Writes Sheridan: Having fought and trained a little, let me assure you that there [...]
MMA gay porn for straight guys?
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 [...]
A straight guy’s top MMA hotties
Quinn Wolfe goes to my gym in the Silver Lake section of L.A. Quinn and I somehow got on the topic of how hot some Mixed Martial Artists are. He started giving me his list, then added, “But I’m straight. Will that hurt my credibility?” It will only enhance it, I said, giving a unique [...]