Fallon Fox: MMA's First Transgender Fighter

Fallon Fox: MMA's First Transgender Fighter
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 13: Mixed martial artist Fallon Fox attends the 2013 Emery Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 13, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 13: Mixed martial artist Fallon Fox attends the 2013 Emery Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 13, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

As she hears her name, the world's first and only transgender professional MMA fighter steps up to the stage and the crowd goes…silent.

It's a humid October night in Miami, and Fallon Fox is standing on a makeshift riser at the Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort, looking out over a gathering of about a hundred MMA fans who have shown up at the poolside bar to hoist mojitos and watch the pre-fight weigh-in, which started two hours late. So by the time Fallon whips her T-shirt over her head and pulls off her jeans in a single swift movement, revealing a black string bikini with a big affliction logo on the ass, everybody's pretty lit.

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