Do you have a link to this evidence? Because this study (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-014-2805-3) which looked at 49 trans individuals concluded that while muscle mass decreases, bone status is conserved during CSH treatment, and, more importantly for MMA bone geometry is determined during puberty.

This is just ignorant. Physiologically men and women are different, and someone declaring themselves another gender does not change genetics. An easy example is in the 2016 Olympics 100m women’s sprint the gold medal time was 10.71 seconds. Just about every high school in America has male sprinters that are faster…

Yup! This. 100% This. I am involved in combat sports and we have trans people at our gym. Yup. That’s plural.

Rousey might be an insensitive ignorant dipshit, but it’s not because she thinks dudes on hormones shouldn’t be punching biological females in the face.

How many of those competitors were average athletes who would have had zero chance at making the Olympics as a male?

Look, Fallon Fox fighting women is absolutely ridiculous. I’m all for people identifying as who they really are inside, but the fact is Fallon was born male. She made a courageous decision to follow who she is inside, but she benefited from testosterone for a large portion of her life. Men are absolutely mechanically…

So you say. Yet trans women continue to dominate lots of sports when they are allowed to compete against women and trans men come nowhere near to dominating mens sports.

I’d just like to point out to the people making the argument that trans people may have an advantage in gender based competitions - you’re not a doctor? You literally have no clue what you’re talking about, you have no idea how hormone replacement therapy works, you don’t know anything about trans medicine. Why in…

Now let’s talk about how Fallon Fox hasn’t competed in MMA since 2014 because in her last fight, she literally fractured her opponent’s skull. Oh wait, that wouldn’t fit the narrative.

This is the worst journalism I’ve seen, they intentionally omit her apology, and they omit that she believes transwomen in MMA is fair as long they transition before puberty. She states she respects trans identity numerous times.

This kind of anger and hatred is not healthy. You seem like a disturbed individual to be holding onto so much vitriol over things that have absolutely nothing to do with you. It takes a lot of people to make a game these days and if you really wanted to dig I’m sure you could find bad quotes and mistakes on any number…

Oh, grow some balls.

This is the most shallow outrage I’ve seen in a while. Rousey’s comments on Sandy Hook are reprehensible but she is completely right about the transgender fighter issue. There is nothing wrong with Fallon Fox have gender surgery, but she still has male hormones, bones and musculature. Genetic men and women don’t have…

When did Kotaku stop being a game news blog, to a place to post personal vendettas because x y z ?

-Men have a demonstrated average reaction time that is up to 1/10th of a second faster . this would be a huge advantage at an elite level.

- the average mans hands are 13 percent longer and have a more dense bone structure (also wrist, shoulder, and ) It is the difference of being hit in the head with a bigger hammer.…

Transgender women should not fight other women because they are still physically men no matter what they think they are. Those that competed in wrestling, cycling, and in weight lifting has been beating actual women by winning first place and recently a transgender set records in weightlifting for women. They have an…

Oh, we’re just going to forget that Fallon Fox broke a woman’s skull last year? Ok.

I’m interested to see if anyone has good counterpoints to this. I’m all for inclusiveness, but sports are designed around physical things—especially MMA—and there’s a reason why men and women are separated into different leagues for most of them. I’ve yet to hear an argument against it beyond, “they’re women, so they…

Never been a fan of Rousey. Don’t like pugilism and she is a crime against acting.Having said that, as much as hate to agree with her, she is right about the transgender fighter.

I don’t know, I don’t get the whole transgender MMA argument. Fallon Fox is living her best life, that’s great! And the last thing I ever want to do is sound like Joe Rogan. But men are just bigger and stronger than women. A woman who transitions to male would be at a disadvantage fighting other men, and a man…