With so many homophobic accusations being thrown in the direction of the UFC (especially towards mixed martial artist Michael Bisbing, who is coaching the latest batch of kids on the new season of The Ultimate Fighter), UFC President Dana White is urging some of his fighters to com out of the closet.
"I'll tell you right now, if there was a gay fighter in UFC, I wish he would come out," White said Thursday, according to USA Today. "I could care less if there's a gay fighter in the UFC. There probably is and there's probably more than one."
I'm actually surprised none of the guys on the hit reality show or in the UFC have come out, especially the many seasons I have watched and always got a bit of a vibe on some of the guys. Maybe with Dana saying this, a fighter might be brave enough to join the show and dare one of the guys on the show to say something homophobic towards him. But I also understand why Dana may be saying this, because he's come under fire from LGBT advocates, who have deemed the UFC to be homophobic, especially when in the last episode I watched the word faggot was thrown around in a negative way when a few of the guys, including coach Michael Bisbing got into a verbal disagreement with an opposing coach.
If you've ever watched Ultimate Fighter on Spike, it's hands-down the gayest sport I've ever watched, with all that wrestling and sweaty crotches in each other's faces and plenty of house nudity. So with that being said I'm really hoping since Dana is putting the olive branch out there that hopefully an openly gay athlete will join the show and change the face of gay athletes on television and the media.
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