... and while I definitely struggle with a lot of folk here in PPD, it at least seems to have a tolerance for differing views, unlike, well, every other forum on reddit. Here is a response from a friend of mine I fully agree with:

I just came across this Vice News Headline:

"MMA Fighter Fallon Fox Is a Woman. Get over it."

"Fallon Fox is the first openly transgender fighter in MMA history, but losing to her in a fight doesn't mean that she has an unfair advantage. It just means she's better than you."

Reading the article immediately gave me testicular cancer.

Ever an opportunist, I've already scheduled the removal of my nuts, and I'm preparing to crack skulls in my quest for the Women's Heavyweight Title.

...much like Fallon, who actually fractured the orbital bone of a female opponents.

To illustrate a male's strength advantage as simply as possible:

The best bench press in the IPF men's 145 lb division is 441 pounds. The best bench press in the IPF women's 148 pound division is 317 pounds.

Men are dramatically stronger than women, even when body weight is held constant. Men also have much larger fast twitch fibers. Our bodies have been flooded with testosterone for our entire lives... and this androgenic / anabolic hormone has shaped us quite differently.

Now, even when I cut off my nuts in the near future, my muscle memory will remain. My muscle mass will diminish to a degree (due to the lack of testosterone production) but, I'll keep a ton of my fast twitch power...

My nether region may seem vaguely female, but my thickly corded muscle fibers will remain all that is man. You may take my dangley bits, but you'll never take my power.

In other words, when I start knocking out chicks, it will NOT just be "because I'm better than them." (And it won't be because of luck. As Southpark eloquently pointed out, "Luck is for dudes.")

Women's sports allow us to appreciate the skill of spectacular women.

Somehow that's been convoluted by the absurd quests of mediocre men... who seemingly fight for the satisfaction of winning under the thinly veiled guise of 'equality'.

It's ridiculous.

And that's why the crowd loved it when Ashlee Evans punched Fallon's face mercilessly from a mounted position.

Yes, the punches were crappy. The entire fight was garbage, except for the sweet inside trip at 1:59 (ouchi gari). This is just another reason why Fallon's tears drew no sympathy from me.

Before this post sparks the ire of the LGBT community:

I respect trans people as much as I fundamentally respect any human. I am happy to use whatever pronoun you prefer, just like if my buddy Tom wanted me to call him moT, I would do that as well.

To blatantly disregard people's wishes when it costs you nothing makes you a jerk.

But we're talking about fairness in athletic competition. There should be a trans division. It will start small, and quite frankly, no one will give a shit about it, but it will at least be a level playing field. When fighters are putting their health on the line, that should be a requirement.

(Here's that article about Fallon breaking someone's skull).

A quote from that fighter:

"I have struggled with many women and I have never felt the strength I felt in a fight like that night. I can’t answer whether it’s because she was born a man or not because I’m not a doctor. I can only say that I have never felt so dominated in my life and that I am an abnormally strong woman in my own right? I still disagree with Fox’s struggle. Any other job or career that I say I try, but when it comes to a combat sport I don’t think it’s fair."