View Full Version : Is MMA Ready For A Homosexual Fighter?
monosylab1k
07-02-2009, 10:04 PM
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CFM-Wwo8L30
Seems like an important topic.
monosylab1k
07-02-2009, 10:05 PM
All the MMA fanboys can either whine and cry and call me a troll, or they can be mature, be adults, and address the subject & make a topic of this.
BlackSwordsMan
07-02-2009, 10:07 PM
jason kidd for three years, huh?
monosylab1k
07-02-2009, 10:08 PM
jason kidd for three years, huh?
There's always hope he goes to the Knicks instead.
cornbread
07-02-2009, 10:09 PM
No, I don't think mma is ready for an openly gay fighter.
BlackSwordsMan
07-02-2009, 10:11 PM
mma is ready for anything
monosylab1k
07-02-2009, 10:11 PM
No, I don't think mma is ready for an openly gay fighter.
Why not?
monosylab1k
07-02-2009, 10:11 PM
mma is ready for anything
Except a national TV shot on CBS.
BlackSwordsMan
07-02-2009, 10:13 PM
The first video the dude is a fag and is looking for acceptance in the mma world the second video was funny.
BlackSwordsMan
07-02-2009, 10:13 PM
Except a national TV shot on CBS.
lol kimbo slice
cornbread
07-02-2009, 10:14 PM
Substitute "mma" with MLB, NBA, NFL, etc, and it would be the same answer. The athletes and the fans aren't going to be open to it, IMO.
cornbread
07-02-2009, 10:16 PM
Didn't watch the videos. The guys look like douchebags.
BlackSwordsMan
07-02-2009, 10:48 PM
I wish mono would further engage in this conversation.
Substitute "mma" with MLB, NBA, NFL, etc, and it would be the same answer. The athletes and the fans aren't going to be open to it, IMO.
monosylab1k
07-03-2009, 08:15 AM
I wish mono would further engage in this conversation.
I don't follow MMA so I was wondering how MMA followers feel about this. I can sorta understand why other sports wouldn't be as ready to accept an openly gay competitor because teams are close and they share a locker room and all that, it could make things uncomfortable.
but isn't MMA for the most part a one-on-one deal? It's not like you have to eat, sleep, and shower with the guy. I'd think it would be alot easier for a sport like MMA to accept a gay fighter. If anything, some homophobe would probably welcome the chance to legally beat the hell out of a gay dude, I would think.
urunobili
07-03-2009, 08:18 AM
It has to be REALLY bad to get abused and butt kicked by a fag on National TV... that being said.. I think the rating will explode and that America needs it...
I have always figured it would happen on Tennis, Golf or Euro Soccer first.
dbreiden83080
07-03-2009, 08:50 AM
The sport could handle it but IMO no fighter who is either already a star or on the verge of becoming one would come out. Too much to lose for them, they would not want the controversy..
dbreiden83080
07-03-2009, 08:52 AM
I have always figured it would happen on Tennis, Golf or Euro Soccer first.
It's happened in Tennis for the Women
Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
True but its going to take a male to truly break that gay barrier IMO.
CFM-Wwo8L30
Seems like an important topic.
And lol @ this hillbilly wearing his now too tight HS wrestling t-shirt.
dbreiden83080
07-03-2009, 08:59 AM
True but its going to take a male to truly break that gay barrier IMO.
MMA would cause the big stir because of the one on one contact but like i said i doubt anyone who is a big star or becoming one would come out. Who needs that kind of attention??
cornbread
07-03-2009, 10:29 AM
I don't follow MMA so I was wondering how MMA followers feel about this. I can sorta understand why other sports wouldn't be as ready to accept an openly gay competitor because teams are close and they share a locker room and all that, it could make things uncomfortable.
but isn't MMA for the most part a one-on-one deal? It's not like you have to eat, sleep, and shower with the guy. I'd think it would be alot easier for a sport like MMA to accept a gay fighter. If anything, some homophobe would probably welcome the chance to legally beat the hell out of a gay dude, I would think.
This is sort of true. Most fight gyms don't have a community shower like sports teams would use. There is more privacy in that sense so you don't have the trust issues of "Hey, that guy is staring at my cock!"
As far as it being a one-on-one deal, it is at fight time. During training you are part of a team. Any worthwhile martial art (including boxing and wrestling) involves a lot a time working with training partners, resisting opponents. So if you're working on grappling, which can involve some very unusual positions, some guys might have a problem with a gay guy being their training partner.
Apparently there's a scene in 'Bruno' that revolves around gay mma fighters at an event somewhere in the South. We'll see how it works for him.:lol
LEONARD
07-03-2009, 12:07 PM
Substitute "mma" with MLB, NBA, NFL, etc, and it would be the same answer. The athletes and the fans aren't going to be open to it, IMO.
This is sort of true. Most fight gyms don't have a community shower like sports teams would use. There is more privacy in that sense so you don't have the trust issues of "Hey, that guy is staring at my cock!"
As far as it being a one-on-one deal, it is at fight time. During training you are part of a team.
Who gives a shit if somebody is gay or not really...
robbie380
07-03-2009, 06:21 PM
http://gaysocialites.com/photos/seth_petruzellikissing.jpg
http://sports.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/seth-petruzelli-gay.jpg
seth petruzelli isn't exactly "in the closet".
and i'm not sure what is gayer....the men tonguing or the man holding the miller chill
djohn14
07-03-2009, 06:22 PM
This forum wasnt ready for a homosexual poster, but stretch came, and we are doing fine.
cornbread
07-03-2009, 06:27 PM
Seth Petruzelli FTW!:lol
dallaskd
07-05-2009, 11:43 AM
If he's a star then no. I hope Seth comes out. The look that would be on Kimbo's face. :lmao
dbreiden83080
07-05-2009, 01:10 PM
If he's a star then no.
Exactly, i feel like the question needs clarification. If he is a main event, champion ticket selling star than it is an issue worth really getting into. The sport will be tested in that regard. But a nobody, then who cares if he's gay or not?
tlongII
07-05-2009, 01:48 PM
Who cares? Gays are people too. I got no problem with them.
Who cares? Gays are people too. I got no problem with them.
it was a troll post gone serious
dallaskd
07-05-2009, 03:07 PM
^True. but if the guy can fight, who cares?
^True. but if the guy can fight, who cares?
it would go over in mma way better than the NBA or NFL
dallaskd
07-05-2009, 03:47 PM
Exactly, no one cares if a guy is gay when he is beating the shit out of people. But whens he's rubbing up on someone going for a round object its a different story.
It really shouldnt matter and I hope they gay barrier is broke someday just like the colored barrier was.
BlackSwordsMan
07-05-2009, 06:28 PM
A lot of guys paint their nails in mma already. Hard to tell who's gay.
A lot of guys paint their nails in mma already. Hard to tell who's gay.
That is some California athlete thing and for the life of me I can't remember what it meant....
I saw it on a College Game day thing for USC players...
BlackSwordsMan
07-05-2009, 08:12 PM
oh god it doesn't mean shit besides men painting their nails
As a longtime fan...no way is MMA ready for an openly gay fighter.
As a longtime fan...no way is MMA ready for an openly gay fighter.
the sport is still small enough to handle it.
BlackSwordsMan
07-05-2009, 10:39 PM
As a longtime fan...no way is MMA ready for an openly gay fighter.
why does it matter if a gay dude fought in mma? Would you hate mma if someone did? Does it matter
BlackSwordsMan
07-05-2009, 10:40 PM
I think gina swings both ways
dallaskd
07-06-2009, 05:01 PM
I think gina swings both ways
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