Before that, she had not informed promoters and athletic commissions that she was actually born a man. But a TKO loss to Ashlee Evans-Smith on Saturday night proved the playing field is fairly even.Įvans-Smith knocked out Fox in the third round in in the Championship Fighting Alliance women’s featherweight (145 pounds) tournament final in Coral Gables, Fla.įox, who was 3-0 as a pro going in, was a heavy favorite, having generated significant buzz after she outed herself as transgender earlier this year to Sports Illustrated and OutSports. Being born a man didn’t help Fallon Fox in this fight.Ĭritics have blasted Fox, the first transgender professional MMA athlete, for fighting women though she lived as a man until seven years ago.
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