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The fight that caused those injuries to Hansen took place in March 2018 against Kal Schwartz, and a media report at the time said that Schwartz "paint(ed) her opponent red" when blood poured out of a wound.įox addressed the photo in a series of tweets last month, saying, "So tired of the fake news circulating that I broke this woman’s skull. The bloodied person pictured is Kay Hansen, who started fighting in MMA bouts in 2017, three years after Fox’s last bout. In the Facebook post about Fox, the photo that accompanies the claim juxtaposes images of a bloodied fighter and Fox giving thumbs-up signs. Now there’s rumors that I broke 2 women’s skulls. They said I ‘broke her skull.’ As if it split in half & she died. Responding to a claim that seems to mirror the one we are checking, Fox tweeted, "The rumor’s kinda based on another fight where I fractured opponent Tamikka Brents orbital bone years ago.
Then, in February 2021, Fox described Brents’ injuries in different terms. You try to make it seem as if I’m the only one who could do that. And other women have done the same in the sport. In October 2020, replying to a tweet that has since been deleted, Fox tweeted, "I fractured Tamikka Brents skull. One woman’s skull was fractured, the other not. In June 2020, when someone accused her of smashing two women’s skulls open, Fox tweeted, "For the record, I knocked two out. One report at the time from a news outlet that covers MMA said that Brents had a concussion, broken orbital bone and required seven staples in her head.įox has commented on her bout against Brents several times on Twitter. But a study in the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine found that MMA fights have an overall high rate of injury, and that the majority of recorded injuries were to the face.ĭuring a 2014 fight, Fox defeated Tamikka Brents by knockout. The Facebook post implies that because Fox’s sex at birth was male, she maintains a physical advantage over her opponents and, as a result, is causing serious injuries. When she went public with her story in 2013, she became the first openly transgender woman athlete to compete in MMA. And she did not cause the injuries of or ever fight the bloodied person pictured in the post.įox is a transgender woman whose sex at birth was male she underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2006. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)ĭuring her two-year MMA career, Fox had one bout that resulted in facial injuries to her opponent - which is not uncommon in MMA - but the Facebook post gets most details wrong. The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. The Facebook post says, "Fallon (Fox), a transgender MMA fighter, has now broken 2 female opponents’ skulls," and shows a photo of Fox alongside an MMA fighter with a severely bloodied face. One claim making the rounds on social media takes aim at retired transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox, whose last bout was in 2014.
With federal efforts underway to expand transgender rights, claims about transgender people have been rampant, and participation in sports is one particular area of focus.