Like many others, I've been following the story of transgendered female MMA fighter Fallon "The Queen of Swords" Fox with avid interest. There's been a lot of debate and I wanted to weigh in with my own personal thoughts on the matter.

If she's had the surgery and ongoing hormone therapy for more than two years (she has) then it seems like any "masculine" advantage would be cancelled out, wouldn't it? After all, isn't testosterone what makes a man who weights 144 lbs stronger than a woman at the same weight? I certainly don't think a match between Fox and a person with a system full of testosterone (natural or artificial) would be a fair fight. Put her in a match against fellow featherweight Cristiane Cyborg Santos and she'd probably lose. Why? Because she has less testosterone in her system than the steroid-enhanced Cyborg.

Sadly, I think actual science has very little to do with most people's reactions to Fox. I also think that it would be very easy for sour grapes opponents to claim that they lost because Fox is transgendered and not because she trains harder or because she's a better fighter. And I can't help but wonder what people's reactions would be to a transgendered male fighter.

I don't know about you, but I'm in Fallon Fox's corner. I say, let her fight!

What do you think?