After getting wobbled in the first round by her opponent, McLaughlin made a comeback in the second round and finished the fight via a rear-naked choke.
Fox, who was in McLaughlin’s corner during the fight, uploaded a post on Twitter commending the 38-year-old’s performance in her debut fight.
After McLaughlin’s debut, many MMA personalities came out to criticize the transgender fighter. They were of the notion that the 38-year-old had an unfair physical advantage over her cisgender counterparts.
McLaughlin retweeted a post on Twitter that appeared to be a response to people criticizing her for fighting cisgender women:
Sean O’Malley and Brendan Schaub speak against Alana McLaughlin’s participation in women’s MMA
Former UFC heavyweight fighter Brendan Schaub recently spoke about Alana McLaughlin on his podcast ‘Below the Belt’. ‘Big Brown’ said that the 38-year-old should be allowed to compete, but only against other transgender fighters:
UFC’s rising bantamweight prospect Sean O’Malley and UFC middleweight Sean Strickland have also criticized the idea of McLaughlin competing against cisgender women fighters.
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