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The Daily Beast asks "Is Ultimate Fighting Gay?":
Recently, gay bloggers, homophobic critics of MMA, and even straight fans have declared that one of the great appeals of the sport is its homoeroticism. They note the large number of gay men and straight women who have become fans of MMA and attribute it to the appeal of the nearly-naked hard bodies of the fighters and the intimate, often pelvic techniques of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the favored grappling discipline in the sport.

Jim Buzinski, the publisher of Outsports.com, a web site devoted to gay sports fans and athletes that has counted NFL Network and ESPN Radio among its advertisers, calls MMA "intrinsically homoerotic." He claims that "while it is impossible to quantify numbers, it's clear that MMA has a gay following." This month, one of the site's most viewed articles was a list of "A Straight Guy's Top MMA Hotties." Spike TV's "Ultimate Fighter" reality series, in which a group of fighters live together in a house and compete for a UFC contract, is especially popular with Outsports readers. Buzinski calls it "the most homoerotic show on TV." Moreover, the site's readers "routinely send us links to what they think are hot MMA fighters, so they clearly pay attention to more than just their skills. [UFC welterweight champion] Georges St. Pierre in tight trunks equals page views."

And then there's matbattle.com, a website devoted to "helping homosexual grapplers explore and express their fetish in a welcoming environment." The site features movies and photos of gay Judo and Jiu-Jitsu fighters performing what it calls martial-arts "sporno."

But it's not all good times with tight trunks and sporno. Also referenced: fag-gate, Brock Lesnar, and the implication that flaunting your gayness at a sports bar showing the UFC is liable to get you Matthew Shepard'd.

Still, it is interesting to know that Dana White was 'the first head of a major sports league to welcome gay athletes'  - I guess EliteXC wasn't major - or does Tonya Evinger's occasional penis predilection make her not gay enough? Despite saying 'faggot' on Youtube, White is clearly down with people doing it in the brown and I think that's pretty awesome. MMA's meathead horde, on the other hand ... well, what can you expect? The state of Maine just took away gay people's right to marry yesterday. So everyone's got some improving to do.
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"G" Funk
LMFAO! GREAT LINKS!!!
Dum-Dum
fightlinker poll for who's hotter?

st pierre - or - shogun
acadianbacon
Props to your avatar change "G"!
subo
The Grossman picture was great - hoping for the same thing to happen to Cutler.

I normally like the Beast, but 'gay dudes like watching in-shape men walk around topless' is hardly a headline.

Oh, and fuck Maine.
Omomatta
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in the ass with a big rubber dick?

What amazes me is how politicians/religious activists can completely dehumanize a group of people and think its alright.
subo
- Serious
It's things like this that make me support death panels.
Dr.Death
I guess Hopkins was right when he said mma is a gay porno.
Razzle
This idea is latently insulting to homosexuals, like they have so little control over their lust for men, that as soon as they see 2 guys half clothed in any context they think about fucking them.
the mocker
I wouldn't really give two pisses if a MMA fighter was gay or not as long as he handled his business. I do think it would be pretty funny if one day someone is holding a UFC belt and starts talking to Joe Rogan with a lisp after the fight.hey that just reminded me of when C.B. Dollaway won that one fight and started speaking with the lisp hahaha right on dude.
Blackula Jonez
what the mocker said, missing him on TUF, hearing dollaway for the first time i nearly lost my shit

and on top of that he is a raging jock douchbbag which is just adds to the hilarity that is his speaking voice
godzillad
Know what makes us feel old? The fact that some people don't know the Matthew Shepard story.
Zombie Jesus
GSP--So hot right now. GSP.
Fightlinker
"This idea is latently insulting to homosexuals, like they have so little control over their lust for men, that as soon as they see 2 guys half clothed in any context they think about fucking them."

What about:

"This idea is latently insulting to men, like they have so little control over their lust for women, that as soon as they see 2 chicks half clothed in any context they think about fucking them."

*GASP!*
Razzle
Well, yea its insulting to men too. Frankly when I'm watching women fight, I'm not thinking about putting my penis in them.

I'd be willing to bet that it goes along the lines of, gay guy likes fighting in general and enjoys mma as a sport, while quickly noticing that it's guys grinding on each other and enjoying that as well.

The implication is that gays are getting into MMA because of the sexual aspect primarily, which I'd guess isn't true, regardless of what they self report.
subo
^ My brother has self reported that he likes a sweaty, toned man in pretty much any setting. Add another man and some aggression and denying the appeal is kind of silly.
Razzle
Appeal, sure. But, the implication is that the main reason many gays like MMA, is the man-grinding, which I think is bullshit.
Razzle
I don't watch some shitty tv show because some titties are bouncing around.
subo
Do you consider yourself representative of the average American?
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