How Do You Deal with Learning Your Favorite Fighter has Terrible Opinions?

Content warning for a reference to transphobia. MMA has always been a sport full of colorful characters: that’s part of the appeal. These are seemingly larger-than-life people doing truly herculean feats of physical and mental skill, half naked in a cage for all the world to see. But when those characters (and much more hurtfully, a personal favorite, someone you’ve rooted for for years) start spouting off awful, toxic bullshit, it sucks. There’s almost a feeling of betrayal, and it happens far more often than I’d care to admit. This week, on Best Camp of My Life with Fernanda Prates, guest star Juice Jackson of the Friendly Sparring podcast experiences … Continue reading How Do You Deal with Learning Your Favorite Fighter has Terrible Opinions?