Fallon Fox

“The danger is you never know if people are actually saying what they mean. I've learned you never know how someone will react.”

“I did wrestling in high school; that helped, as far as technique goes.”

“Some people believe I have an automatic advantage over other female MMA fighters, so they think 'well she has to be stronger, because she used to be a male,' but if they look into the science of it and what the hormones do to the body, to the male body once taken over a period of time... it dissipates.”

“I like playing video games in my spare time.”

“If the UFC would listen to reason on transgendered athletes, it could help change the sport for the better.”

“Winning a pro tournament is another step toward getting fights against higher-ranked opponents.”

“I looked up the Queen of Swords and I read the meaning. It was a tarot card. The description of the tarot card sounded to me like the description of a certain type of woman: She's strong, she's proud, she's intelligent and all these different things. I was like, that's how I want to be.”

“I miss being able to throw down with other elite-level women, to be considered among the best.”

“I was built to be a fighter, to be a warrior just like Ronda Rousey was built to be a warrior and Bruce Jenner is getting back to being the hardcore person, the warrior that he is.”

“Matt Mitrione went well beyond disagreeing with the medical experts who say I should be able to compete as a woman, and personally attacked me as a fighter, as a woman, and as a human being.”

“My role models are every single woman that steps inside of the cage - inside of an octagon, inside a ring, or on a mat - and proves to themselves and to others that they can do what they need to do. Those are my heroes. Those are my sheroes. Those are the people that I look up to.”

“It's hard because the phrase 'woman trapped in a man's body' is thrown around a lot, but that's like shorthand. It's deeper than that. There's so much more to it.”

“I do not have a competitive advantage when fighting another woman.”

“I break people's faces. I break their arms. I break their legs. That's a part of the sport. That's my job. That's the job of the opponent who's trying to do the same thing to me.”

“The first time I got called 'Miss' that felt amazing.”

“Where I came from, it was more shocking to be an atheist than to be transgender.”

“MMA is the most dangerous sport there is for a transgender, with all the body contact, I know that.”

“I don't believe that a transgender fighter should have to disclose her personal medical history to other female fighters before they fight.”

“I remembered watching the first UFC. You couldn't get it on TV. They were doing it bare knuckles. No gloves. I wanted to do that.”

“If no one knew that I was trans - let's say that I made it very, very far. Let's say I went to the UFC and became a UFC champion, even, won the belt title, took it home and no one ever knew - that would be great for me.”