Now, don't get me wrong: I have no problem with homosexuality. But, considering that 90% of the participants and die-hard fans of fighting sports (wrestling, UFC, and to a lesser extent, boxing) are absolute homophobes, I find it amusing that they would get into something so...well, gay.
And it's not hard to see how homoerotic in nature these sports are. You get two men either wearing next to nothing or something tight and leathery. Then you throw them in an enclosed space and watch them grapple each other. In the case of wrestling and UFC/mixed martial arts, this usually results in touching in the crotchal region - a position that, strangely enough, becomes socially acceptable for these people when there's a company logo slapped on the shorts and they punch each other in the face.
(Above: "Be gentle."
image source: NBC Sports)
Which brings me to the people, who are what I really have a problem with. While I'm not personally a fan of fighting sports, it's fine that they're there. And if you like them, there's no problem there either.
But look at the fighters. Perhaps this is a result of hundreds of years of Puritanic social conditioning, but goddamn these people act as if they are the epitome of manliness, and these "arts and crafts" and "holding hands" and "homosexuals" are unmanly and, as a result, inferior.
And then they go on television and play Crotch Bandit with another half-naked man.
Granted, this social hypocrisy applies to a lot of other sports as well, but fighting sports are just more blatant about it than football players slapping butts in the locker room. It's a weird, weird stigma, homosexuality - one that has led to unresolved and frowned-upon feelings in men that results in violence and overcompensating. Why do you think they throw in an attractive girl to tout the round numbers? To make you think the fighters are manlier.
But hey, look at them. Attractive women. Fighting. Muscles. Grabass. Isn't that what it takes to be a man's man these days?
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