Cyborg Demands Apology From JacksonWink
The UFC women’s featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg made her first defense and scored her 19th consecutive victory on Saturday, earning a five-round unanimous decision over Holly Holm at UFC 219.
However, the champion wasn’t jubilant for long as a photographer who was at the event representing the JacksonWink gym (where Holm trains) posted a since-deleted Instagram message in which he used the words “dude”, “he”, and “his” to describe Cyborg. The use of male pronouns are in line with past comments made by several prominent figures ranging from Dana White to Joe Rogan, who have compared Cyborg’s body to that of a male fighter.
On Monday, she took to Instagram herself to address the insult:
“It is not acceptable for an official representative of (Holly Holm and JacksonWink MMA) to call me transgender following my fight,” Cyborg wrote, adding that she expects an apology from whoever wrote the post and that this person not be granted credentials by the UFC in the future.
The JacksonWink team has posted its side of the story on Facebook: