Joe Rogan Has A Change Of Heart On Transgender Women In MMA After Alana McLaughlin's Debut

Fox, who was heavily criticised by Rogan, was cageside for McLaughlin’s second-round submission victory over Provost.

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“It was people that don’t want any criticism whatsoever about trans people. And I was like, ‘Look, I don’t have a problem with trans people, right, I have a problem with someone pretending that they’re a biological woman and fighting women.’

“Once you say you’re trans and everybody says, ‘Okay, I’ll fight her’ -- fine. I’m fine with that.

“And, in fact, MMA is one of the best places for that because you know exactly who your opponent is. Unlike like this swimmer. Was it UPenn? Is that what it is?

“The swimmer that’s like lapping all these biological women, that’s f****d because they don’t have a choice they have to compete.”

Rogan has previously been accused of transphobia and found himself in hot water after his ruthless criticism of Fox.

“First of all, she’s not really a she. She’s a transgender, post-op person,” he said on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.

“The operation doesn’t shave down your bone density. It doesn’t change. You look at a man’s hands and you look at a woman’s hands and they're built different.

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“They’re just thicker, they’re stronger, your wrists are thicker, your elbows are thicker, your joints are thicker.

“Just the mechanical function of punching, a man can do it much harder than a woman can, period.”