Final month, former UFC fighter Jake Shields posted a problem to “the hardest trans males” to a bout, and one has answered the decision.
Mack Beggs, a organic feminine from Texas who has transitioned, posted on Instagram that he was right down to go in opposition to Shields.
After Shields claimed to obtain no response from any trans fighters, he revised his provide, saying he’d tackle former UFC fighter Mike Jackson and 10 trans fighters concurrently.
“This can be a severe provide go get your staff prepared,” Shields tweeted April 20.
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Trinity junior Mack Beggs waits for a sign from the referee within the remaining spherical of the 6A Ladies 110-pound division in the course of the Texas state wrestling match Feb. 25, 2017, at Berry Heart in Cypress, Texas. (Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
However Beggs needs to enter the octagon with Shields one on one.
“We simply going to make this an official name out, however Jake Shields I’ll take you up in your provide,” Beggs mentioned, through OutKick. “However the provide isn’t going to be 10 versus one and 10 trans males — you’re going to be combating for the remainder of the evening.
“You’re going to do a one-on-one kind match. You’re going to do it proper. In case you’re going to name your self a fighter do it f—ing proper.”
Beggs mentioned it was “disrespectful to the game of MMA” to “name out 10 trans males” and say he would “whoop them.”
Beggs, 24, added that Shields and “individuals who assume like him” have a “fetish” for transgender folks in his protection of trans fighters.
“It’s the truth that y’all are so fixated and hyper-fixated and have some f—ing fetish with trans ladies that you simply even overlook that we f—ing out right here, and we going to f— you up.”
Jake Shields steps on a scale in the course of the UFC 171 weigh-in at Gilley’s Dallas March 14, 2014, in Dallas, Texas. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC through Getty Pictures)
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Beggs then directed a message at Shields.
“I’m particularly going to f— you up, Jake Shields,” Beggs mentioned.
Shields noticed the problem was accepted and is able to go.
“My provide is legit so have they/them contact me they usually can begin placing their staff collectively,” Shields tweeted.
Shields additionally wasn’t afraid to throw a digital jab.
“This factor thinks it will probably beat me In a struggle,” he tweeted Friday with a facepalm emoji.
Shields additionally joked that Bud Gentle would sponsor the trans fighters, a dig on the beer firm’s partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Beggs was in the course of transitioning whereas in highschool, and state guidelines pressured Beggs to wrestle in opposition to women. Beggs gained the Texas women 110-pound championship in 2017 and 2018 in opposition to the identical lady, Chelsea Sanchez. Beggs went 79-0 over these two years.
Trinity junior Mack Beggs, middle, acquired a medal for successful the state championship within the 6A Ladies 110-pound weight class of the Texas state wrestling match Feb. 25, 2017, at Berry Heart in Cypress, Texas. (Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
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A number of potential opponents forfeited matches in opposition to Beggs as a result of the wrestler was taking testosterone in the course of the transition, stirring controversy.
Beggs didn’t wrestle collegiately resulting from surgical procedure, whereas Shields battled for the UFC welterweight championship at UFC 129. He misplaced to Georges St. Pierre.
