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Dana White kept his council over whether he would be willing to allow transgender fighters to compete in the UFC.

During a recent appearance on Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast, the UFC president was asked whether or not fans could ever expect to see a female fighter who had transitioned appear in the octagon. But he remained coy with his answer, instead directing the conversation to the controversial Fallon Fox, who competed almost a decade ago in other organisations.

The Chicago-based fighter, who was in her late 30s when she debuted in the sport, drew the ire of many pundits as she racked up a 5-1 professional record before retiring in 2014. Among Fox's critics were UFC commentator Joe Rogan, who believed that her being born male gave her too much of an advantage in the sport.

And White echoed those sentiments almost a decade later when speaking with Paul and co-hosts Mike Majlak and George Janko, telling them that transgender fighters had already competed in the sport. “It happened in our sport,” White explained. “There was a fighter named Fallon Fox, who was a male fighter who became a woman.

"He was a male