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UFC veteran fighter Julian Erosa threw down a bizarre challenge after winning his undercard bout on Saturday - calling out swimmer Lia Thomas and telling her to become an MMA fighter.
In a weird moment during the post-fight press conference, Erosa spoke about how he didn't like cheaters and specifically called out Thomas while misgendering the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer.
As a part of his challenge, Erosa told Thomas to become an MMA fighter - before strangely volunteering to medically transition to being a woman himself.
Erosa said, 'I wanted to encourage her, or encourage him, to transition from women's swimming into women's MMA - and then I'll transition to become a woman, and I'm going to beat that dude's ass.'
Then, just seconds after suggesting that he wanted to become a trans-woman for this challenge, Erosa went on to talk about how unfair it is for trans-women to compete in women's sports.
UFC fighter Julian Erosa challenged trans swimmer Lia Thomas to become an MMA fighter
Erosa said that he would then medically transition to 'beat that dude's a**' in a bout
'That's what I wanted to say because it's all about getting a little bit of shock value,' Erosa said. 'But I mean, the world that we're living in, there's no common sense anymore. It's becoming a bit ridiculous.
'Obviously, that's one of the big things that's always been… It's going on now. I just don't agree with men in women's sports... and the girls
