Jeff Molina: UFC’s rising flyweight contender Jeff Molina’s social media handle was bombarded with hate comments after he wore UFC’s pride month kit at UFC vegas 56. Follow UFC Live Updates and UFC news with InsideSport.IN
Jeff Molina: “God will make sure you burn in hell”, UFC flyweight contender receives hate words for supporting Pride month
Jeff Molina: “God will make sure you burn in hell”, UFC flyweight contender receives hate words for supporting Pride month
Jeff Molina hurled with hate comments: Jeff Molina stays undefeated in UFC with a total 4 winning streak. The flyweight prospect has 11 wins and 2 losses in his professional MMA career.
In UFC 56, he defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov via unanimous decision in 3 round bout.
To support the LGBTQ community, UFC was raising funds on the occasion of pride month. Jeff Molina wore Pride month shorts in order to promote the initiative.
Unfortunately, hate comments were hurled his social media handles for wearing the shorts and offering his support for the community.
Jeff Molina said, It was strange because I thought it was something so nonchalant, simple, minuscule,” Molina said. “Like, dude, check out my shorts, there’s rainbow coloring on it, it’s just cool that the UFC is doing this for Pride Month. Then I didn’t look at my phone for a couple of hours — I try not to be on my phone too much for fight week — I look at my phone and the comments are split. Actually, not really, the comments were pretty much all pretty hateful.
“I looked over to the DMs, my DMs on Twitter were about split with the love and hate. From the love side it was a lot of guys like, ‘Hey man, I didn’t know you rolled that way. I think you’re cute.’ And then on the other side it was more of the same hateful, spiteful things, and I felt like I just had to address it.”
“DC at my debut weigh-ins said I’m not the most attractive flyweight in the UFC,” Molina said. “He’s like, ‘I don’t see it at all. I don’t think he’s that attractive.’ He said that verbatim. So to get some love from men all over the world saying I’m a handsome guy, I’ll take it.”
“Absolutely not,” Molina said. “If anything, I wanted to get a bigger vinyl after that. That thought didn’t even cross my mind.”
“What’s weird is I feel like I’m being appreciated for something I shouldn’t be appreciated for, if that makes sense,” Molina said. “And I’m not trying to backtrack on anything I said, I spoke 100 percent from the heart. I meant exactly what I said. But it’s like being applauded for saying, ‘Murder is wrong.’ This should just be common: Rape is wrong. Racism is wrong. Being hateful towards someone for who they love is wrong. And who the f*** cares at the end of the day? That’s the only thing that makes me feel weird about this whole situation.
“I know I have a platform as a fighter, fighting for the UFC, for the biggest organization in the world. But at the same time I feel weird being appreciated for something that should just be f****** common decency. Just being a human being.”
It’s heart-wrenching to witness the LGBTQ community still being attacked even at an international forum. However, it’s a highly appreciative effort by the organization to offer their support to the marginalized community.
Jeff Molina: “God will make sure you burn in hell”, UFC flyweight contender receives hate words for supporting Pride month
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