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— Jeff Molina (@jmolina_125)
March 17, 2023
Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight
Jeff
Molina is the victim of extremely unfortunate
circumstances.
On Thursday, an intimate video leaked involving Molina. As rumor
spread, on Friday morning, Molina released a statement on Twitter
where he came out as bisexual, while expressing his disappointment
that he was forced out against his will. While there are openly gay
and LGBTQ women on the UFC roster, Molina is the first male UFC
fighter to publicly come out. Molina (11-2) was a top-15 flyweight
with the promotion, who is currently under suspension for his
involvement with the James
Krause betting scandal.
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Molina’s statement reads as follows:
“Welp.. this f—ing sucks
“TLDR: im bi
“Not the way I wanted to do this but the chance to do it when I was
ready was taken from me. I’ve tried to keep my dating life private
from social media. I’ve dated girls my whole life and suppressed
feelings I had throughout high school being on the wrestling team,
throughout college pursuing MMA, and even after making part of the
dream happen and getting into the UFC.
“I’m a pretty masculine dude and that bro-y banter and sus sense of
humor has always been how I am. The thought of my buddies,
teammates and [people] I look up to looking at me different let
alone treating me different for something I can’t control was
something I couldn’t fathom. In a sport like this where a majority
of the fans being the homophobic c—suckers they are I didn’t see
myself doing this during this part of my career. I wanted to be
known for my skills and what I’ve dedicated the last 11 of years of
my life to and not the ‘bi UFC fighter’ that I’m sure would just be
translated to ‘gay UFC fighter.’
“To the awful disturbed person that decided to post this ishh I
hope it was worth it.
“At the end of the day I know my character, morals, and who I am as
a person. As much as I’m getting hated/sh–ted on I’m getting an
equal amount of support & it means a f–k ton.”
Molina worked his way up the regional circuit in the Missouri,
area, eventually stringing a six-finish streak together to earn a
place on the 2020 season of Dana White’s Contender Series. A victory over
Jacob
Silva secured the Olathe, Kansas, native a contract with the
UFC. Making his organizational debut in 2021, “El Jefe” claimed a
decision over Qileng Aori
at UFC 261. Since then, Moline rattled off a pair of victories over
Daniel da
Silva and Zhalgas
Zhumagulov to run his win streak to 10 and temporarily reach
the no. 14 spot on the UFC 125-pound rankings.
Molina is currently suspended by the Nevada State Athletic
Commission due to his connection with former Glory MMA & Fitness
coach Krause. Molina participated in Krause’s betting service, and
even sought out potential bettors to sign up for their services and
takeovers. The fighter claimed that, “In stocks, this is called
insider trading, in MMA betting, it’s called James
Krause.” While still technically a member of the UFC roster,
Molina will not be offered a fight until the conclusion of the
investigation undertaken by the promotion, the commission and
multiple betting integrity firms.