TUF 15 Contestant Outed As Gay Porn Performer

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/2/28/2830596/ufc-gay-porn-dakota-cochrane-ultimate-fighter-tuf-fx
Multiple MMA sites are reporting that Dakota Cochrane, one of the contestants on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, has performed in gay pornographic videos. Cochrane is best known to MMA fans for his upset win over former WEC champ Jamie Varner last fall. The 25 year-old Cochrane has an 11-2 pro MMA record that also includes a win over four time NCAA Division III wrestling champ Marcus Levesseur.

According to gay news blog Queerty, Cochrane was outed last fall along with another MMA fighter and porn performer:

...porn blogs recently outed these two porn performers as pro-mixed martial arts fighters-a style of ring fighting where opponents use any combination of boxing, wrestling, karate, and anything else you've ever seen used in a Van Damme or Steven Seagal movie.

It will be very interesting to see how Dana White, the UFC and FX handle this news.

White went on the record last fall about homosexual fighters:

White said that while a few fighters occasionally step out of line, the vast majority -- "300-something," in his view are inspirational, role- model types to kids and adults.

Though there has never been an openly gay fighter in the UFC, White said there would be no problems for that individual under his watch.

"I'll tell you right now, if there's a gay fighter in the UFC, I wish he would come out," he said. "I could care less if there's a gay fighter in the UFC. There probably is, and there's probably more than one. It's 2012. Give me a break."

He didn't however say anything about a fighter with a past as a gay porn performer. Recently the UFC apparently struggled with the decision of whether or not to sanction Octagon girl Chandella Powell after her soft-core porn past was revealed.

Cochrane was officially named a contestant on the series yesterday when the cast list was released. All 32 contestants are expected to fight for a place on the show on the series' FX debut on Friday, March 9.

Will the fighters in the house be aware of this?

OU wrote:

Will the fighters in the house be aware of this?

Lets hope so. It will make good TV.

Good thing Nog isn't coaching.

If they follow MMA this was already known. Was talked about when he was fighting Varner

Who gives a shit as long as he isn't trying to get in the other guys pants? If the motherfucker shows up to fight and fights well, I could care less if he is a butt pirate.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Who gives a shit as long as he isn't trying to get in the other guys pants? If the motherfucker shows up to fight and fights well, I could care less if he is a butt pirate.

You mean as long as he doesn't literally try and rape his opponent? lol

Well maybe they can let Herb Dean stay there and break it up, in case he is getting to much of an advantage.

I think it's cool. Homophobia is so lame these days. Also he's cute.

Ain't no faggots round hurr.

Just mad, mad hipsters

did he ever work with War Machine?

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/2/28/2831601/setting-the-record-straight-with-ultimate-fighter-15-contestant
GFMMA: Now the big story that is popping up everywhere is that you have done a pornographic move in the past what is your stance on it?
DC: It something that I did a long time ago and just want to put it in the past I am just moving onto bigger and better things now. I've dealt with this ever since I did it, I am straight but I did it for money and now It's out there we dont have to talk about it any more.

He did a gay porn movie for money but isn't gay. lolwut? It doesn't really matter either way. I mean, Nick Ring is gay and it hasn't made a difference.

Probably why they let him on..Dana still going out of his way to prove he's not a homophobe.

I kid, Cochrane is a pretty good fighter.

i don't see how it's relevant,

the notion that he would try and bum every fucker in the house is ridiculous

cheekynffc wrote:

i don't see how it's relevant,

the notion that he would try and bum every fucker in the house is ridiculous

That doesn't stop it from being mildly funny.

http://blogs.thescore.com/mma/2012/02/28/dakota-cochrane-calls-his-gay-porn-past-a-mistake/

Mauro just interviewed him about it.

I could see doing gay porn and not being gay. those chicks who get pooped on, fuck donkeys etc probably dont like that either, desperate times call for desperate measures.

He's gay. Homophobia is gay.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/27635/tuf-15-contestant-mike-rio-says-dakota-cochranes-gay-porn-past-no-issue.mma

Quote :

"He's just like everybody else," Rio told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "He's just trying to start a new chapter in his life, which is what we're all trying to do. We're trying to move on. He's entitled to do what he wants – according to me, he's entitled to do whatever he wants. Me and him hung out a little bit. He seemed cool to me. He didn't seem disrespectful. ... He was just a cool, down-to-earth guy.

"Whatever he does in his spare time, he does in his spare time, but you can't deny he can kick someone's ass because you've seen his record and seen what he can do."
"If he's a good fighter, it doesn't matter what he did," he said. "He's not going into the show to do any gay-porn stuff. He's going to fight. And if he's good at fighting, who can take that away from him?"

"I had a teammate who was gay," the former college wrestler said. "I had a bunch of workout partners that were gay. It's just inevitable. I'm not about to alienate someone or not train with them because of their preference or past.

"If he's a good training partner, he's a good training partner. What am I supposed to do? Not train with the best guy in the room just because he had a preference? No, come on. That's how you do not become the best. To be the best, you've got to train with the best. If he's the best, you deal with him."

Just a few quotes from there.