UFC star slams person who outed him: “I hope it was worth it”

UFC fighter Jeff Molina shared an emotional message with fans in which he came out as bisexual after being outed on social media.

“Welp.. this f**king sucks,” he wrote, after a video of him with another man was leaked. “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.”

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He went on to explain that he had tried to keep his love life private and that he spent much of his life suppressing his attraction to other men.

“I’m a pretty masculine dude and that bro-y banter and sus sense if humor has always been how I am. The thought of my buddies, teammates, and ppl 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.”

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“In a sport like this where a majority of the fans being the homophobic c**ksuckers they are I didn’t see myself doing this during this part of my career.”

He expressed his fears that coming out would mean being known for his sexuality, rather than his talents. He then said that while he is indeed “getting hated/shitted on” he is also “getting an equal amount of support.” He also took aim at the person who outed him.

“To the awful disturbed person that decided to post this ishh I hope it was worth it.”

On Twitter, his note received a wave of support from followers.

Saddens me that you weren’t able to do this on your own terms, horrible thing for that person to do, but you know who you are and I’m sure this will resonate with someone going through the same thing in the MMA space. Thanks for even sharing.

— MS (@UFC_Obsessed) March 17, 2023

🤝 you’re the man jeff

— WAVVES (@WAVVES) March 17, 2023

The real ones don't care man. Be happy with you and the rest will fall into place. Glad you can finally get it off ya chest. Fuck the haters

— Chris Curtis The Action Man (@Actionman513) March 17, 2023

Be authentic always to yourself ❤️

— Kendra Lust™ (@KendraLust) March 18, 2023

You should be very proud of yourself. Sorry that your privacy was taken from you too. Stand tall 🙏🏻

— Andy Stevenson (@andyste123) March 17, 2023

To those that don't know, Jeff has been on the One Community Jiujitsu Club Board Of Directors helping us make BJJ assessable to underprivileged families

He's taught over a dozen sessions and is giving inspiration to a lost community

We Love and Stand with Jeff 1000% https://t.co/c4wu1qLXNM

— Ray @ One Community Jiujitsu Club (@RayFreemanBJJ) March 17, 2023

Whoever did this to you should be ashamed of themselves. Private life should stay private unless someone is ready to bring it public.

We don't know each other in person, but fwiw I'm very proud of you.

Much love from Italy, Jeff. ❤️

— Al Zullino (@phre) March 17, 2023

I’m sorry this was taken from you Jeff but don’t listen to the haters and keep being you 💪

— Ricky Sanders (@RSandersDFS) March 17, 2023

Sorry that it was not on your terms, but real friends and fans see you as a UFC fighter without adjectives.

We support you, Jeff. And we're certain that there are thousands more who do.

— Ramblin' Fan (@RamblinFan) March 17, 2023

Last June, Molina clapped back against homophobic comments made by fans after he was spotted wearing rainbow Pride Month shorts during a fight. In an interview following his victory, Molina hit back against trolls, saying “who the f**k cares” about what he wears.

Molina went on to say that any fan who has an issue with him wearing Pride shorts should “just be a decent f**king person.”

“I’ll support anything of a community that’s been oppressed and ostracised for some time for something they can’t help. I’ll get behind any of that. It wasn’t that long ago that there was school segregation… something like Stonewall, that was like 50 years ago. This is recent s**t.”

“I just thought in 2022 people would be a little more open-minded and not pieces of s**t, but I guess I was wrong.”