Updated APR 24, 2014 7:49p ET <\/p>\n
BALTIMORE -- It doesn't seem like Ronda Rousey is going to be disciplined for calling Cris Cyborg \"an it.\" <\/p>\n
UFC president Dana White said in his pre-UFC 172 media scrum Thursday that he doesn't believe Rousey's comments were of a homophobic or transphobic nature and that a reporter who called GLAAD is an \"idiot.\" <\/p>\n
\"She's not a transgender fighter,\" White said of Cyborg. \"She's a woman. What Ronda is saying is [Cyborg has] taken so many drugs, she's probably not a woman anymore. She's not a transgender fighter. She didnt have a surgery.\" <\/p>\n
Rousey's full quote to Yahoo! was as follows: \"This girl has been on steroids for so long and [has been] injecting herself for so long that she's not even a woman anymore. She's an 'it.'\" <\/p>\n
Cyborg was busted for steroids in 2009, but has not tested positive since in organizations outside of the UFC. White said it's the fight business and \"people say mean things about each other.\" <\/p>\n
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Cris Cyborg was popped for performance-enhancing drugs in 2011. <\/p>\n
Rousey's words, though, caused quite a stir. MMA apparel brand Americana even offered $5,000 to the first fighter to knock Rousey out. Rousey, the UFC women's bantamweight champion, defends her belt against Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on July 5. <\/p>\n
\"She called [Cyborg] an 'it,'\" White said. \"[Cyborg] calls Ronda a chicken. Is Ronda a chicken? Should Ronda be offended by being called a chicken? Grow the f*** up, everybody.\" <\/p>\n
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