Fallon Fox became a woman through surgery in 2006 . `` The reaction has been positive , '' said Fox , 37 , who revealed her story recently to Sports Illustrated after a journalist with another publication began to investigate her private surgery . The procedure was performed by Dr. David Dao, who is now the chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore. She revealed her operation to SI after another publication looked into her surgery . Her last opponent is appealing the loss , saying Fox failed to disclose background .
Fallon Fox became a woman through surgery in 2006 . The procedure was performed by Dr. David Dao, who is now the chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore. She revealed her operation to SI after another publication looked into her surgery . Her last opponent is appealing the loss , saying Fox failed to disclose background .