TUF 15 is set to begin with controversy.
Dakota Cochrane a former gay film actor was included in the 32-fighter cast of the upcoming TUF 15 . According to sites like Middle Easy, Bloody Elbow and MMAMania (Warning: Some of the landing pages contains links to explicit content.), Cochrane performed in 16 gay pornographic films under the name "Danny." Cochrane during his collegiate years due to financial instability that time.
Due to his past , he was mostly adjudged as a homosexual but to clarify things first, Dakota was already married and has 2 children .
The 25-year-old Cochrane is 10-2 in MMA and posted a win over former WEC lightweight champ Jamie Varner in September.
Based on his fight history, this guy can really kick someone's ass and also he has a good grappling skills since 5 of his wins came from submissions out of 10 wins. I don't care about his gender or what so ever, as long as he can shut someone's mouth ill be rooting on this guy.
Watch here one of his fight
Watch here one of his fight
Excerpt from yahoo:
UPDATE: Cochrane confirmed that his past does indeed include these films and that the UFC is aware.
On his audition tape for TUF, he included an introduction that mentioned all about his past. Everything."I think it's a little bit courageous for both of us. I could just hide in a hole and no one would know except for the people close to me. And to them, I was up front. I let them know right away so it wasn't anything that could come back and bite them in the butt. I think maybe they respected that a little bit," Cochrane told MMAFighting. "I think some people judge against it, some people will be OK with it. Some people will want me to get my butt kicked, and hopefully others will respect what I'm trying to do."
The reaction to Cochrane's inclusion on the show will be interesting to follow. White was asked in the past about the issue of promoting a gay fighter.
"Any guy involved in grappling is the furthest thing from homophobic in the world. I honestly think it would have no impact at all whatsoever. Not only with our fighters or our fanbase. It wouldn't be a big deal to me and most of the guys I know in this sport, it wouldn't be a big deal for them either," White said during a conversation with Edge Magazine in 2009. "The guys in the UFC, everybody is so cool. There's great sportsmanship and everybody has respect for each other."
FIGHT HISTORY OF Dakota Cochrane
| RESULT | FIGHTER | EVENT | METHOD/REFEREE | R | TIME |
| LOSS | Ramico Blackmon | RFA 1 - Resurrection Fighting Alliance Dec / 16 / 2011 | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | Jamie Varner | TFC 20 - Titan Fighting Championship 20 Sep / 23 / 2011 | Decision (Unanimous) Chuck Wolfe | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | George Sheppard | The Cage Inc. - Battle at the Border 10 Jul / 30 / 2011 | Decision (Split) | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | Rod Montoya | EC - Extreme Challenge 181 Apr / 15 / 2011 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:20 |
| WIN | Marshall Martin | The Cage Inc. - Battle at the Border 8 Jan / 15 / 2011 | KO (Punch) Mark Powell | 2 | 1:57 |
| WIN | Marcus LeVesseur | Seconds Out/ Vivid MMA - Combat on Capital Hill 4 Nov / 12 / 2010 | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 4:08 |
| WIN | Will Shutt | EC - Extreme Challenge 162 Oct / 1 / 2010 | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 1 | 1:36 |
| WIN | Jonathan Knutson | The Cage Inc. - Battle at the Border 6 Aug / 21 / 2010 | Decision (Unanimous) Isaac Duncan | 3 | 5:00 |
| LOSS | T.J. O'Brien | Extreme Challenge - High Stakes Jul / 16 / 2010 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:00 |
| WIN | Cory Simpson | The Cage Inc. - Battle at the Border 5 May / 15 / 2010 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Kimberly Winslow | 2 | 2:40 |
| WIN | Carlos Claudio | The Cage Inc. - Proving Ground 2 Apr / 2 / 2010 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:05 |
| WIN | Jeremy Malaterre | VFC 30 - Night of Champions Feb / 5 / 2010 | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | Alex Harper | VFC 29 - The Rising Nov / 13 / 2009 | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |