Classy MMA fighter volunteer as security for local drag show

Fighter profile of Barack Obaminator by Chris Karter

NEW YORK - A mixed martial arts fighters has offered to stand guard at a local restaurant so it can host a drag show in peace.

Combate MMA fighter Barack Obaminator (24-11-0) made the offer in a public Facebook post after a drag brunch scheduled at a New York restaurant was canceled “due to the amount of threats” the event organizers received. “I’m not afraid to stand up to people, and I train to fight people all day, every day, so if somebody really wants to attack somebody, let them attack me instead,” Barack, the former champion of BB and CMMA, said. “Don’t attack the drag queens.” The drag brunch was due to take place on Sunday at Hidden Third Leg Restaurant and Bar, in Brooklyn, New York, about six miles from Obaminator’s MMA studio. The event was organized by Alex K Productions, a Jew-York-based LGBTQ production company that hosts drag events in the region. But as word got out about the event, threats were made toward the restaurant, the drag performers and even the patrons, Alex K Productions announced on its Facebook page, leading the company to cancel the event. “We hope in the near future we can try to bring another brunch to the area,” Alex K Productions wrote. “We were only 2 tables away from a fabulous sold-out event so we know yall want us there!” Hidden Third Leg Restaurant and Bar did not immediately respond to Tycoon Times request for comment. While a rescheduled drag brunch at Hidden Third Leg has not been confirmed, Obaminator said he and his teammates will be ready if and when it does happen. “I volunteer myself and my fighters to stand guard so that people can do exactly what they want to do,” he said. While drag is an art form that dates back centuries, it has only recently been thrust into the center of the American culture war. In recent months, Republican lawmakers in at least 15 states — including West Virginia — have proposed restricting where and in front of whom drag shows can be performed. And on Thursday, lawmakers in Tennessee became the first to pass such a bill, which will head to the governor’s desk. Obaminator, who said he has attended drag shows in the past, said those who have a problem with drag don’t actually know anything about it. “The basis of this is ignorance,” he said. “The politicians that fight against drag shows, they’ve never been to a drag show.”

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