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from www.fullmount.co.uk – Yesterday we reported that the UFC and FX had revealed the full cast list for the upcoming season premiere of the Ultimate Fighter Live on March 9th. Today, however, MiddleEasy.com has reported that one of the contestants set to take part on the show has a background in gay porn, previously performing under the name “Danny”.

Dakota Cochrane, who boasts an impressive 11-2 record, gained a spot on the upcoming season following an dominant victory over Jamie Varner at Titan Fighting Championship 20 in September. He will be one of 32 hopefuls competing for a spot in the UFC house, in which he could possible reside for up to 13 weeks, as the UFC takes the weekly series live for the first time ever.

UFC president Dana White has previously stated that he “didn’t care” if a gay fighter was employed by Zuffa and actually encouraged any gay mixed martial artists to “come out”. Dana stated during last year’s UFC 137 pre-fight press conference:

“I’ll tell you right now, if there was a gay fighter in UFC, I wish he would come out. I could care less if there’s a gay fighter in the UFC. There probably is and there’s probably more than one. I mean, it’s 2012. Give me a break.”

White was actually referring to previous comments made by UFC heavyweight star Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira that he wouldn’t train with gay fighters – comments which came under heavy fire from the Las Vegas Culinary Union, who went as far as to accuse Zuffa of being an anti-gay organization.

Providing he makes it into the UFC house, will any other fighters have an issue with Cochrane’s past? We’ll have to tune in to the upcoming season to find out.

The Ultimate Fighter Live begins March 9 on FX in the US & Canada. There is no official word yet as to where the season will air in the United Kingdom.