Dakota Ditcheva says she expects social media abuse to solely worsen as she continues her combating profession.
The 27-year-old is quick turning into one of the vital recognisable feminine faces in MMA and she or he has greater than 300,000 followers on Instagram.
Ditcheva is used to going viral for her knockouts, however as calls develop for social media platforms and governments to do extra to guard customers, particularly feminine athletes, Ditcheva says he has stopped studying feedback on her posts.
“[Hate] is a given on this sport, which is so upsetting to have to simply accept that and be ready for that as a sports activities athlete and it is one thing I’ve type of been coaching myself for,” Ditcheva tells BBC Sport.
“My mum is consistently ensuring I am not studying sure issues and making ready me for it getting worse and me avoiding it. I am fortunate I can communicate to my dad and mom and siblings.”
Ditcheva has spoken brazenly up to now in regards to the sexualisation she faces on social media and just lately had a person contact her mom claiming they had been in love.
“I had a sure one who began messaging my mum and saying we might been talking, and that I appreciated their submit which meant that we had been collectively and in love, and it obtained actually obsessive,” Ditcheva says.
“It type of freaked me out and it obtained actually intense, the kind of stuff they had been typing. I used to be fortunate I had my mum who helped me cope with that and type of clarify what these individuals are going to be doing.
“This isn’t one thing we’re born to grasp, and born to place up with these unusual occurrences on a regular basis, we’re simply regular folks dwelling regular lives and getting nervous about stuff.”
