Yoshinori Horie took to Twitter today to discuss his brief experience as a male sex worker. The Rizin and UFC veteran says he was tempted into the industry five years ago.
Horie says he was struggling to make ends meet as a mixed martial artist but was able to earn a cool 20,000 yen (175 USD) after jerking off men for just an hour. Horie discussed the experience openly on Twitter:
5年前友達といる時に渋谷で手コキされるだけでお金をもらえると声をかけられてついて行ったけどあんなAVみたいな感じと思わんやった！笑
しっかりとしたモザイクで顔を隠すと言われてあんな感じじゃないように説明されたけど色々と騙された笑
お金がなくてどうしても自分の力で格闘技をしたかった！— Yoshinori Horie 堀江圭功 (@yossy05101) December 26, 2021
Horie only made his pro MMA debut five years ago. He said at the time he made more money in that hour then he did in two days at his regular job.
While Horie clearly isn’t proud of having been forced to indulge in a spot of sex work in order to realize his MMA dreams the story does have a happy ending. In a follow up Tweet he says he now earns enough money to be a full time fighter and follow his dreams:
1時間もしないで確か2万円を貰ったけどかなりデカかった！立ちっぱなしで8時間やるバイト2日分を短時間で超えて格闘技に向き合えた！
今はかなり辛いけど生きている限り俺は夢を追いかけることができる！
そして同性愛者じゃなく女性が好き！
格闘技をするために生きていくお金のタメやった！— Yoshinori Horie 堀江圭功 (@yossy05101) December 26, 2021
He is currently riding a three fight winning streak and is one of the top featherweight contenders on the Rizin roster. So Horie has really made his MMA career work and isn’t ashamed to admit he made a few sacrifices in order to follow his dreams.
And for any men that were planning on getting in touch with Horie to enquire about using his services it sounds like the 26 year old has retired from the sex industry. He also states, for the record, that ‘I like women not gays’.
Sorry guys!
