Martial artists banded together in outrage after a pair of transgender athletes in Georgia dominated the female competition in a grappling tournament.

Corissa Griffith, a biological male identifying as female, captured four gold medals at the Oct. 21 Georgia Grappling and BJJ Championship, while Cordelia Gregory, another biological male identifying as female, also took home first- and second-place medals, according to a report.

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Multiple female martial artists refused to compete against the transgender athletes out of fear for their own safety, and they had not been informed their competition would consist of transgender women, the report noted.

North American Grappling Association martial artist Jayden Alexander was slated to compete against one of the transgender athletes, according to a report.

“I honestly never thought this would actually happen in a contact sport, especially not my contact sport,” the Brazilian jiujitsu blue belt said. “When I saw him, I was so shocked I didn’t know how to respond.”

“I realized very quickly I couldn’t muscle them like most girls,” said Ansleigh Wilk, a Brazilian jiujitsu brown belt and coach. “Well obviously, because it wasn’t a girl. Then not long after, I had to do a second match of which Cordelia threw a tantrum saying [Gregory] ‘didn’t tap [out].’ I was sincerely scared [Gregory] was going to punch me when I stuck my hand out to shake [Gregory’s].”

The Georgia Grappling and BJJ Championship reportedly falls under NAGA, which has received criticism in the last year for facilitating matches between men and women.

“NAGA does not require biological women to compete against transgender women,” an initial statement from NAGA following the criticism said. “Instead, we give the choice to the biological women and if they decline, they compete in a division only with other biological women.”

However, an Oct. 28 policy change by NAGA following mass outrage about the Oct. 21 tournament now prohibits transgender women form competing in female competitions.

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“We, as an organization, strive to ensure fairness, inclusivity, and respect for all competitors within our events. With regards to transgender females competing in NAGA, the following policy shall be implemented,” the statement said.

“Transgender females must compete in the men’s division,” it added. “We hope that the simplicity of this revised policy will help to avoid any future occurrences where transgender females enter women divisions. If NAGA staff is informed that a transgender female is in a women’s division, they will be given the choice to go to the men’s division or given a refund.”