UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland is preparing for Saturday night's fight against Doricas du Plessis at UFC 297, and days before the fight he gets into a spar with reporters over comments he made years ago. I went to the ring.
The event was scheduled to be held at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena, and reporters highlighted comments Strickland made about having a gay son. The reporter mentioned how he is an ally of the LGBT community and that Toronto has a large gay and lesbian community. Mr. Strickland asked a reporter if he was gay, if he had a gay son, and if he wanted grandchildren. The reporter said he is not gay and it doesn't matter whether he has grandchildren or not.
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UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland stands on stage at the UFC 2024 season press conference held at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on December 15, 2023. (Cooper Neal/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“Then you are a weak man,” said Strickland. “You're part of this fucking problem too. You elected Justin Trudeau. I think you're just pathetic when he seizes your bank account. That you don't have a fucking backbone.” Fact: “And you ask me such stupid questions when he shuts down your country and seizes your bank accounts. Leave yourself. Move that person.”
The reporter then moved on from Strickland's rant, noting that the fighter had joined Bud Light after the company partnered with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney on a marketing campaign that ended in disaster. and how he planned to use his time to speak out about the trans community.
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UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland stands on stage at the UFC 2024 season press conference held at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on December 15, 2023. (Cooper Neal/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
However, the UFC renewed its partnership with Bud Light in response to the backlash. UFC president Dana White explained in October that Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light were the original beer sponsors more than 15 years ago.
“Here's the thing about Bud Light… 10 years ago, being transgender was mentally ill,” Strickland said. “And now, all of a sudden, people like you have taken you into the world like weasels… You're an infection. You're the definition of weakness. Everything that's wrong in the world is f —' And the best part is, the world isn't buying your cow, even though you're peddling it.
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Sean Strickland and Doricus du Plessis face off during the UFC 2024 season press conference held at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on December 15, 2023. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“The world doesn't say, 'Chicks have XXX.' That's true. The world doesn't say that. The world says, no, there are two genders. Me. We don't want our kids to be taught in school about who they can have sex with. We don't want our kids to be taught about their gender, their sexual preference. This guy is one hell of an enemy.”
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