UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland verbally verbally attacked a Canadian reporter at Wednesday's UFC 297 press conference after the reporter made a rash decision to lead Strickland into a “gotcha” question about homosexuality. Gave TKO.
The reporter first brought up Strickland's comments from 2021, saying, “If I had a gay son, I would think it was a failure as a man to create such vulnerability.”
“This city (Toronto) has a pretty supportive gay and lesbian community,” the reporter began. He then brought up Strickland's theory that he had a gay son, but the story went no further and Strickland cut him off.
Strickland, wearing a T-shirt that read, “There's a woman in every kitchen, a gun in every hand,” walked away.
“Oh, look!” Strickland yelled, “Swamp!”
I don't know who this guy is, and I don't care, but you're not a man…but you'll take it as a compliment… pic.twitter.com/PMR1h4Yp7K
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) January 17, 2024
You elected Justin Trudeau… you are truly pathetic,” Strickland said. “You don't have a fucking backbone and he shut down a fucking country and seized his bank accounts and you ask me all that shit? Fuck you. Stop it, dude. Fuck it. You coward.”
Undeterred, the Canadian fighter continued to bring up transgender issues, as LGBT issues were clearly the only thing on the reporter's mind during his audience with the UFC champion.
Specifically, he referenced Strickland's past social media posts about Bud Light's failed partnership with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney.
This is one of two ways for me.
1. Bud Light chicks have penises.
or
2. We're screwed, we hired a radical left-wing woman who tried to destroy our country…. Here's Sean Strickland telling us (budding) that we've got a cold beer and a penis It reminds me that I like chicks who aren't.mericaTime will tell… https://t.co/fov1KRnVot
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) October 27, 2023
However, as before, the reporter did not have much to say.
“That's the thing about Bud Light,” Strickland retorted. “Ten years ago, being transgender was a fucking mental illness.”
Strickland called reporters “sick” and “infectious” before finishing strong.
“All the world's problems are your fault,” Strickland told reporters. “And the best thing is that the world won't believe your nonsense.”
Strickland added that if anyone wants to know what a “fucking enemy” looks like, all they have to do is look at Canadian “journalists.”
bud light sales I refused It will last until 2023, making it one of the costliest and most sustained boycotts in U.S. history. But in a cruel and bizarre twist of fate, Strickland's production company, the UFC, decided to partner with Bud Light in October.
Strickland will defend his middleweight title against South Africa's Drikas du Plessis at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
