Sports talks about one of the most discussed representatives of the UFC Sean Strickland. In interviews and publications on social networks, the American MMA fighter says and writes everything he thinks, which is why he constantly gets into high-profile scandals.
This guy is a stereotypical «bad boy» that you recognize as a character from a teen bestseller or a hit Netflix project. Sean was constantly kicked out of schools because of his disgusting behavior. Strickland's father, who later died of cancer, cursed and beat the boy, which could not but affect the character of the future athlete. Where to seek solace for an uncontrollable rebel? That's right, mixed martial arts. At the age of 16, Tarzan — a nickname that speaks for itself — became a professional fighter, and by the 32nd he reached the top ten in the UFC middleweight rankings (he has 26 wins with five losses in the pros; 13-5 in the main MMA promotion of the world ).
A couple of equally crazy facts about Sean:
- In his youth, Strickland adhered to neo-Nazi views. The fighter revised his beliefs only after he made friends with people of other races;
- At the end of 2018, Strickland was involved in a severe accident. On the way to Los Angeles, an athlete riding a motorcycle was hit by a car — followed by knee surgery and a long recovery, due to which the fighter did not enter the octagon for almost two years.
Some hate Sean for his straightforwardness and «intolerance», others respect Strickland for his unpopular position and do not miss the talker's fights. However, no matter what this smiling guy with a hoarse voice gives out, scandal and clicks are guaranteed to journalists. For example, Sean is called a homophobe by many. Once a fan asked the fighter a question: «Which would you rather have a gay son or a whore daughter?». The answer killed:
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"If I have a gay son, then I will consider that I did not take place as a man, giving birth to something so weak … If I whore daughter — I'll think she just wants to be like her dad!"
Then drowned in a wave of criticism, Strickland tried to justify himself, explaining «that gay people are great» and that he supports their choice. But it turned out so-so — the press was no longer interested in Tarzan's second comment. /v7vZ2htDmfA?start=354″ webkitallowfullscreen=»webkitAllowFullScreen» mozallowfullscreen=»mozallowfullscreen» allowfullscreen=»allowFullScreen» frameborder=»0″>
Interestingly, Sean does not stop talking even in the worst periods of his career. So, last summer he was run over by the current middleweight champion Brazilian Alex Pereira: the fight ended with a knockout of Strickland in the first round. After the defeat, the athlete, who lost his six-match winstreak, came to Brendan Schaub's podcast, where he gave perhaps the toughest monologue of his trash talk career.
The reckless Strickland not only went over the «coddled» compatriots, but also enlightened the «amateurs» about what is good about Russia's nuclear strike against the United States.
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"Americans are the biggest sissies. How many American champions are in the UFC right now? Look at this tough Brazilian who knocked me out. Americans are damn soft — too many amenities. I almost hope that Russia will smash us with a nuclear weapon so that our balls will become a little bigger.The American UFC middleweight could not remain silent about the difficult events in Europe. Ready for ten million dollars to join the Russian army, the fighter is sure that «Ukraine just needs to bend the knee and become Russia.» And that his «fucking idiots» compatriots, a huge number of «keyboard warriors» will never go to the war zone and will not dare to tell Russian President Vladimir Putin «that he is doing wrong.»
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«Ukraine really wants to become a new Afghanistan for the next 30 years? I'm not saying that this is right, but in the end it turns out that this difficult decision was for the good,» Sean addressed subscribers.
Sean also touched on religion. The American «equally» trolls Christians and Jews, talked about an intimate relationship with a Muslim woman … It got to the point that he was besieged by the Chechen UFC fighter Albert Duraev, who calmly explained to his friend and sparring partner why it is bad to touch on such topics.
From that moment on, Streckland stopped joking about Islam and Muslims.
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Finally, this week, for some reason, Sean ran into our UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and Dagestan blogger Khasbulla «Hasbik» Magomedov, one of the most recognizable figures in the world of mixed martial arts in recent years. The American was not at all impressed by the joint photos of the Russians, which he hastened to share on social networks:
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«Why are they holding him in their arms like a child? What the hell is going on?! «He's freezing. Why are you holding him like a baby? This is a 20-year-old man.»
In general, an extremely difficult person continues to work on media. And does not lose hope for a title chance.