Australia is bored with Sean Strickland’s bullsh*t.
In a matter of hours, the previous middleweight champion will look to reclaim his crown at UFC 312 when he challenges reigning titleholder Dricus Du Plessis contained in the Qudos Financial institution Area in Sydney. It will likely be his first title struggle since surrendering the strap to ‘DDP’ a bit greater than a yr in the past at UFC 297 in Toronto.
Forward of his headliner in The Land Down Underneath, Strickland ruffled the feathers of Aussies on Wednesday after he labeled them “English white trash” and criticized the nation’s alleged lack of freedom.
“It’s a really beautiful country. I would consider Australians as English white trash,” Strickland mentioned in the course of the UFC 312 media day. “Some Irish, too; you know they sent the lot here. As an American white trash, I feel like I have a lot in common with you f*ckers.”
Strickland additionally slammed the nation’s gun legal guidelines, lots of which had been launched following the Port Arthur bloodbath in 1996 that noticed 35 folks killed and one other 23 injured. To at the present time, it’s the deadliest mass capturing in fashionable Australian historical past.
“You had one mass shooting and gave up all your guns, that was kind of pathetic,” he continued. “It’s the lack of freedom, dude. How insane is it that we’re in a modern country and hate speech is a thing? […] We’re in a modern country with running water, and you guys know: it’s real bad […] real f***ing bad, dude.”
Sean Strickland labeled an ‘imbecile’ by Aussie Information Outlet
Strickland’s harsh phrases ended up on the duvet of the Each day Telegraph with the publication dubbing him the “UFC’s biggest imbecile” and pleading for somebody to “knock this guy out.”
As quickly because the headline was dropped at his consideration, Strickland launched into yet one more tirade claiming that is simply one other instance of “communists” attempting to regulate the media and suppress free speech.
“I come to this country and speak about freedom of speech, guns, and taxes, and these communists in the media try to put me down,” mentioned Strickland. “Why? Because you want to control the media and you don’t like freedom of speech.”
Freedom of speech has been a hot-button subject within the UFC over the past couple of weeks. Notably after featherweight standout Bryce Mitchell referred to as Adolf Hitler a “good guy” on the debut episode of his Arkansanity podcast and mentioned that Hitler is a man he would have preferred to go fishing with.
Mitchell’s feedback had been rapidly condemned by Dana White, however the UFC CEO additionally made it abundantly clear that he wouldn’t punish ‘Thug Nasty’ for expressing his views, regardless of how “ignorant” they’re.
