LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 30: In this UFC handout, Sean Strickland poses on the scale during the UFC weigh-in at UFC APEX on April 30, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
UFC middleweight fighter Sean Strickland had his Twitter account suspended after a string of homophobic and anti-Islam rants
Sean Strickland who is well known to speak from the shoulder has emerged as quite a ‘Tweleb‘ in recent times. Apart from being entertaining inside the cage, Strickland is known for his obdurate and callous personality. However many have criticized his behavior and called him homophobic.
He often crosses the line when it comes to his hateful comments on the state of affairs, and matters of homosexuality.
In wake of the recent shooting at a school in Texas, he posted a tweet stating that it is cowardly to pull out a gun when confronted. He wrote, “‘I have a gun on me, you wouldn’t try to fight me,’ let me stop you there, I don’t try to fight anyone,” Strickland said. “If you run your mouth I give you an option to be a man and step up….If your go to is ‘grab my gun’ you’re a little bitch and the problem with the world. Pussy!!!”
He added, “I just gotta say countries that don’t have gun ownership [as] a human right really are pathetic,” Strickland said. “‘Germany hasn’t had a mass shooting’, ‘England doesn’t have mass shooting’, blah blah you also don’t have fucking men either so enjoy it you nutless trannies. That is all goodbye.”
The Twitter team had seen enough of these tirades and decided to act on it by suspending Sean Strickland’s account.
MMA on Point in a recent tweet shed light on an interesting fact from Strickland’s career. The American mixed martial artist is 19-0 in the middleweight division and his only 3 losses have come in the welterweight division.
Of the three losses, two have been via. unanimous decision – against Santiago Ponzinibbio and welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.
The other loss was a brutal KO loss to a stunning spinning wheel kick from Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC 224.
This is proof that Strickland has found his home in the middleweight division and walks around healthy and confident.
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