{"id":444306,"date":"2024-01-21T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T19:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=444306"},"modified":"2024-01-21T19:35:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T19:35:42","slug":"dana-white-responds-after-sean-stricklands-comment-against-lgbt-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dana-white-responds-after-sean-stricklands-comment-against-lgbt-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Responds After Sean Strickland&#8217;s Comment Against LGBT Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the UFC Dana White defended competitors&#8217; freedom to say &#8220;whatever they want&#8221; following middleweight fighter Sean Strickland&#8217;s outburst in response to questions about the comments he had made regarding the LGBT community in the days leading up to his fight.<\/p>\n<h2>Dana White Responds After Sean Strickland&#8217;s Comment Against LGBT Community<\/h2>\n<p>The reporter began questioning White about Strickland by noting that the CEO gave his combatants a &#8220;long leash.&#8221; That&#8217;s when White interrupted him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Woke Canadian reporter tries to bait UFC President Dana White into commenting on some of former champion Sean Strickland\u2019s remarks, and it backfires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree speech, brother. People can say whatever they want, and people can believe whatever they want.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8MvKHTR1jY\">pic.twitter.com\/8MvKHTR1jY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leading Report (@LeadingReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeadingReport\/status\/1748974334754848979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all, I don\u2019t give anybody a leash. A leash? Free speech,&#8221; White said. &#8220;To control what people say and to tell people what to believe \u2013 I don\u2019t tell any other f&#8212;ing human being what to say, what to think and there\u2019s no leashes on any of them.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s absurd that this even needs to be mentioned, but Dana White is unquestionably right when it comes to the right to free expression.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Haduuucken\/status\/1748960136532553883<\/p>\n<p>It should be completely legal for anyone to express their beliefs, no matter how incorrect. That is America&#8217;s beauty. Since Canada doesn&#8217;t have the same liberties as the United States, UFC 297 was held in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction to Strickland&#8217;s words from Wednesday was negative. The reporter drew attention to Strickland&#8217;s remarks on his homosexual son. The reporter said that Toronto had a sizable gay and lesbian community and that he was an ally of the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Idk who this guy is and I don&#39;t care but you&#39;re not a man&#8230; But you&#39;d take that as a compliment&#8230;.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PMR1h4Yp7K\">pic.twitter.com\/PMR1h4Yp7K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SStricklandMMA\/status\/1747734279516250446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Strickland questioned the reporter about his sexual orientation, if he desired grandchildren, and whether he had a gay son. According to the reporter, he was straight and having a grandchild would not present any issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well then you\u2019re a weak f&#8212;ing man,&#8221; Strickland said. &#8220;You\u2019re part of the f&#8212;ing problem. You elected Justin Trudeau. When he seized the bank accounts, like you\u2019re just f&#8212;ing pathetic. The fact that you have no f&#8212;ing backbone and \u00a0as he shut down your f&#8212;ing country and seized bank accounts, you ask me some stupid s&#8212; like that. Go f&#8212; yourself. Move the f&#8212; on man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last 15 seconds between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis.<\/p>\n<p>With all due respect, Strickland got robbed.<\/p>\n<p>Some will say the UFC is rigged. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC297?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC297<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dt6WgZ25W7\">pic.twitter.com\/dt6WgZ25W7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseCohenInv\/status\/1748962026385207630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What is Sean Strickland&#8217;s fighting style?<\/h3>\n<p>A full-contact combat sport centred on striking, grappling, and ground fighting, mixed martial arts incorporates tactics from many combat sports throughout the globe. The phrase &#8220;mixed martial arts&#8221; was originally used in writing in 1993 by television reviewer Howard Rosenberg in a review of UFC 1.<\/p>\n<h3>What rank is Strickland?<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to the fight, ESPN placed middleweight contenders Du Plessis as the No. 2 and Strickland as the No. 5 in the world. Du Plessis (21-2) is undefeated in the UFC and has won nine straight games. The native of Pretoria has defeated former champion Robert Whittaker by TKO at UFC 290 in July.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sean Strickland destroys reporter. I can&#39;t stop watching this\ud83e\udd23 <br \/>Dude is a LEGEND\ud83d\udcaf <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ReDbezZrV0\">pic.twitter.com\/ReDbezZrV0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Lewis (@Maga4liberty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maga4liberty\/status\/1748863525194207567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kyle Larson Speaks On NASCAR Driver\u2019s Drop In Earnings\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kyle-larson-speaks-on-nascar-drivers-drop-in-earnings\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kyle Larson Speaks On NASCAR Driver\u2019s Drop In Earnings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the UFC Dana White defended competitors&#8217; freedom to say &#8220;whatever they want&#8221; following middleweight fighter Sean Strickland&#8217;s outburst in response to questions about the comments he had made regarding the LGBT community in the days leading up to his fight. 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