Sean Strickland made headlines outside of the MMA bubble prior to his main event title loss at UFC 297. Strickland verbally attacked a reporter who asked about previous statements about the LGBTQ community. The now-former UFC middleweight champion’s homophobic tirade made news outside of the sport, raising questions about why the promotion, ESPN, and sponsors were OK with allowing his statements to go unchecked . There was once a time when the UFC held its fighters accountable for the things they said on the microphone or wrote on social media. But a decade later, that stance has completely flipped, for better or worse.
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Video: Reaction to Sean Strickland’s homophobic tirade and the UFC’s non-response – MMA Junkie