UFC legend Sean Strickland’s annihilation of woke reporter and Dana White’s epic response

Sean Strickland isn’t just notorious for being cutthroat in the arena. He’s also an assassin with his words, especially when he’s faced with the utter nonsense that is progressivism.

In the press conference leading up to Strickland’s match against South African fighter Dricus Du Plessis, the former UFC middleweight champion was confronted by a Canadian reporter over his prior comments about potentially having a gay son.

“A couple years ago you said, ‘If I had a gay son I would ...’” the reporter began before Strickland cut him off.

“You’re a weak f***ing man, dude. You’re part of the f***ing problem,” Strickland fired back before going on a tirade about Justin Trudeau’s horrendous policies. “[Trudeau] shut down your country and seized bank accounts and you ask me some stupid s**t like that?”

While Dave Rubin may not agree with everything Strickland said, he admires the “Trumpian way” he shut down the woke reporter.

“The problem, of course, with the woke is that they are so fixated on these faux social issues that they actually ignore real tyranny,” he says, referencing Trudeau’s authoritarian grip on Canada.

While Strickland’s comments during the press conference sparked immediate controversy, UFC president and CEO Dana White wasn’t the least bit phased. In fact, he had his own shining moment where he muzzled a woke reporter who was hoping he would publicly condemn Strickland’s comments.

“You obviously give a long leash to your fighters about what they can say. When they are up there with a UFC microphone and you are getting into territory of homophobia and transphobia, like is there ...” the reporter began before White interjected.

“I don’t give anybody a leash,” he corrected, citing the right to free speech. “Control what people say and tell people what to believe? I don’t f***ing tell any other human being what to say, what to think, and there’s no leashes on any of them. What is your question?”

“I’ll move on,” the stunned reporter muttered.

“Yeah, probably a good idea. That’s ridiculous to say I give somebody a leash. Free speech, brother. People can say whatever they want, and they can believe whatever they want,” White retorted, effectively silencing the reporter.

According to Dave, White’s position is “not only completely right,” it’s also “the way we always did it before this woke thing infected absolutely everything.”

To see Strickland and White eviscerate progressive reporters who made the mistake of virtue-signaling in UFC territory, watch the videos below.

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