Joaquin Buckley and Sean Strickland took to social media to name out the previous UFC champion for utilizing a racial slur throughout a current livestream.
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland is simply hours away from probably the most vital fights of his profession, however he is additionally been stirring up controversy away from the cage.
Strickland, who will combat Anthony Hernandez this weekend at UFC Houston, used a racial slur directed at African-People throughout a current Quinton Rampage Jackson stay stream. The incident triggered an enormous stir on social media.
After the video went viral, UFC welterweight Joaquin Buckley scolded Strickland for utilizing a slur.
“(Sean) you are not sensible, I do know what you are attempting to do,” Buckley stated.
“However actual persons are in enterprise, so relax.”
Joaquin Buckley and Sean Strickland get into heated argument over use of racial slur
collection of Instagram Primarily based on feedback, Strickland seems to have answered Buckley’s name.
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“Buckley is the black model of Karen,” Strickland stated.
“LOL, I’ve by no means misplaced a sport of racist hen. Buckley is the kind of man who says, ‘As a result of I am black, you are a racist’ after being kicked out of a retailer for being obnoxious. Lol bro, you are no good at preventing, and even worse at being influential. Your complete (Instagram) factor is only a large piece of trash.”
Buckley, alternatively, has indicated he’ll face Strickland this weekend at UFC Houston.
“See you in Houston,” Buckley stated.
Strickland and Buckley had been in the identical division early of their UFC careers. Since transferring full-time from middleweight to welterweight, Buckley has gained six of his previous seven fights, together with finishes over Colby Covington and Stephen Thompson.
That is removed from the primary factor of controversy surrounding Strickland forward of UFC Houston. Forward of his combat with Hernandez, Strickland shared an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) picture that includes him and Hernandez in a shot that captured Hernandez’s Mexican heritage.
If Mr. Strickland and Mr. Buckley encounter one another in Houston this weekend, anticipate there could also be confusion.
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