Sean Strickland did his best to alienate female MMA fans from the sport following his latest rant in front of a room full of media members.
In recent years, Strickland has become more known for his outlandish and often vile commentaries outside of the Octagon than his work inside of it. On Wednesday, ‘Tarzan’ gave us yet another one of his so-called pearls of wisdom during the UFC Vegas 76 media event before his Fight Night headliner with Abus Magomedov. This time, Strickland targeted an entire gender in his verbal attack, suggesting women should be stripped of their right to vote and be put “back in the kitchen.”
“We need to go back to taking women out of the workforce. Maybe that’s where we f*cked up, guys,” Strickland said. “We let women vote. No offense. I want to tell you guys something. Think of America prior to women voting. They tried to ban alcohol. I don’t even drink, but I’m not trying to ban alcohol. What you did, man, you let these women come into the workforce. Now we make less money. You got kids raising themselves on f*cking TikTok.
“We need to go back to 1942. Maybe 1958 after we f*cked up the Germans,” he continued. “We need to put women back in the kitchen. Only one man needs to be working. I think as a collective man group, we need to elect somebody who is gonna put women back in the kitchen, put one man working, raise the wages, and build the f*cking wall.”
"As a collective man group, we need to elect somebody who is gonna put women back in the kitchen,"
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) June 28, 2023
Sean Strickland at his pre-fight press conference pic.twitter.com/T7jAIOYmKf
Sean Strickland Puts His Top Ten Ranking on the Line Against Relative Newcomer Abus Magomedov
Strickland will look to make it back-to-back wins this Saturday when he returns to the Octagon for a meeting with relative newcomer Abus Magomedov. ‘Tarzan’ scored a victory over Nassourdine Imavov in his last outing, but has gone 2-2 in his last four, coming up short against former middleweight world champion Alex Pereira and perennial contender Jared Cannonier last year.
Despite sitting firmly in the middleweight division’s top ten, Strickland will take on unranked Dagestani standout Abus Magomedov. After scoring a 19-second knockout against Dustin Stoltzfus in his promotional debut, Magomedov has the opportunity to jump the line and land himself in the division’s top ten should he get his hand raised against Strickland on Saturday night.
