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Sean Strickland isn’t backing down from insults aimed at Ian Machado Garry or his wife, Layla, despite saying some subjects should be out of bounds on trash talk.

At UFC 297 media day on Wednesday, Strickland justified his insults, claiming Garry made his wife a huge part of the promotion for his fights, including photos Garry posted wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with Geoff Neal’s mugshot with her standing alongside him.

Strickland said that makes her fair game.

“You went out and put your wife front and f****** center,” he said. “You put her front and f****** center. You made her design a shirt. You made her f****** hold the baby while you wear it laughing. You put her front and center.

“You are a f***** cuck. I go hard on everybody. Sometimes some s*** gets on me, I’m fully aware of that. But it is what it is.”

During an emotional interview with comedian Theo Von, Strickland addressed traumatic events he suffered through as a kid while reacting to a heated altercation with Dricus du Plessis ahead of their fight at UFC 297. Strickland said when it came to trash talk, “you don’t really talk about a man’s wife, you don’t talk about a man’s kids, and you don’t about a kid being abused.”

Those comments came after Strickland had blasted Garry and Layla Machado Garry during interviews and over social media, going as far as calling her a “sexual predator” due to their age difference (Ian is 26, Layla is 40).

Garry initially fired back at Strickland on social media after hearing the UFC middleweight champion’s on off-limits trash talk. He later added he wanted to fight Strickland because “any person who ever talks or mentions me, my wife and my family in that way, I’m gonna get my hands on them.”

Strickland didn’t seem too concerned about a possible fight with Garry, though he’s not opposed to the idea, especially if the Irish fighter gets anywhere near him in public.

“The cuck, does he really want to fight me? What a f****** c***,” Strickland said. “Ian Garry is such a f****** c***. When you guys interview him, do you ever ask him what are you going to do when she’s 60 and you’re 40? Are you allowed to f*** other women? God, I hate that f****** guy. I hate that f****** guy so much.

“If Ian Garry was right in front of me, I’d f****** fight him. Ian Garry, he’s a piece of s***. I think we can all agree that Ian Garry is a piece of s***. He’s a piece of s***.”

Strickland also took issue with Garry getting upset over insults at his wife after selling a t-shirt featuring Neal’s mugshot. He said he reached out to Neal afterward to show support after Garry used his arrest as ammunition.

“That’s f***** up,” Strickland said about the mugshot t-shirt. “After I did that, I posted my mugshot. My charges are way more serious than f***** Geoff Neal. I dropped out of f****** elementary school. I actually like that guy. I actually messaged him before, ‘Can I post a picture of the mugshot, it’s funny,’ and he was like, ‘Wo worries.’ I’m going to post mine next to it! Ian Garry, he’s just a weak man. He’s a f****** weak man.

“This is what I try to tell people. You meet these f****** c**** all day long, and they smile and they shake your f****** hand and they smile, but really their core is f****** rotted. You look at me, I’m an assh***. You look at me and I say hard s***. I make fun of my co-main event. I say hard s***. I’m not an a******. I’m just saying what you’re thinking. Ian Garry is a f****** c*** and he hides who he is.”

As far as getting upset when the tables get turned on him, Strickland doesn’t express any regret over what he’s said, much less what’s being said about him. He refutes the suggestion that he can dish it out but not take it after constantly taking low blows when addressing Garry, UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley – or anybody else for that matter.

“If one day I wake up and cuck Ian Garry and everybody hates me, do you think I give a f***?” Strickland said. “You think I give a f*** if I walk down the street and someone says there’s Sean Strickland, f*** him. I don’t care. Enjoy, motherf*****.

“You better just do it far enough away, because I’ll hit you. I’m not Colby Covington. I’m not Chris Curtis. I’m not going to delete my f****** Twitter. Enjoy. You want to go call me whatever you want, have at it. Enjoy. Just do it online.”

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Former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas’ finger still hasn’t fully healed from her UFC Paris fight against Manon Fiorot.

Namajunas believes she injured her right pinkie finger in the first minute of the fight, and four months later, it’s still a bit crooked.

“I went through a sprint-step right hand,” she said Wednesday on The MMA Hour. “But my glove was a little wide.My hand probably was a little loose, too, and my pinky just caught right on her forearm. It just jammed my pinky, and I knew instantly something was wrong.”

Namajunas fought through the pain, even making it worse by punching with her right hand, and switched to a southpaw stance, where she began to find her rhythm before running out of time. Judges all scored the bout for Fiorot, who is now scheduled for a high-stakes showdown with Erin Blanchfield.

“It was funny, because like, by the end of the fight, in the third round, I switched lefty and I started finding my left hand, and I was dropping her,” Namajunas said. “I was like, ‘Oh, man, I wish we had two more rounds.’”

Namajunas is now scheduled to headline a March 30 Fight Night event against Amanda Ribas, continuing on her mission to capture another UFC title at 125 pounds. She opted against surgery despite a jarring reaction from a UFC doctors who examined her hand on two occasions.

“It was crazy because … right after the fight, they set it back in place, and then they basically just said, I think it was, like, six weeks in a splint or whatever. But then it wasn’t until like a month later that I went to see [UFC flyweight] JJ Aldridge fight, and then the doctor was like, ‘Oh, that looks terrible. You’re going to need surgery on that.’

“I got all stressed out about it, and then I ended up seeing a hand specialist, and they said that I didn’t need surgery. The only thing that surgery would really do is just make it a little more straight.”

The problem with that, she added, was that she might not be able to make a fist with her right hand. That was a non-starter.

“As long as I can make a fist, and I can grab with it, and it’s strong … the doc said it’s nothing that you could make stronger. So it’s just like, you just got a little crooked finger. But it’s all all good, which is what I thought in the first place.”

Namajunas said she babies her injury to avoid making it worse but doesn’t expect it to have any long-term effects on her career. She’s still in the hunt for the flyweight title despite the setback.

“I mean, it’s a little stiff sometimes,” she said. “When I first started back to sparring and whatnot with the MMA gloves, it was definitely something that I was thinking about, making sure I’m placing my hand in the right spot, not hitting elbows or anything. But at this point, I don’t even think about it.”

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As UFC 300 begins to fill up with fantastic matchups, newly crowned light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira continues to hint at a potential fight announcement in the near future.

While all signs are pointing toward ‘Poatan’ defending his crown against one of the top contenders at 205, there could be an opportunity to make history for the Brazilian. Tom Aspinall has extended his offer of defending his interim strap against Pereira.

During a recently surfaced clip, Aspinall revived his interest in facing Alex Pereira. The Brit claimed that, while he’s not in the business of calling out opponents in lower weight classes, he’d welcome the matchup with open arms.

“If he wants to, I will,” Aspinall said as rumors of a Pereira bout begin to heat up. “But, going on record, I’m saying I’m not a bully.”

“I don’t bully smaller guys. But if the smaller guy wants to scrap, count me in.”

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— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) January 17, 2024

Magomed Ankalaev has made a strong case to be next in line for Alex Pereira’s throne following his huge performance last time out.

The Russian powerhouse delivered a masterful display of patience against Johnny Walker and managed to handle his opponent’s unorthodox offense. Midway through the second round, Ankalaev landed a huge right hook which led to the finish and subsequently shattered Walker’s nose.

While Pereira will most likely defend his light heavyweight title against one of the division’s top contenders, this isn’t the first time the Tom Aspinall super-fight has been mentioned.

Related: Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall’s rivalry intensifies after recent social media altercation

Pereira shared a post to his followers on Instagram which some believe hinted at him moving up to heavyweight in search of a third title at UFC 300.

Once speculation began to pick up, Tom Aspinall inserted his name into the hat to face the kickboxing phenom. Aspinall has been open to the idea of defending his interim title while he waits for the confusion in his weight class to ease up.

Despite Aspinall holding interim gold, the UFC seems to be looking in a different direction. Reports are suggesting Stipe Miocic will be next in line when Jon Jones recovers from his injury, which leaves the English titan in limbo.

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For better or worse, we know what to expect with Sean Strickland at this point.

UFC 297 fight week is well underway and that means the return of the Middleweight champion, Strickland, who will defend his title for the first time against Dricus Du Plessis in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this weekend (Sat., Jan. 20, 2024). With every fight week comes media day and public speaking obligations, where Strickland arguably elicits his most reactions.

Today (Weds., Jan. 17, 2024) was no different, but perhaps a little more volatile than usual, as a Canadian reporter caught the aggressive end of a Strickland verbal frenzy. Known for his controversial opinions, Strickland in the past once tweeted he’d disown a son he’d have if they turned out to be gay. With Toronto being a more progressive city, the reporter attempted to ask Strickland about his beliefs and only got so far with a civil conversation.

“Are you a gay man? If you had a son and he was gay, you’d be like — you don’t want a grandkid?” Strickland asked. “Well, dude, you’re a weak f—king man, dude. You’re a part of the f—king problem. You elected Justin Trudeau. When he sees the bank accounts, you’re just f—king pathetic. The fact that you have no f—king backbone and as he’s shut down your f—king country and ceased bank accounts, you ask me some stupid s—t like that. Go f—k yourself. Move the f—k on, f—king coward.”

To follow up the response, Strickland was asked about more previous comments, this time regarding Bud Light and its support of the trans community and how he’d really go in on the product publicly given the chance.

“Here’s the thing about Bud Light,” Strickland said. “10 years ago, to be trans was a mental f—king illness, and now all the sudden, people like you that weaseled your f—king way into the world … You are an infection. You are the definition of weakness. Everything that is wrong with the world is wrong because of f—king you. The best thing is, the world is not buying it. The world’s not buying your f—king bulls—t and your f—king pedaling.

“The world’s not saying, ‘You’re right. Chick’s have dicks.’ The world’s saying, ‘No, there are two genders. I don’t want my kids taught about who they can f—k in school. I don’t want my kids being taught about their sexual preference,’” he concluded. “This guy’s the f—king enemy. You want to look at the enemy to our world, it’s that motherf—ker right there, asking these stupid f—king questions.”

Strickland carried on with the media day for several minutes afterward, asking his manager, Lance Spaude, if he went too far or not. Spaude’s reaction couldn’t be seen off-camera, but the internet certainly had plenty to say as Twitter’s been speaking in support and against the champion.

A win over Du Plessis would extend Strickland’s current streak to four (28-5) while the South African can make history as his country’s first titleholder, stretching his winning streak to nine (six in UFC, 20-2 overall).

Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 297 fight card right here, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET (simulcast on ESPNEWS at 8 p.m. ET), before the pay-per-view (PPV) main card start time at 10 p.m. ET (also on ESPN+).

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