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Sean Strickland is back in the news after having a wild and crazy media night. The controversial and loud-mouthed UFC fighter has taken the media day of the UFC Fight Night and made it his own. He has never hesitated to speak his mind in public, even at the cost of the public lashing out at him. This makes the fighter stay in the limelight owing to his strong opinions about fights and even social and political issues. This time, Strickland has to say something about the eccentric Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

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Sean Strickland has a job in his hands after the defeat against UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira. He is all set to face Jared Cannonier in the last UFC event of the year.

Sean Strickland speaks about Twitter and Elon Musk:

Sean Strickland was banned from Twitter in May following his sensitive tweet against a particular community. He has since not been on the social media platform. Following this, a reporter at the press conference asked him what he thinks about Elon Musk and Twitter.

via Imago

Strickland said, “Elon f*****g Musk that retard. I love that guy. Wait no, sorry sorry he’s not retared he’s [got] autism. See you guys, I probably have f******g autism. I’m the fellow retard you guys. I got CTE man. I get hit in the head for a living. These are my f******g people. These are my people. We’re one of a kind.”

“I’m happy what Elon is doing. Bringing back a little bit of freedom,” the UFC fighter added. The middleweight fighter seemed to be in some mood for describing Elon Musk and comparing him.

Strickland is among the fighters that have spoken about Elon Musk

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Before being called a “retard” by Sean Strickland, some other fights had mentioned Elon Musk inside the UFC Octagon. It was Beneil Dariush who ‘called out’ the controversial Twitter CEO inside the octagon. After defeating Tony Ferguson amid ‘boos’ from the crowd, Dariush said, I wanna call somebody out. Joe, I wanna call out your buddy Elon, Elon Musk. Where’s my wife’s car, bro? I’ve been waiting six months. I need a good car. S*** I got to protect my daughter. Let’s go Elon, get me my car

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In another incident, Jake Shields came in support of Elon Musk for his tweet on prosecuting Dr. Anthony Fauci. Shields also spoke about Musk on numerous occasions.

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Let’s see what Elon Musk will have to say about Sean Strickland’s comment. Musk is a controversial personality himself. It will be interesting to see the response.

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