Would you have ever expected Sean Strickland, and Valentina Shevchenko, to get into a feud? If the answer is no, then you will be surprised. The middleweight champion and the woman’s flyweight star were recently seen in a beef.  It all started when Strickland posted an on-brand criticism on X of former UFC fighter Paige VanZant and all of the women’s MMA.

‘Bullet’ was quick to snap back at Strickland which led to the middleweight champion calling out Shevchenko. However, it seems like the controversial and opinionated champion, put his differences aside and apologized to the former Russian champion.

Sean Strickland puts behind bad blood and apologizes to Valentina Shevchenko

According to Red Corner MMA, Shevchenko cleared the hatchet in an interview and said that Strickland had apologized to her. She said, “Oh yes he did apologise. He said that when he is not training, he starts losing his mind. As he wrote he gets possessed by demons. So he apologized in a very polite manner. Said that he had a training session sparred for 10 rounds which set his mind right.”

In their most recent exchange, ‘Tarzan’ wrote an X post stating, “Voices in my head are giving me peace now. Valentina, you’re right, you have good head kicks. Next time you’re in Vegas let go shooting. Have a great day:)” In his typically bashed fashion, he had insulted Paige VanZant and claimed that women’s MMA was lame. This stuck a nerve in Shevchenko and she replied, saying that he sounded like an ‘offended kid‘.

It is generally rare to see the UFC star put an end to any feud so easily. He has had a lot of beef with other fighters in the past and has never put his controversial opinions to rest. It is quite refreshing to see him apologize so readily for the first time. Nevertheless, the middleweight champion asked for an apology and said that a 10-round grueling sparring session cleared his head and he saw his fault. He even asked her to go on a shooting and practice with him in the future. The former UFC women’s flyweight champion has also finally responded and it seemed like she accepted the apology. Yet it seems like the stream of controversy has not ended for Sean Strickland. This is because now he has a beef with Machine Gun Kelly.

Sean Strickland struck up a fire with Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox

‘Tarzan’ had a chance encounter with Machine Gun Kelly at Power Slap 6. However, instead of greeting him with open arms, and having a good time, he started a beef with him. He decided to reprimand Megan Fox for having a relationship with MGK and posted on X about the same. Hold on because this is not all. Now the middleweight champion has targeted all celebrities who get the front row seats at UFC.

He was offended at the fact that there are celebrities who do not even understand the sport and just come to enjoy the adrenaline. He posted on X writing, “There are two parts of sporting events….. The fans in the nose bleed watching the sport, who make the sport. And there are “famous” people with front row seats that give zero f**ks about the sport and are just there to party…. Oddest f**king thing…” However, coming back to the specific bad blood with MGK, the reason was pretty interesting. Strickland was not happy with the musician’s fashion sense in Power Slap 6. He made a sexist comment and  asked him to “dress like a f**king man.” 

He even posted harsh words at both MGK and Megan Fox through X. This affected the ‘Transformers’ actress a lot, and she revealed that even her family was affected because of these posts. Surprisingly this prompted strict apologies from Strickland, but it seems like the UFC head honcho was not happy about what conspired. He was disappointed in ‘Tarzan’ and said that he could not be brought among ‘human beings’ in general for his foul mouth.

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