The ‘Tarzan’ seems to have an itch with the celebrities. He was in the headlines for his comments on the Hollywood heartthrob Megan Fox, and the musical idol Machine Gun Kelly. At PowerSlap 6, Sean Strickland had a chance encounter with MGK. But instead of having a fan moment, he began a beef with the musician. The middleweight fighter sent forth a barrage of tweets and lashed out at Fox for being in a relationship with MGK. But now, ‘Tarzan’ has targeted all the celebrities who get tickets to the UFC.
The former middleweight champion took to X and bashed the celebrities who conquered the front-row seats. It often happens that such celebrities don’t actually enjoy the sporting events, and are there just to have a blast. And Strickland happened to target exactly this aspect of the celebrities’ behavior.
In the tweet, ‘Tarzan’ wrote, “There are two parts of sporting events….. The fans in the nose bleeds 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…”
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There are two parts of sporting events….. The fans in the nose bleeds watching the sport, who make the sport.
And there are “famous” people with front row seats that give zero fucks about the sport and are just there to party….
Oddest fucking thing…
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) September 22, 2024
Needless to say, the middleweight fighter’s beef wasn’t with all the celebrities. There are indeed many, including the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, who garnered quite a bit of praise from the Californian mixed martial artist. But the events at PowerSlap 6 have painted a different story altogether.
Many netizens have been wondering what exactly transpired between Machine Gun Kelly and Sean Strickland at the slapping event. If you’re one of many who haven’t been able to catch the news about it, you’ve come to the right place.
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Apparently, ‘Tarzan’ wasn’t happy with the way MGK dressed during the slapping contest. As he bumped into the musician, Strickland asked him to “dress like a f**king man.” The middleweight contender walked away without escalating the heat during the event. But soon after, he took to social media and released a flurry of tweets targeting the musician and his partner.
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In one of the tweets, the pound-for-pound number 14 wrote, “You guys what the f**k is going on………. Transformers Megan Fox is with that thing….. what the actual f**k has happened to the world?! . . .” He went a step ahead and tagged the Hollywood star in his tweet. The beef seemed to escalate and impacted Fox’s family. She messaged Strickland and let him know all about the problems her family had to face because of his comments.
But Strickland decided to leak it out along with an apology. He revealed, “The message was actually really kind of f*cked up, kind of f*cked up. It was more like, ‘Hey, you know what, my kids get bullied, and I get bullied online because you said they’re trans, and like, they’re not trans. They just want to dress like rock stars, and I’m just like, ‘Sorry, Megan, I’ll shut the f**k up about it.’”
As the heat continued to rise, Dana White expressed his disappointment with what happened between the fighter and the singer. One of the reporters even fired up this topic during the press conference for PowerSlap 6. Responding to the question, the UFC head honcho said, “You can’t bring Sean Strickland around any other human beings. You know what I mean? It has nothing to do with Machine Gun Kelly. It’s about humans.”
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But after apologizing to Fox and apparently MGK, Strickland has lashed out at other celebrities. This has, without a doubt, fired up the controversial altercation between him and Machine Gun Kelly. However, a few fight fans seem to have sided with the middleweight #1.
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