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Ross hosted the Brand Risk 14 card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sunday. The card featured renowned personalities like musician Ray J, former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel, and former NBA players Michael Beasley and Lance Stephenson. Meanwhile, it also had bizarre matchups like dwarves fighting each other in MMA. Strickland, fellow UFC fighter Arman Tsarukyan and UFC head honcho Dana White were in attendance at the event.
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However, Strickland (30-7) regretted attending the event and vented as soon as it ended. The UFC middleweight champion claims he feels “less of a man” after being a part of the event.
“I have never been a part of anything so shameful in my life,” Strickland said on his Instagram Stories. “And I hate myself and I feel like less of a man after being here. Oh God, why did I agree to this? I’m sick to my stomach.”
‘I Want It All to Stop’
The involvement of social media influencers in MMA has been growing with time. Streamers like the Nelk Boys, N3on, Ross, and Nina Marie-Daniele regularly hang out with UFC elites. White believes the influencer community will eventually replace traditional MMA media. Strickland expressed his frustration with the growing influence of online streamers in general.
“I think what sucks is you have these streamers and they have this massive following and you just know that they’re the next generations of Americans,” Strickland said. “It’s so f—-ing sad to think that the streamer community is gonna inherit America. It’s so bad. I just want it all to stop.”
Sean Strickland HATES streamers 😭
“You take these streamers, they have this massive following and you just know that they’re the next generations of Americans.
It’s so f*cking sad to think that the streamer community is gonna inherit America. It’s so bad.”
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This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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