UFC champion says he has been banned from White House fight over criticisms of Trump
1d 15h ago by lemmy.today/u/sanitation in politics from www.theguardian.com
Considering they're stiffing them by telling them now they're going to be paid in crypto, dude kinda lucked out.
The crypto was just a "bonus". They still got paid 50-75k from the UFC
For context, bonuses are often a huge amount of a UFC fighter's payout, and can readily be more than the the base pay.
Most UFC fighters get paid shit too, only the big name guys make good money.
Haha this is hilarious.
Good for him, honestly.
EDIT: For the record, I don't know the guy. I don't watch UFC. I was just saying this because it would be a badge of honor for literally ANYBODY to be banned from the white house for criticizing Trmp.
But now I know he's a major racist douchenozzle. So thanks for letting me know.
He literally said the n word 3 weeks ago when he was a fight commentator.
I DIDN'T KNOW! I DON'T WATCH UFC FFS!
He’s a grade A piece of shit.
Edit: FullPenguin@lemmy.world UsernameHere@lemmy.world CanadianBeetroot@lemmy.world
Did any of you do any research? Or you just read the title and downvoted me because I don’t blindly support your shallow-drawn conclusion? I’m gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the former is the case, otherwise you’re downvoting me because you’re Sean Strickland fans and therefore racist, anti-LGBTQ, misogynistic bigots.
Not gunna lie, taking the time to look up the people who downvote you and then pinging them is a bit much. It's not a great way to get people to agree with you. You could have just included more context in your original comment.
People should agree with the truth. If you can’t be bothered to do the bare minimum to find the truth before passing judgment, you deserve to be confronted.
You say that, as if unaware the Israel is manipulating you, telling you whom to reject, while you continue to support all of their tools.
You are the problem here. Taking character assassinations at face value, excusing corruption and violations of our laws and culture because the worst people in the world hired people to tell you their critics are the problem.
Also fuck your anti salmon phrasing. Use anti jewish, unless you are dishonest.
Yto quote: you're not wrong, you're just an asshole
I’m an asshole for not supporting a racist, misogynistic, anti-trans bigot? What planet are we on? You’re an asshole for being more worked up over me pointing that out than him being an actual piece of shit.
It's because people here hate trump, and they side with Strickland because he also hates trump, and they never watch the ufc so they have no idea who Strickland is. Anything that would hurt their feeling and show them that they are supporting a racist will be downvoted.
My down vote is for complaining about downvotes.
Definitely Streisand effected.
I don't follow UFC.
I just said that because it would be a badge of honor for anyone.
Also, you need to chill.
Step away, from, the laptop.
You could just say what you mean, and not be a little shit
Buck Strickland's kid grew up I see.
It's all in he presentation yo.
It's not ok to discriminate against someone for criticizing political leaders because that person isn't a saint in your eyes. Israel does this shit with every single famous person that criticizes them, and sheep go right along, even as they support aipac candidates that are every bit as bad and worse.
I guess it makes people that support character assassinations orchestrated by Israel, Tools.
You know how most people (in non-English speaking Europe) are severely underinformed wrt how bad things are in the USA?
I just realized that UFC on the White House lawn is one of the few things that will get global mainstream media attention. And once again people will say "quaint, but hardly fascist".
How bad is it? Asking because I got family on the southern east coast that I haven’t visited in ages. And the current political climate isn’t helping.
Ask them? I'm not from the US either. But I'm severely overinformed because of reddit-style fediverse with a huge percentage of American and generally English-speaking people.
FWIW, I don't think the gen pop has turned fascist in large numbers - yet.