Sean Strickland loves Australia because it’s “all white.”
Unfortunately, the land “Down Under” is too expensive for “Tarzan,” which is why he’s not in any big hurry to go back. The former UFC middleweight champion last fought in Sydney at UFC 312 early last year, suffering a nose-smashing unanimous decision loss to Dricus du Plessis.
At least he didn’t slug any fans this time around.
“You go to Australia and everyone’s all happy and white,“ Strickland told Jon Bernard. “They would have to pay me a lot of money to make up for the taxes [to fight again in Australia]. But I love Australia. I always like to rank races. And this is more of a societal ranking system. Like, you take the Asian race. Who’s number one in the hierarchy for Asians? Japanese, Korea, they’re like, number one. They’re innovative. They’ve got good culture, right? Then you got the C tier which is like China, like Chinese. Like, the Chinese are universally hated across Asia. It’s 100-percent a thing. Then you have like, the jungle tier. If you’re an Asian in the jungle, dude, you’re like … no offense you guys, I love you. I think the Philippines are great. I like Thailand, you guys are good kickboxers.”
Thank god Strickland abandoned his “neo-Nazi, white-supremacist phase” or people might interpret his comments as being racist.
“But then you gotta look at like, the white hierarchy, right? And you got like, I would say, Nordic, you got the Rome … you got the hierarchy,” Strickland added. “American men are like, C tier, and you guys, other than like the Caucus Mountains, you [Australian] guys are like low tier, dude. You guys are like, the white trash of the white folks. But this is why I f—k with you guys. You all like p—sy, you liked guns at one point. You like f—king trucks. You guys f—king go hard on your trucks! I love Australia, you guys are all white, you’re good. It’s real white!”
Strickland should start a podcast with fellow UFC dunderhead Bryce Mitchell.
“I don’t want [Robert] Whitaker,” Strickland said. “It doesn’t do anything. I beat Whitaker, there’s no title shot ahead of that. It doesn’t do anything. Gatekeeper fighter, but it doesn’t do anything to me. The good thing about [Anthony ’Fluffy’ Hernandez] the guys on like a 50-fight winning streak. You’re next in line. He’s like the American [Khamzat] Chimaev. That’s the fight. I love Whitaker. Whitaker is on reality TV show. Bro you f—king lost your first competition, dude. You let some little Asian man beat you, dog. So normally, I wouldn’t watch that sh-t, because, you know, it’s Asian, subtitles, and sh-t. I don’t f—k with that. But I seen Whittaker was on that and I was like, You know what? I’m gonna support you, because you’re a homie in the UFC world. Bro, you let Asians beat you, dog. They’re like, five-foot f—king tall, dude. You were world champion. UFC fighter, bro, you’re getting beat by the f—king jungle people. Yeah, so that’s my thoughts of Whitaker. It’s just not a fight I’m excited about. It’s like the girl at the party, everybody’s f—ked, and you’re just like … eh … maybe if 3 a.m. hits and there’s nobody left, I might try it. I want to fight somebody that makes me excited. ‘Fluffy’ is the fight that I’m excited about.”
Probably because he spent the last few months being miserable.
The 34 year-old Strickland (29-7) will make his Octagon return opposite No. 4-ranked middleweight contender Anthony Hernandez atop the UFC Houston fight card on Feb. 21 in Texas. “Tarzan” remains a betting underdog against “Fluffy” in a pivotal bout that could determine the next 185-pound title challenger.
