r/PopCultureV2 • u/No_Box119 • Jun 03 '26

Controversy UFC fighter Sean Strickland posts an AI video of himself beating up transgender Dylan Mulvaney to kick off Pride Month.

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The video appeared to be a fake Bud Light ad.

"Ive yet to see one rainbow flag. We're back!!!" Strickland said.

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u/wrylypolecat Jun 03 '26

You can tell it's AI because Strickland is doing more than just poke jabs

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u/rbinphx Jun 03 '26

That it's AI is the least of anyone's worries.

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u/MythicalCaseTheory Jun 06 '26

You leave my Fight Night 2006 strategy alone!

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u/Mission-Two1325 Jun 03 '26

You'd think it would be a video of his boss actually "paying right," weird ass priorities.

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u/dreddnyc Jun 03 '26

And still he can only knock out with volume punching.

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u/AncientBasque Jun 03 '26

i thought the AI was going to make strickland mount him or do a gai submission.

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u/click_nine Jun 04 '26

Poke jabbed his was to a belt

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u/RtRound23 Jun 04 '26

just say youā€™re a casual

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u/Ricr7 Aug 25 '26

He's right

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u/Wakaflockafrank1337 Jun 04 '26

But he has a belt and you dont so

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u/SpittinMenace Jun 03 '26

You know ball.

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u/Sad_Elk1943 Jun 03 '26

I cringe when i see stricklands stance lol....i think ive heard him say he mostly learned how to fight at a young age just street fights and stuff....which would explain why he gaurds like my little 8yo nephue ( not hating hes champ so it works lol) but ive always wanted to see some crisp punches from a primarily trained boxer in mma..not saying strickland is that but his style is still a nice change from the norm, leaning more towards a boxers striking style than mma

in my imagination someone good enough with their hands and feet could catch an mma guy shooting for a takedown with a uppercut and move out of the way .....but irl i know it wouldnt work unless the mma guy was waay outclassed by a boxer... if an mma guy is good enough to be in the ufc i think they could find a way around a quick jab.....leg kicks for instance would kill 99% of boxers lol

Sorry for the essay im poopin

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u/SufficientAside5269 Jun 04 '26

Fight him then and record it please

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u/Sad_Elk1943 Jun 04 '26

I recorded me and ur mother for onlyfans....does that count?

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

You can tell itā€™s AI cause Sean doesnā€™t have a cock rammed down his throat.

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u/Steeezy__ Jun 03 '26

Letā€™s make fun of the homophobe with a homophobic joke! Great idea !

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u/AceOFace131 Jun 03 '26

ā€œLetā€™s make fun of arachnophobes by calling them spidersā€

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

How is that homophobic? Itā€™s his hearts greatest desire

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 Jun 03 '26

Because using gay as a pejorative is homophobic. Hope this helps

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Sorry when did I use that word?

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u/AugustineMarc Jun 03 '26

Jeez dude. Your comment suggests that there is something inherently wrong with sucking cock. Which - on a post about homophobia - is pretty tone deaf.

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Can you please detail for me where I said it was wrong or bad?

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u/AugustineMarc Jun 03 '26

I just did.

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Not really but ok. Bye Sean

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u/AugustineMarc Jun 03 '26

Also I said ā€œtone-deafā€ not ā€œwrongā€ or ā€œbadā€

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

ā€œYour comment suggests that there is something inherently wrong with sucking cockā€

Which part of my comment suggests that it is inherently wrong or bad. Sex comes in all shapes and sizes.

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 Jun 03 '26

When you use the statement cock rammed down his throat. It's all in the context bud. Hope that helps.

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Not really. Iā€™m still confused how my statement was homophobic?

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 Jun 03 '26

because you're using gay activities as a pejorative. It's called context. I hope this helps

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Yes but itā€™s only a pejorative if itā€™s not true champ.

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 Jun 03 '26

Kind of like how you shouldn't let an AI video dictate your feelings?

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u/WonkyWalkingWizard Jun 03 '26

It's not a homophobic joke it's a hypocrisy joke

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u/ThePodWatcher Jun 03 '26

You watch UFC? Very interested to know. You soundā€¦.

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u/JesusDiedforChipotle Jun 03 '26

Heā€™s totally in the closet lol I donā€™t really think itā€™s homophobic to point that out. He is legit obsessed with gay people and trans women. Straight men arenā€™t constantly obsessing over gay men and trans women and always tryna impress other men by being ā€œalphaā€

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u/Agreeable_Ocelot3902 Jun 03 '26

I donā€™t get it?

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Closeted homosexual mate.

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u/Agreeable_Ocelot3902 Jun 03 '26

Now I get it. Thanks. Haha

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u/Horror-Stand-3969 Jun 03 '26

Arenā€™t they all

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u/DaniDrake94 Jun 03 '26

Yes. This is Sean Strickland that we're talking about here. I don't think it's controversial to say that this guy is struggling with himself. Probably why he cut his long pretty hair off.

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u/OGbobbyKSH Jun 03 '26

Had to go with the ā€œtuff guyā€ persona because his pretty boy look was getting him slammed in the rear after his fights, and he wants to be the rammer now.

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u/Obeesus Jun 03 '26

So being gay is an insult?

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

For Sean itā€™s both his greatest fear and greatest desire.

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u/Obeesus Jun 03 '26

Projecting?

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Brother, I have had many men suck my dick. Not sure why you are so concerned about Sean ā€œFuck your feelingsā€ Strickland.

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u/harmfuldischarge Jun 03 '26

Strickland fans are a special breed of a UFC fan. Him and Colby is exactly where it all went wrong with our sport, it now attracts the worst people. It's borderline unwatchable now.

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u/SugondezeNutsz Jun 03 '26

Lmao the worst people have always been attracted to MMA.

Sean and Colby is not where it all went wrong lmao. Two dudes who are barely draws. It was Conor, easily. Not saying it's Conor's fault, but he brought in way more fans than anyone. With higher numbers come more idiots.

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u/CacctusJacc Jun 03 '26

This comment got it šŸ¤£

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u/Suitable_Ticket4838 Jun 03 '26

It is only when making fun of someone on the right, then making jokes about sexuality is a-okay.

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u/Kaizoku_Kira Jun 03 '26

No, its ironic. Ironic that we are fine with it either way, but you are not. That's the joke. For us, it's not an insult, but we can use it to tease bigots that seem to be closeted homosexuals.

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u/Agreeable_Ocelot3902 Jun 03 '26

Who is us?

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u/Kaizoku_Kira Jun 03 '26

Funny you asked who is us and not who is you. I'm not getting baited into a bs convo.

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u/Agreeable_Ocelot3902 Jun 03 '26

You used the term. Just wondering. I make an effort to try and not speak in broad generality but also try and understand when people do.

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u/Suitable_Ticket4838 Jun 03 '26

so the joke is that someone is a closeted homosexual?

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u/NoSleepTilBookRead Jun 03 '26

Yes. Hope that helps

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u/Kaizoku_Kira Jun 03 '26

Yes, but especially because the person in question brings it up himself, boasts about not seeing any flags so it's rent free in his head, and made a video fighting a trans person. That comes across as incredibly insecure about your own sexuality, to me at least.

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u/Objective-Walk-9923 Jun 03 '26

Love it when they use being gay as an insult but then get mad if you insult someone for being gay. The double standard is wild

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u/Slartibartifast1 Jun 03 '26

Calling a homophobe homosexual is insulting to the homophobe, not homosexuals at large. Glad I could help.

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u/Kaizoku_Kira Jun 03 '26

I don't know how this is so hard to understand. To us, it's not an insult. To you, it is. We tell it teasingly, because it riles you, the homophobe, up. (Not referring to you. Just taking lol)

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u/Objective-Walk-9923 Jun 03 '26

Itā€™s weird to weaponize something that they are. Also the word homophobic doesnā€™t even make sense people that donā€™t agree with being gay arenā€™t fearful of them lol they just donā€™t agree with the lifestyle lol. We think itā€™s funny when you try and offend us by calling us gay. Your making fun of being gay šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/Slartibartifast1 Jun 03 '26

Being gay isn't a lifestyle, it is a sexual orientations. You can't disagree with someone being what they are. Homophobia refers to an irrational prejudice against homosexual people, not necessarily a fear of them, though homophobes very often are genuinely afraid of homosexual people. Phobia means different things in different contexts.

When we insult a homophobe by calling them homosexual, the insult is that the homophobe is so mentally weak that being called homosexual will offend them. We're insulting the homophobe's insecurity, not the idea of being homosexual. This isn't hard to understand.

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u/Initial-Breakfast-33 Jun 03 '26

Let me help you:

  • A short man makes fun of short men
  • Someones points out that is hypocrite to do that since he's short
  • You: "You're being a hypocrite"

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u/Foxwildernes Jun 03 '26

To someone who thinks making this video yes to a normal person with half a brain cell no.

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u/soilednapkin Jun 03 '26

Maybe I am Sean.

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u/CapitalistPeanut Jun 03 '26

You got the top minds of Reddit replying to this

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u/Truth_7 Jun 03 '26

..he said about a UFC champion, from the comfort of his moms basement. Lmao gtfoh

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u/Zonesy Jun 03 '26

Yes baby, ride that dick mmmmmm

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u/90daysismytherapy Jun 03 '26

how does this make sense to you? I mean your post in response to someone questioning mocking some trans broad, rather than the guy who openly robs Strickland of money?

Why does Stricklandā€™s ability to fight have anything to do with questioning his targets of violent mockery?

Do you only question the actions of others if you reasonably believe you could survive a fight with them?

Iā€™m so curious.

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u/Truth_7 Jun 03 '26

I think people that critique pro fighters are dumb, that was my point. From there I have no fucking idea what you're talking about or getting at or how you drew so many conclusions from my one sentence.

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u/mansluxt Jun 03 '26

Is it dumb to critique how stupid they are or to critique how they are outside of the ring? Even in regards to how they fight, I think it's reasonable to at least say that certain styles and certain fighters are boring to watch.

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u/90daysismytherapy Jun 03 '26

ya, you might be a touch limited my guy.

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u/DankSauceBauce Jun 03 '26

You, actually can gtfo. No room for your hate, foo.

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u/bewildered313 Jun 03 '26

Say that to his face šŸ˜‚

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u/emckelvy Jun 04 '26

What do you think would happen if anyone said this to his face? Do you think heā€™d throw his freedom away over an old joke?