{"id":497359,"date":"2026-02-22T19:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/497359\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:37:07","slug":"dana-white-scolds-media-for-pushing-sean-stricklands-buttons-you-guys-dont-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/497359\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White scolds media for pushing Sean Strickland&#8217;s buttons: &#8216;You guys don&#8217;t help&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC CEO Dana White believes the media plays a big role in making Sean Strickland a PR \u201cnightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strickland has been known to be outspoken and UFC\u2019s message has been about free speech over the last few years. Still, White isn\u2019t happy with some of the extremes Strickland will reach in some of his quotes. While White doesn\u2019t want to filter his fighters, he is taking media members to task over Strickland\u2019s latest rants.<\/p>\n<p>During the UFC Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eyHo2_WHBUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">post-fight press conference<\/a>, White blamed reporters for Strickland\u2019s comments on Bad Bunny being chosen to perform at the Super Bowl LX halftime show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a nightmare, but you guys don\u2019t help,\u201d White said. \u201cAsking him dumb [expletive]. Ask dumb [expletive], you\u2019re gonna get dumb [expletive]. \u2018Oh, what did you think of Bad Bunny? What did you think of the Super Bowl?\u2019 Get the [expletive] out of here. You [expletive] kidding me? When you talk about what Strickland says, you guys like to push the buttons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pre-fight shenanigans aside, Strickland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/sean-strickland\/ufc-houston-results-sean-strickland-tkos-anthony-hernandez-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">turned in a brilliant performance<\/a> at the conclusion of UFC Houston. His striking and pressure were too much for Anthony Hernandez to handle. A knee to the body was the beginning of the end for \u201cFluffy.\u201d Strickland had Hernandez in trouble before finishing the fight with a barrage of punches for the TKO win in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland is now turning his attention to Khamzat Chimaev, who is the reigning UFC Middleweight Champion. While some believed Nassourdine Imavov was the likely No. 1 contender, others are wondering if Strickland has surpassed him after his UFC Houston showing.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev was called out by Strickland at the end of this past Saturday\u2019s event, and it\u2019s likely the most lucrative 185-pound fight UFC can book at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Dana White blaming media members for some of Sean Strickland\u2019s quotes? Let your voice be heard in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC CEO Dana White believes the media plays a big role in making Sean Strickland a PR \u201cnightmare.\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-497359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}