Sean Strickland has been slammed by UFC fans for his controversial take on Bryce Mitchell's Adolf Hitler claim.
Mitchell said Hitler was a 'good guy' and that the 'Holocaust ain't real' during the first episode of his podcast.
The UFC featherweight, who beat Kron Gracie last month, made a range of antisemitic, homophobic and transphobic comments, which were condemned by UFC CEO Dana White.
"I've heard a lot of dumb and ignorant sh*t said over the years, but this is probably the worst," said White as he pulled no punches. "First of all, when you talk about Hitler, he was responsible for the death of 6 million Jews and it was his intent to completely eliminate Jewish people. And that's a guy you would want to go fishing with?"
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He added: "Hitler is one of the most disgusting and evil human beings to ever walk the Earth, and anyone that even tries to take an opposing position is a moron. That's the problem with the internet and social media. You provide a platform to a lot of dumb and ignorant people."
Strickland, who returns to action next weekend when he faces UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312, took to social media in the wake of Mitchell's Hitler comments.
He referenced the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and Donald Trump's presidential election campaign.
On X, he wrote: "Not defending Bryce but! For the last year we have been watching bloody kids, dead kids, missing limbs being pulled out of rubble from Isreali [sic] bombs. We have been being forced fed that Americans are to blame for these. The truth is complex and grey. Hostage, generation's of hate on both sides. We can sit here for hours arguing about cause and who is right and wrong.
"Bryce is a product of being on the internet too much. Nothing more Nothingless.
"I've been at a trump rally thinking 'wow this feels like a Hitler speech' it is brain washing. Find a enemy, attack the enemy rally the people around the enemy. There is a reason why he rallied millions of people to do evil acts. Hate and fear is the easiest way to get people to march in the direction you want
"Bottom line you don't fix hate with hate. In America or the world. Bryce is a product of the internet."
Topics: UFC, Sean Strickland
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