Gina Carano doesn’t pay attention to the ranting and raving of UFC middleweight Sean Strickland, the crybaby lost boy who somehow convinced himself he’s the savior of bro culture.
“Tarzan” took a big, steaming dump on Carano’s upcoming showdown against former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, but “Conviction” believes his comments are coming from a place of hurt and that he’s being exploited for his ability to generate headlines
.For better or worse.
“I think he’s got it a little bit twisted,”
Carano said during a recent media scrum. “I don’t really pay attention to him or his words. I think they’re sadly coming from a hurt place and hurt people hurt people. I think that he’s being exploited a bit and that pain is on full display and you know, all you can really do is just pray for healing for that man.”
UFC CEO Dana White typically shields his fighters under the shelter of free speech, unless you make rape jokes, attack trans athletes, or suggest another combatant is gay. The promotion used to have an employee code of conduct but it doesn’t seem to be enforced much these days.
“I think that we should build up men to be men,” Carano added. “But don’t you want some viking-ass women in your country? I am going to defend my house, I am going to defend my kids, I am going to defend myself at the gas station if I need to. You want your nieces and your daughter … Sean Strickland would want, too. You want to be a woman and be able to defend yourself.”
Whether or not she can defend herself against Rousey on May 16 in Los Angeles remains to be seen.
