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Mediaite reports: Donald Trump met with controversial UFC star Sean Strickland on Thursday when the two had a brief conversation before posing for a photo op. Strickland has been in the national spotlight recently after using a UFC press conference to go on an obscene rant about gay and trans people. “Ten years ago, to be trans was a mental …

Mediaite reports: Sean Strickland’s comments on the LGBTQ community have proven to be incredibly divisive, with some criticizing the UFC star and others – notably on the right – supporting him. Ahead of his Saturday bout against South African fighter Dricus Du Plessis, Strickland spoke at a press conference and became contentious toward a reporter. The reporter asked Strickland about …

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Anheuser-Busch, the primary sponsor of Ultimate Fighting Championship, is chastising the popular mixed martial arts league for anti-gay remarks made by some of its competitors. “We’ve communicated to the UFC our displeasure with certain remarks made by some of its fighters, and they have promised to address this. If the incidents continue, we will act,” the brewer said in a …

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White says that if his league has any gay fighters, he wishes they would come out. The UFC is under fire for homophobic comments made by its members. The league presently has almost 400 fighters. “I’ll tell you right now, if there was a gay fighter in UFC, I wish he would come out,” UFC …

Responding to GLAAD’s request, Ultimate Fighting Championship founder Dana White has issued an apology for using a gay slur in a posting on his video blog. “As far as the gay and lesbian community, my comments were not directed toward them. I have no problem with the gay or lesbian community. I’m actually a supporter of many of their issues. …

When the audience of your “ultimate fighting” circus act surely includes a large number of gay men, you probably shouldn’t use the word “faggot” in your video blog. GLAAD wants an apology: On Wednesday, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White unleashed a torrent of expletives, including an anti-gay slur, on his video blog hosted on YouTube. White was extremely …