Sean Strickland Responds to Jon Anik’s Criticism of MMA Fanbase

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Anik tried to play the "toxic" card, the same way modern entertainment, news, media, video games, all try to play. When something fails, they instantly just blame the "toxic fanbase." He tried to blame it on "them" and called everyone the lowest common denominator. UFC don't play that, they can't play that, and instantly made him apologize. Anik showed his true colors. A noob, was never involved with MMA prior to being hired, and he can't even look away from the screen long enough from people who disagree with his opinion. I hope he does go to the NFL, let's see how long he lasts there. He's lucky a bunch of moronic MMA fans even took him in, in the first place. He has got to be the luckiest UFC employee ever. 0 Credentials, 0 knowledge, literally given the title King of Cardboard personality, and can't just STFU enough and do his damn silly job slinging Cocaine Bear advertisements.

 

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Did you get offended Greg? Be like Joe Anik. Blame the toxicness. You toxic avenger, you.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

To some extent it appears to be true of fans of just about anything, although it's tough to say how much is actually just toxic fans being much more visible.

TBH I don't think that most MMA fans are toxic, but the ones that are really make themselves noticeable.

They're a lot easier to find in spaces that are more casual and where there are more people. Like the amount of toxic people I see in a Youtube comment section related to MMA compared to here is night and day.

 

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Sean Strickland has slammed UFC commentator Jon Anik for voicing his frustration with the mixed martial arts fan base.





Anik recently revealed his heightened frustration with MMA fans due to the negativity he received following Strickland’s UFC 297 title loss against Dricus Du Plessis. Strickland dropped a closely-contested split decision against “Stillknocks” in a fight that was viewed as a toss-up. According to Anik, MMA fans responded with hatred no matter how objectively analysts tried to explain Du Plessis’ victory. The UFC color commentator even went to the extent of teasing a career switch to the NFL.

“I am growing tired of this MMA space a little bit and just the morass of negativity when there is a close fight,” Anik said on the Anik & Florian podcast. “Because even if you and I both thought Dricus Du Plessis won the fight, we try to present that information respectfully. When I go onto X or I go to our YouTube comments, it just seems like a lot of these fans are just in attack mode. I don’t know if these fans are casual fans or not, but I appreciate the passion. But I’m getting to the point at 45 years of age where I don’t know how much time I have left in this MMA space because if I go do pro football, I’m not going to necessarily be dealing with this lowest common denominator all the time. I don’t know, man.


“I just feel like there’s a lot of malice and disrespect from the fanbase. We can disagree. Don’t take it from me. Demetrious Johnson and Kenny Florian thought DDP won the fight. I don’t know. I’ve just been very off-put with the negativity that has permeated my feed since Saturday night. I’m just not sure how much longer I have in this space.”

According to Strickland, Anik should probably consider a switch to the NFL given his frustration with MMA fans.

“What [I’d] say to Jon Anik calling [MMA] fans ‘the lowest common denominator:’ These people are the way you have a paycheck, and you make way more than most,” Strickland wrote. “Maybe the NFL is a better choice for you than MMA. Also, you guys are a bunch of savage c—ts. I’m here for it.”





Anik has since issued an apology to MMA fans, taking responsibility for his comments while also saying that they were sensationalized.

“Last week on my podcast, I was in a heightened emotional state following myriad allegations of bias at UFC 297 and I made some regrettable comments relating to the MMA fan base,” Anik wrote on Instagram. “While I was surprised at the extent to which my comments were re-purposed and sensationalized, I need to be more responsible on an open microphone.

Sean Strickland Responds to Jon Anik’s Criticism of MMA Fanbase

Sean Strickland has slammed UFC commentator Jon Anik for voicing his frustration with the mixed martial arts fan base.

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I like Sean and Anik. I think Anik was being far too sensitive, and irrational. There are plenty of hothead fans in other sports too. The difference is Anik wouldn't be the face of NFL broadcasting like he is for MMA/UFC so his comments would slip through the cracks alot more

 

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