UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland shared an edited, fake Bud Light-style ad on social media Tuesday, depicting himself beating and kicking a trans woman in a pink dress as part of Pride Month-themed messaging.
Sean Strickland didn’t wait for the Pride Month discourse to cool down.
On Tuesday, the UFC middleweight champion posted an edited video that mimics a Bud Light ad, showing him punching and kicking an opponent dressed in a pink dress until a referee steps in to call the match. The clip then cuts to an end card that states it’s the “official beer sponsor of UFC.”
Strickland paired the video with a caption that read, “Ive yet to see one rainbow flag. We’re back!!!” and he tagged Bud Light’s Instagram account.
He followed up on X with another message: “Say what you want about Trump but June has got far less gay 👏 👏 👏 👏.”
The point of the stunt appears to connect directly to Bud Light’s partnership with Dylan Mulvaney in 2023. That sponsorship became a flashpoint, sparking a boycott led by people like Kid Rock. The musician responded publicly by opening fire on a “bunch of products” to express his displeasure with the decision.
Strickland’s new post suggests he believes the “woke” backlash has faded since then. even as he kept the focus on other people’s identities. The edited “Bud Light” attack ad arrives three years after the Mulvaney sponsorship. now repackaged as Pride Month celebration—without any sign of the rainbow imagery he claimed he “yet to see.”.
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This is just rage bait, like why would anyone think that’s ok?
Wait so he tagged Bud Light and it was like an “official beer sponsor” thing? Kinda wild that people are still bringing up that Dylan Mulvaney drama like it’s 2023 again.
I don’t even get the point, like if Pride is about flags then he’s saying he hasn’t seen one? Also he’s beating a dude dressed in pink, so how is that “Pride” exactly… seems backwards but whatever. And the Trump line… cmon.
So this guy is posting fake beer ads and kicking someone, and then people act like it’s comedy? I swear Kid Rock already did the whole Bud Light boycott thing and now it’s like everyone’s trying to relive it. Also I thought Sean Strickland was dating someone? makes me think all this UFC celebrity stuff is just to stir controversy, not to say anything real.