"F*ck Trudeau" chants break out at UFC 297 in Toronto

Don’t expect Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to receive a warm welcome from a UFC crowd anytime soon.

On Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, UFC 297 was one of the biggest mixed martial arts shows the country has ever seen, with a sold-out crowd in attendance for the promotion’s first pay-per-view event of the year.

But while the 12 fights on the day had plenty of action, it was some out-of-the-octagon barbs at Trudeau that also made headlines.

Starting early and continuing throughout the night, fans at Scotiabank Arena were heard chanting “F*ck Trudeau” at seemingly random intervals.



New middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis defeated Sean Strickland in the main event, winning by a split decision. It was, however, a bit of a controversial choice, with UFC president Dana White saying he personally had scored the bout in favour of Strickland in his post-fight press conference.

Strickland himself had gone on a since-viral attack on Trudeau earlier in the week.

At the event’s media day in Toronto last Wednesday, Strickland got in a back-and-forth with a reporter when asked about past comments from the fighter about the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

“You’re a weak f*cking man. You elected Justin Trudeau,” Strickland said as part of the back-and-forth. “The fact that you have no f*cking backbone, and as he shut down your country and seized bank accounts, you ask me some stupid sh*t like that. Go f*ck yourself.”

Following the event, UFC president Dana White didn’t appear too concerned when asked about the “leash” he gives his fighters to speak their minds in his post-fight press conference.

“First of all, I don’t give anybody a leash. A leash? Free speech,” White said. “To control what people say and to tell people what to believe – I don’t tell any other f*cking human being what to say, what to think and there’s no leashes on any of them… It’s ridiculous to say I give somebody a leash. Free speech, brother. People can say whatever they want and they can believe whatever they want.”

This article was originally published by The Daily Hive.
Sean Strickland vs. Dricus du Plessis by Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images is licensed under MMAFighting.com
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