Sean Strickland Ripped As 'Disgusting' By Female UFC Star

It certainly doesn't seem like Raquel Pennington is a big fan of Sean Strickland.

Strickland made waves ahead of UFC 297 when he talked about a variety of topics, including a lack of freedom in Canada and how viewers enjoy men's sports more than women's sports.

While his delivery was a bit over-the-top in classic Strickland fashion, it's hard to disagree with the premise that men fighting is more powerful and exciting.

He said the following back in January:

"Here’s the thing guys. WNBA, let’s just be honest, I’m not gonna be offensive when I say this. WNBA, NBA. Who watches what? Who makes more money? Women’s MMA, sure, have women’s MMA. Have it a f*cking thing. I don’t like to watch it. I don’t think most people like to watch it. If the females in MMA were to separate from male MMA, no one is gonna watch this sh*t. No one wants to watch this sh*t. It is what it is, man. I don’t know what to f*cking tell you, dude. F*cking, it is what it is. Why is that a bad...Like, again, do you want to watch a f*cking sports car race a f*cking Honda Civic? No, you wanna watch a f*cking sports car. There is a vast difference between men and women. Like, if you take this weak little f*cking Canadian sitting next to you. He could probably beat up f*cking Raquel Pennington. The fact of the matter is any one of you f*cks could probably beat our co-main event in a fight. And now, I’m not saying you can’t sit there and f*cking enjoy it, but I don’t wanna go see f*cking two little f*cking cats fight. I wanna see lions fight."

You can watch his comments below.

Raquel Pennington calls out Sean Strickland.

Well, Pennington - who also fought on the UFC 297 card - wasn't impressed with his comments at all. Not only was she not impressed, but she found his comments to be "disgusting."

She said the following on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Hour:

"You know, at the end of the day, like I said, people are always going to talk. They’re always going to have their own opinions. You’re allowed to have your own opinion, but at the end of the day, you’re not going to affect my life. What you do with your life doesn’t affect me. You know, I just think it was disgusting on his part to even be concerned about us as human beings and our lifestyle, and just the comments he was making. And you know, at the end of the day, MMA has grown a ton. The women are here. We’re here to stay. The divisions are growing. You have tons of up-and-coming talent. Like, so, to criticize female athletes, I don’t agree with any of that. But I can’t control that, and that wasn’t my focus. My focus was to go out there and accomplish my goal and make weight and do the things that I needed to."

You can watch her full comments below, and hit me with your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

I'm not sure it's necessary to call Strickland or his comments "disgusting" whether you agree with him or not. The reality of the situation is, men's sports are more popular than women's sports.

You can argue about it, but the facts aren't going to change. The NBA draws huge crowds and the WNBA doesn't. People prefer seeing massive dunks over lay up lines. That doesn't mean female athletes aren't impressive - see Caitlin Clark - but it does mean men have a much bigger draw.

UFC star Sean Strickland was called "disgusting" by Raquel Pennington for his comments about women's MMA. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Having said that, the UFC is the rare sport where female fighters can make just as much as their male counterparts if they're true stars.

Amanda Nunes made more than $8.3 million during her time in the UFC, and Ronda Rousey once made $3 million for a single fight.

That's more money than pretty much all male fighters make. If a female fighter draws a crowd and sells PPVs, then Dana White has proven he has no problem writing a check.

Everyone is free to watch or not watch whatever they want, but I'm not sure Strickland accurately pointing out men on average draw better viewership and attendance makes him "disgusting." Agree or disagree? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.