Joaquin
Buckley’s criticism of Dustin
Poirier and Sean
Strickland over their use of racial slurs drew responses from
both
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters. Poirier accused
Buckley of chasing views, while Strickland posted footage of
himself dropping Buckley in sparring.
Buckley initially focused on Poirier, who was arrested in June
on suspicion of public intoxication at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport. Poirier later apologized for his behavior,
but Buckley questioned the sincerity of the apology and challenged
the former interim lightweight champion to address the matter
face-to-face.
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Dustin Poirier accuses Joaquin Buckley of chasing views as Sean
Strickland posts old sparring footage
“Tryna get some views? Shut up or kill me!” Poirier wrote
Wednesday.
Buckley responded in another video, acknowledging that his
criticism drew attention and repeating his challenge to
Poirier.
“I like this comment right here,” Buckley said. “It did what it
needed to do. It got your attention. It got views. But this comment
don’t make no sense. This n*gga said, ‘Shut up or kill me.’ How you
really want to take care of this? How you really want to handle
this, ‘DP?’ Because I promise you don’t want to do that.”
“Not that long ago, that’s what you wanted to do to yourself.
Delete yourself. Remove yourself from the Earth. Don’t put a charge
on me. … But I’ll tell you this real quick. When I see you, let’s
have that conversation. Let’s talk about it. And if you don’t want
to talk, [I won’t talk] either, but you take the first swing. You
take the first swing, but I promise you I’ll get the first hit,
though,” he added.
Strickland posted the sparring footage after an earlier video
showed Buckley confronting the middleweight champion about his use
of a racial slur at a promotional event.