In a social media post addressing recent rumors and accusations, Layla Machado Garry, wife of Ian Machado Garry, took direct aim at former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland. Layla accused Strickland of being the primary spreader of false information about her and her husband.
“Step back up, Sean Strickland, a man who’s unlikely to be okay with the Shakespearean English he unwittingly used when calling Ian a cuck. First penned in the story of Othello, the word cuckold refers to the fear of a man who’s been betrayed by his wife. Sean Strickland has been talking an awful lot about Ian Gary’s wife. I’ve been called a sexual predator, a pedophile, an abuser all by the man who alleges he suffered that exact abuse as a child growing up,” Layla said about Strickland.
“In the Shakespearean classic, Iago tells Othello about Desdemona’s adultery and he blindly believes the rumors. It’s serendipity and not merely coincidental that Iago was lying. There was no truth to the story at all. Othello, like the crowd at UFC 298, was cruelly misled by Iago’s jealousy and insecurities. Othello was never the cuckold he was called. His wife was never an adulteress. And notably, when the lies were exposed, Iago was taken away to be tortured and killed. Thank you, Shakespeare,” Layla continued about Sean Strickland.
Sean Strickland responds to Ian Garry’s wife:
“You think to yourself ‘how can I get the attention I want?’. You talk about me, you bring my f***ing name up.
You’ve never done anything, you’ve never accomplished anything. The only thing you’ve ever done is seduce famous men.”… pic.twitter.com/ss4HPjeNud
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) March 20, 2024
In response to Layla’s post, Strickland took to his own social media account to address her comments directly.
“Alright, you talk about me, I’ll give what you want, attention. I don’t want to call you by your name because if we know anything about demons, the moment you start using their name it gives them power and that’s all you want right, power and attention. This is why you talk about me, when you post a picture and you get those fake f*****g plastic titties in that tiny little dress and you realize, I’m an old lady, nobody wants to see me half naked in a dress. You think to yourself, how can I get the attention that I want? How can I get what I want? You talk about me, you bring my f*****g name up,” Sean Strickland said.
“You’ve never done anything; you’ve never accomplished anything. The only thing that you’ve done is to seduce famous men. Let me tell you why you are such a despicable person. Everybody is gone and have forgotten about this, we’ve accepted you as disgusting as that may seem and you bring this back up and tarnish your husband’s name just because that demon inside you wants attention,” Sean Strickland added.
Given the ongoing conflict between Sean Strickland and Layla Machado Garry, it’s unsurprising that Strickland opted to respond via a video on social media.
