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The animosity between UFC middleweight Sean Strickland and Jim West, coach, and partner of Aspen Ladd, has resurfaced following an in-person interaction. Strickland is never out of the headlines for too long, and when he returns, it’s usually thr…
The animosity between UFC middleweight Sean Strickland and Jim West, coach, and partner of Aspen Ladd, has resurfaced following an in-person interaction. Strickland is never out of the headlines for too long, and when he returns, it’s usually through comments and interactions away from fighting. That trend has continued this week, with the polarizing 185lber…
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Sean Strickland has taken more shots at the coaches/significant others of Rose Namajunas and Aspen Ladd. UFC women’s bantamweight Aspen Ladd’s relationship with her coach Jim West went under public scrutiny last year when West chewed out Ladd between rounds of her loss to Norma Dumont last year at UFC Vegas 40. His tone was…
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Sean Strickland has taken more shots at the coaches/significant others of Rose Namajunas and Aspen Ladd.
UFC women’s bantamweight Aspen Ladd’s relationship with her coach Jim West went under public scrutiny last year when West chewed out Ladd between rounds of her loss to Norma Dumont last year at UFC Vegas 40. His tone was considered so harsh that many people spoke out against West’s treatment of Ladd, including Miesha Tate.
Tate said that she was speaking from her own personal experience of what it can be like in a relationship with a coach/trainer and that she can recognize the signs of abuse. Ladd dismissed Tate’s comments as attention-seeking and later said that she’d be willing to fight Tate for free.
There have been no further stories regarding Ladd’s & West’s relationship since West apologized for his conduct in Ladd’s corner last October. Nevertheless, Strickland was inspired to send out the following tweet Thursday.
“Sooooooooooo I’m pretty sure @TheAspenLadd is suffering from Stockholm syndrome…….. lmao!!!!!!!!I didn’t really care about the corner
video but when you add some other facts to the situation it’s a little fucking creepy lmao!!!”
Strickland would then post a follow-up tweet to lend more insight into the information that prompted his initial tweet.
“Women are very easy targets for male coaches, automatically assume weird father role which turns into a hero worship complex. The fact you started to train with him at what 12? 100 percent grooming sexual predator. Tell me my facts are wrong and I’ll apologize now. @TheAspenLadd“
Strickland would close by also referencing Rose Namajunas’ relationship with Barry. The couple has a 13-year age gap between them and reportedly met when Namajunas was 14 years old and Barry was 27.
“Is Jim West and Pat Berry (sic) the Weinstine of MMA? Or is Michael Jackson a better comparison…@netflix is currently contacting @TheAspenLadd and @rosenamajunas for a TV series lol!!!!! OK, I’m done gotta spar..” Strickland concluded.
Strickland has not let up on his criticisms of Barry and West. This week, he made Barry the primary focus of his vitriol.
“This showed up on my Twitter feed… Looks like they met on Jeffery Epsteins island…. Bro you been on the Lolita express?!? @HypeOrDie“
“OK I’m done making fun of Pat the PREDATOR Barry. Rose followed me on IG once so naturally I slid in her DM’s. I didn’t know she had a umm what would you call him?? A groomer? Idk either way I won’t touch this again, hopefully Pat will do the same when he’s around children..”
Strickland would then make it clear that he has not forgotten about Jim West.
“Age really is just a number. @gloverteixeira didn’t let the doubters put him down when he won the belt at 42. “Too old” “washed up” And don’t forget JIM WEST and Aspan “Jim she’s 14” “Jim you’re going to go to prison” “Jim you can’t groom a child” Way to beat the odds Jim.”
Ladd is coming off a second consecutive loss, this time to Raquel Pennington who defeated Ladd at UFC 273 via unanimous decision. This made for the third defeat in four fights for the 27-year-old.
Rose Namajunas will be competing at this weekend’s UFC 274 when she puts her strawweight title on the line against Carla Esparza. Neither Namajunas, Ladd, nor their coaches/partners have directly addressed Strickland’s remarks.
In Namajunas’ case, she may very well be unaware of Strickland’s comments seeing as how she goes out of her way to stay off of social media whenever possible. This week, in particular, it could serve as an unneeded distraction for her.
As for Strickland, he has enough to worry about with his professional life, as he will be taking on rising hype train Alex Pereira this July at UFC 277 in a bout that many believe could serve as a middleweight title eliminator.
What do you make of Sean Strickland’s remarks about the relationships of Aspen Ladd and Rose Namajunas?
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Aspen Ladd’s coach and boyfriend Jim West has apologized for his cornering last night. Ladd suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Norma Dumont in their short-notice women’s featherweight headliner at UFC Vegas 40 on Saturday night. However, it was a borefest with little to no action. So much so that the biggest talking point was […]
Aspen Ladd’s coach and boyfriend Jim West has apologized for his cornering last night.
Ladd suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Norma Dumont in their short-notice women’s featherweight headliner at UFC Vegas 40 on Saturday night.
However, it was a borefest with little to no action. So much so that the biggest talking point was during the corner talk when West questioned what Ladd was doing by not fighting.
While Ladd did step it up a bit in the fourth round, it wasn’t enough and when she went back to her corner again, it almost appeared as if she was about to cry when West laid it on her.
In the end, Ladd couldn’t turn it around as she was comfortably outpointed while West received plenty of criticism online for being too harsh on his fighter.
He has since apologized.
“Tonight was not our night,” West wrote in a statement on Instagram. “It’s been our night many many times at the highest level but not tonight. I blame myself. Though it may not be my fault. it’s not up for debate. I take all the blame.
“Yes after the first couple rounds I may have been a little harsh but I know aspen and at that time technical conversation was not in the cards being down 3 rounds. Nonetheless I own it and I am sorry @aspenladd from the bottom of my heart [sic] I will continue to be better each time.”
Ladd didn’t comment on the cornering but released her own statement.
“Not my night,” Ladd wrote on Instagram. “Congrats to my opponent. We will be back better. In the mean time I finally got to get back in there after nearly 2 years. Now it’s time to take a step back, take a breath, and get back to fighting and feeling like myself again. On to the next.”
UFC analyst Daniel Cormier disagrees with the notion that Aspen Ladd’s coach Jim West was too critical of her at UFC Vegas 40. Cormier, a staple of UFC broadcasts, took the night off from UFC Vegas 40 to watch the Ladd vs. Norma Dumont main event from home. He and the UFC fanbase watched as […]
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UFC analyst Daniel Cormier disagrees with the notion that Aspen Ladd’s coach Jim West was too critical of her at UFC Vegas 40.
Cormier, a staple of UFC broadcasts, took the night off from UFC Vegas 40 to watch the Ladd vs. Norma Dumont main event from home. He and the UFC fanbase watched as Ladd looked overwhelmed and perplexed by Dumont’s striking en route to a unanimous decision loss.
A clip of West berating Ladd in between rounds went viral on social media, and many around the MMA community were split on whether or not his approach was justified. Cormier defended West for his ‘old school’ approach.
“This is what I am talking about right here, now a coach has to apologize for how he talks to his athlete?” Cormier said in a tweet. “I disagree! I’ve heard much worse from my coaches and the coach knows how his athlete will respond. I prefer this to some of the other corning we’ve seen lately.”
Cormier’s defense of Ladd’s coach is in direct contrast with former bantamweight Miesha Tate’s thoughts on his approach after she called out West for verbally abusing her during the fight. Many MMA fans felt that West might’ve done more harm than good with his aggressive approach in the corner.
With the loss to Dumont, Ladd has now lost two of her last three fights in the UFC Octagon. She filled in on short notice after former bantamweight champion Holly Holm withdrew due to an injury.
Cormier is one of the most prominent voices in MMA today and has increasingly become more popular at ESPN. He’s a key member of UFC broadcasts, hosts “DC & RC” on ESPN, and has a new YouTube channel that is growing quickly.
As for Ladd, she’ll look to get back on track in her next fight at either bantamweight or featherweight.
Do you agree with Daniel Cormier’s comments in support of Aspen Ladd’s coach?
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