{"id":38457,"date":"2026-05-25T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Sean-Strickland-sick-to-my-stomach-after-attending-Adin-Ross-MMA-event-201314"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:37:17","slug":"sean-strickland-sick-to-my-stomach-after-attending-adin-ross-mma-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/sean-strickland-sick-to-my-stomach-after-attending-adin-ross-mma-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland &#8216;sick to my stomach&#8217; after attending Adin Ross\u2019 MMA event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-strickland-sick-to-my-stomach-after-attending-adin-ross-mma-event.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a> lashed out at the influencer community after<br \/>\nattending Adin Ross\u2019 boxing event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ross hosted the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/BrandRisk-014-Brand-Risk-Promotions-112930\"><br \/>\nBrand Risk 14<\/a> card at the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> Apex in Las Vegas on Sunday. The card featured renowned<br \/>\npersonalities like musician Ray J, former NFL quarterback <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Johnny-Manziel-499864\">Johnny<br \/>\nManziel<\/a>, and former NBA players Michael Beasley and Lance<br \/>\nStephenson. Meanwhile, it also had bizarre matchups like dwarves<br \/>\nfighting each other in MMA. Strickland, fellow UFC fighter <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Arman-Tsarukyan-213913\">Arman<br \/>\nTsarukyan<\/a> and UFC head honcho Dana White were in attendance at<br \/>\nthe event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> However, Strickland (30-7) regretted attending the event and vented<br \/>\nas soon as it ended. The UFC middleweight champion claims he feels<br \/>\n\u201cless of a man\u201d after being a part of the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never been a part of anything so shameful in my life,\u201d<br \/>\nStrickland said on his Instagram Stories. \u201cAnd I hate myself and I<br \/>\nfeel like less of a man after being here. Oh God, why did I agree<br \/>\nto this? I&#8217;m sick to my stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <center readability=\"2.9688385269122\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.1643059490085\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a> walked out of Adin Ross&#8217; MMA event early and says<br \/>\nhe&#8217;s ashamed of himself for even attending \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hate myself and I feel like less of a man after being here. Oh<br \/>\nGod why did I agree to this. I&#8217;m sick to my stomach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(via <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SStricklandMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SStricklandMMA<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8n0hXJud1e\">https:\/\/t.co\/8n0hXJud1e<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZkKrQBfCI\">pic.twitter.com\/iZkKrQBfCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/2058457433484243323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nMay 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018I Want It All to Stop\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The involvement of social media influencers in MMA has been growing<br \/>\nwith time. Streamers like the Nelk Boys, N3on, Ross, and Nina<br \/>\nMarie-Daniele regularly hang out with UFC elites. White believes<br \/>\nthe influencer community will eventually replace traditional MMA<br \/>\nmedia. Strickland expressed his frustration with the growing<br \/>\ninfluence of online streamers in general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what sucks is you have these streamers and they have this<br \/>\nmassive following and you just know that they&#8217;re the next<br \/>\ngenerations of Americans,\u201d Strickland said. \u201cIt&#8217;s so f\u2014-ing sad to<br \/>\nthink that the streamer community is gonna inherit America. It&#8217;s so<br \/>\nbad. I just want it all to stop.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"4.2205882352941\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.973529411765\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a> HATES streamers \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You take these streamers, they have this massive following and you<br \/>\njust know that they&#8217;re the next generations of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so f*cking sad to think that the streamer community is gonna<br \/>\ninherit America. It&#8217;s so bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(via\u2026 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q1uJ07aHXR\">pic.twitter.com\/q1uJ07aHXR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/2058687959436763391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nMay 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Strickland lashed out at the influencer community after attending Adin Ross\u2019 boxing event.&nbsp; Ross hosted the Brand Risk 14 card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sunday. The card featured renowned personalities like musician Ray J, former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel, and former NBA players Michael Beasley and Lance Stephenson. Meanwhile, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}