{"id":38785,"date":"2026-06-14T23:53:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Sean-Strickland-removed-by-security-after-sneaking-into-DCs-UFC-Fan-Fest-201525"},"modified":"2026-06-14T23:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:53:49","slug":"sean-strickland-removed-by-security-after-sneaking-into-d-c-s-ufc-fan-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/sean-strickland-removed-by-security-after-sneaking-into-d-c-s-ufc-fan-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland removed by security after sneaking into D.C.\u2019s UFC Fan Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sean-strickland-removed-by-security-after-sneaking-into-d-c-s-ufc-fan-fest.png\" 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> didn\u2019t make it to the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-White-House-Freedom-250-Topuria-vs-Gaethje-111990\"><br \/>\nUFC White House<\/a> event, but he did manage to cause a scene a<br \/>\nlittle before the card was scheduled to begin.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> middleweight champion briefly made his way to the<br \/>\npromotion\u2019s fan fest at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. However,<br \/>\nafter entering a WWE ring and delighting nearby fans, Strickland<br \/>\nwas escorted off the premises by security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may have been charged with disorderly conduct. I don\u2019t know what<br \/>\nthat is but it sounds cool,\u201d Strickland said later on his Instagram<br \/>\nStories. \u201cAnyways, I just want to thank you fans. I can\u2019t thank you<br \/>\nguys enough. After being banned, you guys riding, supporting me, it<br \/>\nmeans a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear if Strickland has been formally charged at<br \/>\nthis point in time.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZlZTk1DTt1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.27272727272727\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Making Waves<\/h2>\n<p>Strickland caused a stir leading up to UFC White House when he<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Sean-Strickland-reacts-to-UFC-White-House-snub-Id-ban-me-too-201488\"><br \/>\nclaimed that he was banned<\/a> from attending the event due to<br \/>\ncontroversial remarks he made about Israel and Prime Minister<br \/>\nBenjamin Netanyahu. Dana White denied that Strickland had been<br \/>\nbanned from the event, pointing out that attendance was limited by<br \/>\nspace and seating restrictions. Strickland was also present at the<br \/>\npre-fignt press conference one day prior.<\/p>\n<p>Always a controversial figure outside of the cage, Strickland began<br \/>\nhis second championship reign with an upset victory over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-328-May-9-111957\">UFC 328<\/a><br \/>\non May 9. He initially emerged as a significant star with a<br \/>\nchampionship victory over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Israel-Adesanya-56374\">Israel<br \/>\nAdesanya<\/a> at UFC 293 in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZleJG1t6qB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.27272727272727\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Strickland didn\u2019t make it to the UFC White House event, but he did manage to cause a scene a little before the card was scheduled to begin. The UFC middleweight champion briefly made his way to the promotion\u2019s fan fest at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. However, after entering a WWE ring and delighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38785","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\/38785","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=38785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}