Sean Strickland Escorted Out Of Ufc Event Near White House. Police Say His Presence Caused 'disorder'

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland was escorted retired of a UFC Freedom 250 instrumentality fest adjacent nan White House connected Sunday evening for his ain information and nan information of different attendees, according to nan U.S. Park Police.

Strickland was not connected nan paper for nan UFC arena held connected nan White House South Lawn successful relationship pinch a summer-long ceremony of nan nation’s 250th anniversary. Instead, nan 35-year-old combatant attended a viewing arena connected nan Ellipse, causing a operation among fans arsenic he yet entered a wrestling ringing group up successful nan area.

“At astir 7 p.m., nan U.S. Park Police received study of a disturbance wrong nan UFC event,” nan agency said successful a connection emailed to The Times. “The unplanned beingness of Sean Strickland drew important attraction from attendees, resulting successful disorder. Due to concerns for Strickland’s information and nan information of arena patrons, unit from nan U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Park Police, and different assisting agencies evacuated him safely from nan area.”

In videos posted to his Instagram Story from, during and aft nan incident, Strickland states he “might beryllium going to jail” and “may person been charged pinch disorderly conduct.”

However, nan Park Police said that is not nan case.

“Strickland was neither cited nor arrested successful relationship pinch nan incident,” nan agency said. “However, he was advised not to return to nan venue for his ain and nationalist safety. USPP escorted him to his edifice without incident.”

Strickland was erstwhile a protagonist of President Trump but has go a vocal professional complete specified issues arsenic nan Jeffrey Epstein files and nan warfare pinch Iran. Still, he had expressed liking successful attending UFC Freedom 250, which took spot on Trump’s 80th birthday, but has said connected X that nan UFC told him he “wasn’t cleared by nan achromatic house.”

UFC president and main executive serviceman Dana White has said that nobody, including Strickland, was banned from nan event.

On Saturday, Strickland posted connected X that he wanted to be nan instrumentality fest connected nan Ellipse.

The adjacent day, he posted a video connected Instagram that shows him doing conscionable that. Apparently filmed by nan MMA prima arsenic he was being led done nan crowd by different man (Strickland later said connected X that a instrumentality “snuck maine in”), nan video shows Strickland trying to debar being recognized until getting to nan ring.

Once there, however, he basked successful nan attraction of a ample crowd that chanted, “U-S-A! U-S-A!”

Strickland besides posted a photo to Instagram of himself being escorted barefoot retired of nan event, pinch nan caption “NOT AMERICAN ENOUGH.”