UFC Freedom 250: Champ Sean Strickland detained by security, says he was charged with disorderly conduct after crashing fan event

One of the sideplots of UFC Freedom 250 has been the status of UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland, who claimed to have been banned from the event. He showed up anyway.

>In an incident documented on his Instagram page and elsewhere, the 35-year-old appeared to crash a fan event, get mobbed by fans, jump into a WWE ring and get detained by security officers.

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style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 14px; width: 144px;">In the aftermath Strickland posted a video of himself appearing to be in the back of a police wagon, explaining:

"I'm pretty sure I didn't break a law. Like, I'm pretty sure. But I might be going to jail. I'm pretty sure we didn't break no law.

Then, from a hotel room, he said he had been charged with disorderly conduct:

"Alright guys, I may have been charged with disorderly conduct. I don't know what that is, but it sounds cool. Anyways, I just want to thank you fans, man, I can't thank you guys enough. After being banned, you guys writing, supporting me, it means a lot to me, thank you."

Strickland, a fervent supporter of President Donald Trump in the past, publicly claimed to have been banned from UFC Freedom 250 earlier this month over comments he has made about Israel and the Epstein list.

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>UFC CEO Dana White denied that claim, instead saying the champ wasn't invited to a lack of space in the structure on the White House South Lawn:

"Everybody's banned apparently. Apparently f***ing everybody is banned," White joked when asked about Strickland's comments on Tuesday during a media scrum. "Of course, Sean Strickland isn't [banned]. Sean Strickland is banned from humanity. We don't want him near any human beings anywhere. F*cking shows up at Power Slap, he starts fights.

>"He made it very clear he didn't want to be a part of this event and now apparently he's banned. Nobody is banned. Nobody's music is banned. No media members have been banned. The list goes on and on."

Banned or not, Strickland vowed to crash the party. He didn't get anywhere near the White House venue, but still found a way to draw attention.

>Strickland is a two-time UFC middleweight champ and the promotion’s only active American male champion, having stunned previous titleholder Khamzat Chimaez at UFC 328 last month. He has a well-documented history of statements that could be politely described as outrageous, sometimes with behavior to match.