UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland was kicked out of UFC 250 when he was caught sneaking into the event.
The fighter was caught after jumping into a ring at the event. He was quickly removed by security and then escorted out.
Though he wasn’t arrested, Strickland claims that he could be facing a disorderly conduct charge. “I may have been charged with disorderly conduct. I don’t know what that is but it sounds cool,” Strickland said on Instagram. “Anyways, I just want to thank you fans. I can’t thank you guys enough. After being banned, you guys riding, supporting me, it means a lot to me.”
In another post, Strickland showed a photo of when he was being removed from President Trump’s highly hyped event. “Sorry you guys,” Strickland wrote. “We almost made it! Promise one day, we will set up a circle and box. Thanks for your support.”
President Trump’s Ultimate Fighting Championship event is the culmination of nearly a year of planning that began last July. At an Iowa rally last July, the president told the attendees, "Every one of our national park battlefields and historic sites is going to have special events in honor of America 250. "We’re going to have a UFC fight — think of this — on the grounds of the White House."
It made sense because President Trump frequently attends UFC events and is close with UFC CEO Dana White.
Since its unveiling, the event garnered an intense amount of controversy as well as a legal challenge — but still continued to be built anyway.
Last month, at an event in the White House, Trump spoke about the uniqueness of the event while hyping it up. "It's never gonna happen again. Never happened before," he said. "And it's all of the best fighters."
Initial estimates for attendees were set at 125,000 guests attending, per ABC News, and an additional 75,000 people reportedly requested tickets. The scheduled events will reportedly cost more than $60 million — costs that will be covered by the UFC.
Though the fights are happening as planned, there were questions of whether the event would even happen due to predicted thunderstorms in the Washington D.C. area.
