petty and childish.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/ufc-champion-banned-white-house-fight-trump-criticism

On Tuesday night, middleweight champion Sean Strickland wrote on X that he had been informed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that he had not been cleared to attend the event by the White House.

A UFC official “said he will get it done”, Stickland claimed, and UFC “filmed it and embedded [a UFC video channel] has the footage”. “I later got a call from the UFC saying ‘I wasn’t cleared by the White House’,” he added.

When a fan had earlier asked for specifics on why he had been excluded, Strickland replied: “I made fun of Israel and Epstein.”

In a subsequent post on X, he went further: “The only male American champ banned at the White House because I said Trump is owned by [Benjamin Netanyahu]. That’s not public opinion, it’s fact.”

UFC champion says he has been banned from White House fight over criticisms of Trump
Sean Strickland claims he was not cleared to attend the UFC event because he ‘made fun of Israel and Epstein’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/ufc-champion-banned-white-house-fight-trump-criticism

Thanks😀

He was not fighting. He doesn’t have a seat to watch.
https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/49014970/ufc-white-clears-air-strickland-not-banned-white-house-event

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