Sean Strickland won’t be in attendance at UFC 323 on Saturday despite his best efforts to score a ticket.
Ahead of the UFC’s final pay-per-view of the year, Strickland took to Threads to reveal that he asked the promotion for tickets to attend the event but he was apparently denied. According to Strickland, the UFC shut down his request, because he’s currently under suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission over an altercation that took place at a Tuff-N-Uff event in Las Vegas earlier this year.
“Well… I wanted to go watch the homies fight tonight but the UFC bosses personally called me to tell me to f myself I’m suspended and can’t come… lol,” Strickland wrote.
Fighters under suspension can’t typically serve as coaches or cornermen at events without specific permission from the commission but that doesn’t usually extend to just attending a show.
Strickland is sidelined until Dec. 29 after he was suspended for six months after storming the cage and attacking a fighter at Tuff-N-Uff.
Obviously, Strickland says the UFC denied him either way, although it sounds like one of many interesting conversations he has with his bosses at the promotion.
“These are the conversations I have with the UFC bosses,” Strickland posted
“’Sean they might put you in jail”
“Sean ill never tell you what to say but I wouldn’t recommend it”
“Sean you should delete that but you don’t have to”
“Sean just shut the f*ck up for like two weeks till we get the deal done”
“Never just a homie call wanting to go snowboarding.. I mean [they’re] rich and white they probably ski like a bunch of …….. lol”
Of course, Strickland is no stranger to controversy, and he actually did engage in a brawl in the crowd at a past UFC event when he jumped over some seats to attack future opponent Dricus du Plessis.
It appears there won’t be any chance of a repeat with Strickland not attending UFC 323 on Saturday.
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