UFC star Sean Strickland, who backed President Donald Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign, doesn’t seem interested by a preventing occasion deliberate to happen on the White House subsequent yr.
Whereas discussing the occasion in a latest livestream with controversial streamer Adin Ross, Strickland introduced up an unnamed fighter’s reservations about preventing “in entrance of billionaires.”
“I used to be like, that is sensible, bro,” he stated. “So I feel I’d wish to do the White Home… if there was some form of inclusion for like, followers,” he explained.
“So if there was some form of inclusion for followers, it’d be extra — however like, simply to go hang around with the fucking Epstein record? I’m good, canine. I’m good, dude.”
The UFC is predicted to host its occasion on the South Garden on June 14, 2026, as a part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration.
The occasion — first teased by Trump over the summer — is about to coincide with Flag Day as well as the president’s 80th birthday.
UFC President and CEO Dana White — in an interview with Fox News in September — revealed that the seating capability for the occasion could be round 5,000, citing safety considerations. This marks a notable drop from Trump’s preliminary estimate of as much as 25,000 spectators.
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Regardless of Strickland’s historical past of supporting Trump, he has criticized the president in latest months, significantly on overseas coverage.
In February, Strickland took to X simply days after Trump’s proposed that the U.S. to take management of Gaza and relocate Palestinians in a transfer to redevelop the territory.
“Man if Trump retains this bs up I’m about to start out waving a Palestinian flag..” he wrote in a publish. “American cities are shitholes and also you wanna go spend billions on this dumpster hearth.. Did we make a mistake?! This ain’t America first..”
In July, he claimed that he’d vote for a Democratic candidate over a Republican who’s backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, calling it a “line in the sand” for him.
Strickland additionally called on Trump to not contain America within the Israel-Iran conflict in June.
Nonetheless, in a publish to X earlier this month, he seemingly backed Trump for an unconstitutional third time period.
