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UFC’s Sean Strickland went off the rails again, but this time he was abruptly cut off from finishing his press conference.
Earlier this week, Strickland went viral when he went on a bizarre rant bashing the NFL and Bad Bunny during the lead-up to his fight at UFC Houston.
“How do we f—king ruin this sport? How do we gay it up? Why don’t we bring in a gay foreigner who doesn’t speak English? Get the f–k out of here. The NFL is pathetic.”
😳 Sean Strickland GOES OFF on “f*ggot” Bad Bunny and the NFL halftime show:
“How do we f**king ruin this sport? How do we gay it up? Why don’t we bring in a gay foreigner who doesn’t speak English? Get the f**k out of here. The NFL is pathetic.”
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) February 18, 2026
UFC CEO Dana White wasn’t happy with Strickland’s comments and called them a “nightmare” to deal with.
On Saturday night, Strickland went on another unhinged rant in which he accused Anthony ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez’s coach of grooming one of his former students.
Sean Strickland just went off on Fluffy’s coach Jim West for allegedly grooming Aspen Ladd and UFC PR came in and stopped his post-fight interview. Wow. Never seen this before. #UFCHouston
— Adam Martin (@MMAdamMartin) February 22, 2026
After Strickland’s comments, his mic was mysteriously cut off, and he was told by UFC personnel that the press conference was over.
They muted Strickland’s mic and kicked him off stage pic.twitter.com/8TUvmaWC2Y
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) February 22, 2026
Despite having his mic cut, Strickland continued answering questions from the media and went on to mock rival Khamzat Chimaev.
“It ain’t a wrap dog, UFC motherf-cker”
“You want to see the last American in the sport go and f–k [Khamzat] up… I’ll bring a f–king goat and he’ll get distracted.”
@jzosports Sean Strickland gets mic cut off while trashing Khamzat Chimaev #ufchouston