Shoot, where do I even start with this chaos? So, picture this: Sean Strickland, in the wildest turn of events, is now in hot water with the Nevada Athletic Commission. Why? Well, the dude just couldn’t hold back and ended up bolting into the cage like some action movie hero (or villain?) and got into it with a fighter at this Tuff-N-Uff thing in Vegas. June was the month, definitely a hot one, both temp and temper-wise.
Now, they’ve slapped him with a temporary suspension. Temporary for now, they say, but it’ll probably stretch out like gum on a hot sidewalk when they chat about it on Wednesday. And as long as he’s benched, he can’t step foot in the UFC ring. Yikes. No definitive punishment yet—like, it’s all up in the air for now.
Oh, and funny side note, when Strickland’s buddy was up there fighting, this badass Luis Hernandez managed to pull off this standing guillotine choke—sounds fancy, doesn’t it?—and Hunsinger took the L. Then Hernandez starts poking fun at the guy’s corner, poking the bear kinda. And that corner? Strickland and another fighter, Chris Curtis. What do they do? You guessed it—they storm the cage, and Strickland starts swinging. Classic.
Somewhere in this mess, security had to dive in and pull them apart. Cue the dramatic music, if this was a movie. Later, in a surprising twist, Hernandez, yeah the one instigating things, tells MMA Fighting he hopes Strickland gets off easy, no charges or anything. “I like those guys,” he said. Like, seriously? Maybe some wild empathy or just the camaraderie of fighters, who knows.
And Hernandez? He’s all about adulting here. “We’re adults, it’s all entertainment,” he says. I mean, it’s a fair point, I guess? But the commission thinks otherwise. They’re eyeing some kind of suspension or maybe a fine. Guess the fight isn’t over after all.
I wonder how it’ll all shake out—Strickland’s waiting, and honestly, aren’t we all?
