Did Sean Strickland Ever Go to Jail? All About the Former UFC Champ’s Legal Troubles

Sean Strickland AKA ‘Tarzan’ has become one of the pioneering figures in MMA not only because of his fighting prowess but also his uncensored opinions on every topic. His life is a roller coaster ride because the middleweight fighter has been in trouble a lot of times because of his controversial statements or actions. Many people disagree with his opinions, but he also has a good fan following in the UFC and MMA community. Strickland lost his middleweight title in UFC 297 against Dricus du Plessis but is all set to start fresh by fighting Paulo Costa next in UFC 302.

Ahead of his fight in UFC 302, let’s see what the middleweight fighters’ opinions have got him into.

What are Sean Strickland’s felonies?

The ‘Tarzan’ and controversy go hand in hand and the UFC fighter was embroiled in several legal problems in his lifetime. He was first arrested at the tender age of 18 when he was facing felony charges in the USA for assault with a deadly weapon. Strickland declared that the weapon in the case was his fists after he had beaten up 2 men as a teenager.

“I was arrested on bulls**t charges, but it was two felonies, and I had a lawyer saying, you’re going to jail for like a minimum of three years. I was like 18, 19,” said the fighter during the UFC Vegas 67. He added, “’You walk in [to jail], and if you’re white, which you know, I am a white man, the white supremacists come up to you and give you the tour…”

Meanwhile, Strickland has had violent encounters during his time in the UFC as well. Maybe it was not a good idea to put Du Plessis and Strickland just two rows apart from each other in the crowd at UFC 296. His opponent had made the wrong decision of bringing up his childhood, which was traumatic and this made Strickland attack the UFC fighter. 

He threatened Du Plessis, saying if his childhood was brought up again, he would “stab“ him. There were other instances as well, such as the case in California, where he resisted the urge to shoot someone who pointed a shotgun at his head. He even held a trespasser at the point of his gun once because the person not only trespassed but assaulted a woman and ruined his car. 

Over the years, he has revealed more shocking tales from his experiences in jail.

‘Tarzan’ narrated shocking jail stories

Strickland shared some of his jail stories during the UFC Vegas 67 media player. When he was arrested for the felony charges at 18, his lawyer had told him that he would probably have to go to jail for three years. ‘Tarzan’ spoke about how if someone was a white American, then the instructors would come up to them and give them a tour of the jail and talk about the rules. There was a rule that they could not go to the bathroom while having dinner and in the middleweight fighter’s words,“And if you shower with a black guy, you gotta fight him…”

He revealed that since he was 18 years old; he had no choice but to side with the white supremacists even when he was not interested. ‘Tarzan’ narrated, “I’m like, listen, man, I’m not racist… He goes, let me stop you right now, if you don’t join us, you’re pretty much on your own. You’re kinda f***ed… I walk past the segregation of black cells, and you have all of these Chris Curtis-looking motherf**kers grabbing the bars, threatening me, telling me they are going to f***ing kill me… What I’m trying to say is I’m not made for prison.”

After serving time in jail, he focused on combat and MMA and now he makes a living earning millions from UFC. He holds a record of 28-6-0 and his next fight is UFC 302. Drop your views in the comments below.