Sneako has never shied away from turning chaos into content, but this time it followed him all the way to Madison Square Garden—and stopped him dead in his tracks. UFC 322 was meant to be a great night out with his dad, the kind of father-son moment that sounds simple on paper but is priceless in reality. Instead, it turned into a situation so ludicrous that even he seemed surprised when recounting it on stream.

Because, according to the streamer, the hype was real throughout the weekend. He described the press conference as a madhouse, with crowds swarming and people chasing him as if he were part of the act. He even recorded a vlog since the energy was too intense to ignore. The only problem is that when the actual fight night arrived, the UFC allegedly treated him like he wasn’t even allowed to exist anywhere near the building.

Sneako reveals the details about his UFC ban

Sneako stated that when he arrived at UFC 322: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev on November 15, 2025, he wasn’t just turned away casually. Security apparently approached him with a photo in hand, as if it were an airport blacklist situation. What made it sting more was the reason—or lack thereof.

The streamer argued that nobody explained anything. No clear policy, statement, or follow-up. Just a clear message that he wasn’t going in. He said, “I don’t know what’s going on. They still have not refunded me. It was a lot of money.” And the most human part of the story wasn’t even the influencer drama; it was his dad.

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Sneako stated that his father rode the train into Manhattan to witness the event alone, but he returned home upset and confused. “Poor guy went home, and I was trying to do a good thing with my dad,” Sneako added, sounding regretful rather than angry. In his mind, the ban appears to be linked to an incident that everyone remembers.

The infamous Sean Strickland beatdown on a livestream at the UFC Performance Institute on February 9, 2025. That sparring session was meant to be fun; the problem is that it just wasn’t. Sneako ate heavy shots, was battered along the fence, and towels were thrown in as the situation got more intense. Strickland even yelled at him mid-beatdown, “You didn’t fall down, Sneako!”

Sneako is now stuck in the strange aftermath. He claims he is banned from UFC events and even the PI, but Sean Strickland is not—which makes contractual sense but feels personal to him. The streamer also proposed another theory: a post on his fake Instagram featuring Dana White may have rubbed the CEO the wrong way.

Either way, he wants one thing resolved right away, without any discussions. “Can I just get my money back for the fight because I didn’t get to go in? I bought four seats, like $4,000, you know.” Well, it would be interesting to see how the UFC reacts to his claims. But what we do know is that Sneako surely forced the management to implement some major UFC PI rule changes after the livestream beatdown.

What happened in the aftermath of Sean Strickland’s viral spar with Sneako?

That spar did more than just embarrass Sneako; it also put the UFC PI in a bad spot. After the clip went viral, the facility no longer seemed a controlled training environment. It looked like a content area where anything might happen if the right camera was rolling, which is not an image that the UFC wants associated with its training grounds.

UFC Hall of Famer and the Vice President of Athlete Development at the UFC PI, Forrest Griffin, later described how quickly everything went wrong. He admitted he had no idea who Sneako was, and Sean Strickland took it like a regular session. Strickland informed Griffin that he was sparring a “pro boxer” and booked the Octagon, and Griffin didn’t think much of it.

But when he witnessed what was happening, it felt odd. Next thing he knows, he hears people shouting “Stop!” and looks up to see Strickland beating the 25-year-old. But as no one intervened, he dashed over and ended it himself. But the deed was done, and the fallout began immediately.

Griffin said he received phone calls the same night, indicating that the UFC felt exposed. The reaction was simple: lock it down. “No video,” Griffin said. Fighters can still videotape sparring sessions to examine later, but bringing in a camera crew is no longer permitted. The PI basically closed the door on turning training into a spectacle, and ‘Tarzan’ vs. Sneako is the reason why.