Former UFC champion Sean Strickland has been suspended from combating for six months after his half in a brawl at a blended martial arts occasion in Las Vegas on 29 June.
Strickland, 34, was working as a cornerman for Miles Hunsinger at a Tuff-N-Uff occasion when he attacked one other fighter following a bout.
The Nevada State Athletic Fee (NSAC) will scale back the suspension to four-and-a-half months if Strickland completes an anger administration course.
A advantageous of £3,730 ($5,000) plus authorized charges was additionally issued to the American.
Strickland reacted angrily to Luis Hernandez’s taunting of Husinger after their middleweight struggle.
Fellow UFC fighter Chris Curtis was additionally concerned within the melee, with Strickland proven on digicam throwing punches at Hernandez.
NSAC chairman Dallas Haun mentioned that Strickland’s rapid apology “made this course of straightforward”.
Haun defined: “He apologised for his behaviour.
“We recognize somebody stepping up, proudly owning one thing after which a decision might be come to shortly and with all events in settlement.”
Curtis was fined £1,860 for his involvement, however prevented a suspension.
The ban ends on 29 December, except it’s lowered.
Strickland is a controversial figure in the UFC, typically making inflammatory feedback on girls’s rights and saying girls’s MMA was unwatchable.
He last fought in February when he misplaced to then UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis in a one-sided win for the South African.
