Content creator and commentator Sneako has found himself at the center of a growing controversy surrounding the UFC, after reportedly being placed on a list of individuals barred from attending UFC 328.
The list, circulated online by Dillon Danis, allegedly included Danis himself, former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Hunt, and several other names.
What has frustrated Sneako most is that, according to him, the UFC has offered no explanation whatsoever for the decision.
“Can you at least just tell me what I did? What did I do? Like, does anyone know? I have no clue why,” he said in a video posted to his social platforms.
Sneako went through several theories circulating online but dismissed each one as baseless. One rumor tied the ban to fellow streamer N3on, whom Sneako had previously been photographed sitting beside at a UFC event.
“Some people are saying it’s because three years ago you were sitting next to N3on and he said something,” Sneako said. “N3on’s not banned. He’s not on the list.”
While acknowledging that other names on the reported exclusion list may have had known reasons for being barred, Sneako insisted his own situation made little sense to him.
“What did I do?” he asked. “Do I have a character ban from the UFC? Am I too controversial for the UFC?”
That question became central to his criticism of the organization after watching the official UFC 328 press conference featuring Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland. It was a heated exchange that spiraled into racially charged insults, personal attacks, and political rhetoric while UFC CEO Dana White sat nearby.
For Sneako, that contrast was impossible to ignore. He questioned how the UFC could allegedly ban him for unspecified reasons while openly promoting press conferences filled with inflammatory rhetoric.
As Sneako described it, Chimaev was on stage “saying, ‘I’m a t**rorist for this guy, k*ll everybody, smash everybody,'” while Strickland was calling Chimaev a “goat f**ker,” insulting his family, and repeatedly attacking his Chechen identity.
“But I have a character ban for what?” Sneako asked. “Just let me know. That’s it.”
During the broadcast, Sneako also expanded on his criticism after Strickland’s media day comments, accusing both the UFC and many of its athletes’ of hypocrisy when it comes to political loyalty and controversial public figures.
He also referenced several athletes appearing alongside former U.S. president Donald Trump at public events and inside the White House.
“Have you noticed all these UFC figh ters in the White House tap dancing for Trump?” Sneako said. “I saw Ilia Topuria there, Alex Pereira, Justin Gaethje, and I understand it. But the way I see it, no matter how rich you are, these people have so much more money than most of us in the chat.”
Sneako argued that Strickland’s criticism of Chimaev’s alleged loyalty to Kadyrov fell apart when compared to the UFC’s close public association with Trump and other powerful political figures.
He continued, “If they criticize Trump the way that many probably should if they were being truthful, they would not be at that fig ht,” Sneako claimed. “They have to shake his hand. You’re the best. You’re the best.”
He also referenced unreleased Epstein-related government documents and criticized recent U.S. foreign policy rhetoric, arguing that certain political statements were normalized while Chimaev was branded a terrorist largely because of his religion.
Sneako said, “Strickland keeps saying Khamzat Chimaev ‘Oh he sucks off a di*tator’ but you have almost the entire UFC roster doing the exact same thing to Trump.”
Sneako then tied the discussion back to his own reported UFC ban.
“Maybe that’s why I’m banned from the UFC,” he said. “I have yet to find out.”
He also alleged that the UFC manipulates crowd audio during Trump appearances at events.
“They turn up the music when people might boo, to drown out the sounds of the booing from the crowd,” Sneako claimed.
The UFC has not publicly commented on the reported exclusion list or addressed Sneako’s claims yet.
