Sean Strickland reflects on past charges, jokes he should’ve taken Mayhem Miller’s nickname

Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland has always been transparent about his brushes with the law in the past. So much so that he often jokes about his past charges. In his recent series of Instagram stories, 'Tarzan' trolled his fans by posting two offenses he has been presumably charged with:

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"Charge 1-001 counts of Force/ADW Not Firearm, GBI. Charge 2-001 Counts of Mayhem."

To those unaware, "Force/ADW - Not Firearm, GBI" means "Force Assault with Deadly Weapon - Not Firearm, Great Bodily Damage". As for "Mayhem," according to law enforcement lexicon, it's an "offense against a person in which the assailant violently deprives his/her victim of a member of their body, making the victim less capable of defending themselves."

Sean Strickland posted the two charges and even joked that he should have taken former UFC fighter Jason 'Mayhem' Miller's nickname instead. He then posted a "gotcha" follow-up by saying that the charges were 10 years old and that he walks within the bounds of the law now:

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"That was 10 years ago...lol I walk the line now"

Here are the Instagram stories:

Sean Strickland's Instagram stories. [Image credit @stricklandmma on Instagram]

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When Sean Strickland blatantly said he 'fantasized' about being a serial killer

While it's not known when these charges were filed and what were the circumstances that surround them, Strickland himself may have dropped a hint or two in a couple of interviews in the past.

In an appearance on Brendan Schaub's Food Truck Diaries on YouTube in 2022, the middleweight powerhouse opened up about how his mental health issues led to his violent tendencies.

It turns out that 'Tarzan' got kicked out of school a lot because of his uncontrollable anger as a child. He also coldly admitted that he understands the mind of a serial killer in such a way that he also fantasized about ending people's lives before.

Sean Strickland said:

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"Just like every other guy who f***ing wants to kill somebody, you start fantasizing about it. And you start putting yourself in situations, you start going through the f***ing motions of it, which I was doing. I'm talking about like 14 or 15 years old."

Listen to Strickland here (37:45):

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