A Hero walked me out.

The guy on your right was Medal of Honor recipient, Earl Pumlee. Here is the citation of his actions for that:

That wasn’t a Purple Hearts -that was Congressional Medal of Honor.

Brother... Congressional Medal of Honor wipes the floor with a Purple Heart and never looks back. Understand one thing, The President salutes the Medal of Honor, not the Purple Heart

What a night to walk amongst heroes! The knockout salute 🫡🤟🤟🤟🤠🇺🇸

This was legendary. Having a vet who has been in war talk like that as you’re about to get in a cage to fist fight is on another level!!

Those dudes all had medals of honor. Even the highest generals and admirals are required to salute them by military custom. That’s why every serviceman was saluting as y’all walked by. It was visually striking and a magnificent tribute to our heroes.

That’s a MEDAL OF HONOR dude. The guy to your right willingly put himself at deaths door for his brothers.

That's Earl Plumlee, and he is a freakin STUD! Went from being a Force Recon Marine to becoming a Green Beret in Special Forces and was awarded the Medal Of Honor for some WILD stuff in 2013 in Ghazni Province Afghanistan. Here is his citation:

Congrats on the win! I respectfully need to correct you: it’s a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient (not Purple Heart), and the man to your left isn’t a soldier. He is a first responder (looks like a firefighter or police officer)… can’t tell. Congratulations on your big win again and for representing Arizona.

Your fight-ending salute was a great moment in an epic show.

For Sean Awesome fight! Great event! GO USA!

Bro Congressional Medal of Honor its are countries highest award. You literally have to do some crazy shit in combat to be awarded that.

Watch every soldier you walk past They’re saluting the Medal of Honor they don’t do that for Purple Hearts

That's the Congressional medal of Honor big dog

Based MOH recipient wanted you to BEAT that sand monkey back to the middle east

When I saw the walk out, I was wondering if you asked him to do that 😂 ultimate hype man right there. 🇺🇸

One of the best walkouts, best match, unbelievable finish. Congrats, dude. It was AMAZING. 🫡🇺🇸

Medal of honor > > > > Purple Heart > All other medals The absolute highest military decoration awarded by the US government. It recognizes "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty" in combat. Presented by the President in the name of Congress. And BTW - He was the guy on your right.

Thank you for confirming what I had hoped at least a few of you fighters were thinking and feeling being escorted by these heroes! 🙏🏻🫡 Way to represent! 🇺🇸🌵

Great recognition here. Recognize and learn about about the Medal of Honor warrior with you (on the right). Congrats on the W.

@passcoderonald Not a Purple Heart my friend, but a whole Medal of Honor. Meaning 5 star generals have to salute him when he walks into the room

loved every second of it sir. that was awesome

Approx. 30 Million men have served in the US military. Only 3,533 have won The Congressional Medal, in US History. That man next to you was a RARE BREED OF HERO that even in our military, full of heroes, only occurs 0.0117766667% of the time. Even rarer, because he’s alive.

Great fight! and Staff Sergeant Pumlee, the guy in your left, a Medal of Honor recipient, was there to see you win. It was EPIC!

Fix yourself, Sean. That a Medal of Honor recipient. It was an honor for YOU to be even amungst his presence.

Kinda bothers me that Sean didn't do basic research on the medal of honor recipient David Bellavia who walked him out, "purple heart recipient or some shit" a little disrespectful ngl

All those salutes as you guys walked down to the ring.. weren't for you or the Fire Chief.. it was for the CMH recipient on your right. Not dissing on you, lots of civilians don't know. Showing respect despite not realizing who was walking with each fighter.

Give props to the Gem who dang your song she deserves some credit too... help her get a contract to sing somewhere

Purple Hearts are for injuries in combat. Medal of Honor is the highest military honor one can achieve. I encourage you to read about what he did. You had a great fight man!

My favorite part of UFC 250 I love this. However, it’s MEDAL OF HONOR. He likely has many Purple Hearts. MOH is our nations highest honor. Reflect on this deeper 🙏🏼

Loved everything about your fight. The song sung by the marine was perfection and it was really cool seeing you and your family in the pre-fight episodes. 🇺🇸👊

During your walk out that guy on the left was getting me fuckin hype! You could tell he absolutely loved and lived for that feeling

@SugaSeanMMA I have been thinking about this at least 3x a day 🤣🤣 I wondered if you noticed how amped he was and if it took you out of your zone because how amped he was. Did you say anything to them before your walk out or is that when you met them. Right then and there?