Domestic violence continues to haunt mixed martial arts at every level of the sport. While it’s undeniable that regional MMA, which almost never has criminal background checks for competitors, is oftentimes a safe haven for ex-cons and other troubled individuals to earn some money on the side, those difficulties reach all the way to the top of the MMA totem pole.
The UFC has struggled with balancing a squeaky clean public image and the dark realities of MMA and that came up yet again this week, with news breaking that one of its former fighters is in deep, deep trouble. So who is this fighter? And what did he do? Check out the next page.
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