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Report: UFC vet Johnny Case arrested after suspected domestic assault on fellow MMA fighter
Former UFC fighter Johnny Case was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday.
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TMZ, PFL lightweight tournament entrant Johnny Case was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday on suspicion of domestic battery. According to court records Case, who previously fought in RIZIN and the UFC has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery and has been released on bail.
TMZ is reporting that the suspected victim in this case is a female MMA fighter.
After a long career in and around the Iowa and Minnesota regional scenes, where he went 18-4, Case was signed by the UFC in 2014. His debut came in Saitama, Japan opposite Kzauki Tokudome, whom Case defeated by technical submission.
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