LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- MMA fighter War Machine was arrested Friday after being on the run from allegations he beat his former girlfriend, adult film star Christy Mack.
Mack accused War Machine, whose birth name is Jon Koppenhaver, of beating her to the point of hospitalization last week.
She ended up with 18 broken bones, a broken nose, missing teeth, a fractured rib and ruptured liver. Koppenhaver also allegedly sawed off much of her hair with a dull knife.
U.S. Marshals and Simi Valley police arrested Koppenhaver without incident at a hotel room near Los Angeles. He was in the room with a small amount of cash, TMZ reported.
He was booked into Ventura County jail with no bail information posted. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
Mack said Koppenhaver showed up at her house and beat her and her boyfriend, who was in the house with her. Koppenhaver took to Twitter after the incident to defend his actions.
I'm not a bad guy, I went to surprise my gf, help her set up her show and to give her an engagement ring and ended up fighting for my life.
Advertisement— War Machine (@WarMachine170) August 11, 2014The cops will never give me fair play, never believe me. Still deciding what to do but at the end of the day it's all just heart breaking.
— War Machine (@WarMachine170) August 11, 2014I only wish that man hadn't been there and that Christy & I would behappily engaged.I don't know y I'm so cursed.One day truth will come out
— War Machine (@WarMachine170) August 11, 2014As of Friday night, Mack hadn't addressed Koppenhaver's arrest on Twitter. She had previously posted images of her injuries. Warning, graphic photos below.
Added below are the graphic photos and story about what happened pic.twitter.com/U1T1X2OP4d
— Christy Mack (@ChristyMack) August 11, 2014Read More
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