UFC Vet Luis Pena Sees Battery Charges Dismissed
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Luis Pena is no longer facing charges related to an alleged battery.
Back in October 2021, Pena was arrested and charged with two counts of battery involving domestic violence. This second arrest for the Arkansas native resulted in his UFC release. Shortly after that news broke, TMZ release a 911 call by Pena’s girlfriend regarding the allegations. It was claimed that Pena struck his closed fist, knocking her down and continuing to strike her. The reported injuries included damage to her wrist and a bite mark as well. According to Pena on Friday on Instagram and confirmed by the Broward County, Florida, clerk office, these charges have been dismissed.
“Best birthday present I ever got,” Pena wrote, “July 5th 2023 2 years later the charges don’t get nolle pros [where a prosecutor abandons a case] they’re completely dismissed it’s unfortunate I lost so much time over this injustice but it is what it is at this point, but it feels good to finally get some justice this is for all the people in my inbox and comments.”
During the duration of the case, Pena enrolled in and completed an anger management course, as noted in the order of dismissal. Since leaving the UFC, Pena has competed in MMA on five occasions. In the first half of 2022, Pena rattled off a pair of finishes over Zach Zane and Gustavo Wurlitzer. He has fallen on tough times competitively as of late, dropping three in a row including a recent submission loss to Michael Dufort. Additionally, two boxing matches in 2022 and 2023 did not go his way, suffering two majority decision losses to Morgan Griffie and James Rodriguez in four-round affairs.
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