UFC fighter Tony Ferguson arrested for DUI in Hollywood after truck flips, hits parked vehicles
UFC veteran Tony Ferguson was arrested for driving underneath the affect early Sunday morning in Hollywood, Calif. after crashing his truck into two parked vehicles outdoors a nightclub.
The Los Angeles Police Division confirmed the arrest to ABC Los Angeles.
Ferguson’s truck flipped on its aspect and the airbags have been deployed.
He refused to take a subject sobriety take a look at and was uncooperative on the scene, according to TMZ.
Witnesses claimed to the outlet that Ferguson, 39, reeked of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes.
He faces a misdemeanor DUI, and will additionally face a license suspension for refusing to take the sector sobriety take a look at.
One of many vehicles Ferguson allegedly crashed into reportedly belonged to rapper Money Gotti, who posted a video of his broken Mercedes on his Instagram story.
The previous UFC light-weight champion, Ferguson has misplaced his final 5 fights and at present holds a 25-8 file.
He most lately misplaced to Nate Diaz by submission on Sept. 10, 2022 in Las Vegas.
Ferguson’s spouse, Cristina Servin, filed for a restraining order against him in 2019, later claiming it was an try to get him psychological well being assist.
Servin dropped the restraining order a month later.
Police had responded to a number of home incidents previous to her submitting for the restraining order, together with accusations of threats that made Servin go away their residence and Ferguson altering locks of their residence after taking their 2-year-old son.
“Tony Ferguson is an effective husband and good father to our son,” Servin stated in a 2019 assertion. “The present authorized proceedings are part of a course of to make sure that Tony will obtain the assistance essential to proceed being the very best, in addition to to pursue his ardour and profession as a UFC champion fighter.”
Ferguson received the light-weight title with a submission victory over Kevin Lee in 2017, however was stripped of his belt shortly afterwards after being unable to combat because of an harm.
He misplaced by TKO to Justin Gaethje in 2019 in a bid to reclaim his light-weight title, beginning his current string of losses.