Ex-UFC fighter accused of punching security in Las Vegas casino

A erstwhile UFC combatant was arrested aft urinating wrong a Las Vegas casino and punching a information guard, according to an apprehension study released Tuesday.

When information guards astatine Caesars Palace attempted to talk to 31-year-old Anthony Rocco Martin conscionable aft midnight Saturday, helium refused to amusement his driver’s licence and became “very irate,” the Metropolitan Police Department said.

Security guards tried to region Martin from the casino and constabulary said Martin punched a information defender successful the throat, the study stated.

Detectives reviewed information footage that confirmed Martin urinated successful a hallway and punched the information guard, according to the report.

Martin, who is simply a Las Vegas resident, told Metro helium was racially profiled. Police said they fishy helium was intoxicated.

Martin announced successful January that helium was a escaped cause aft astir 7 years with the UFC.

He was jailed connected charges of artillery and lewd behaviour successful a nationalist place, according to tribunal records. A proceeding is scheduled for Jan. 19.

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