Johnson (photo) is no longer suspended by the UFC. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
The assault case involving Anthony Johnson, which caused the fighter to be removed from the UFC for a certain period, resurfaced through a statement from an alleged ex-girlfriend. Belinda Kelly, who says she has two children with the American, published a series of videos on “YouTube” in which she asks for the fighter to be banned from the UFC for life.
In September, Johnson was removed from the UFC after receiving a complaint of assault, in which he allegedly knocked out Belinda and broke some of her teeth. Just over a month later, the athlete was reinstated to Ultimate after the charges were allegedly dropped from court.
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However, Kelly was dissatisfied with the events and decided to speak out publicly for the first time. “It sickens me to see people supporting this man. He was never found innocent and the case was never dropped. We reached an agreement and decided to settle this case out of court and I voluntarily dropped the charges. We also agreed not to comment on this case on social media, but he makes a lot of comments through his Twitter and Instagram, so I feel like if he's talking, I can talk,” she said.
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“Since Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson wants to claim that he doesn't know me and that he doesn't have two children with me, I'm going to reveal it. I was involved with him for approximately three and a half years and discovered that he was involved with several other women, having gotten one of them pregnant while I was pregnant. He assaulted another woman while he was with me. He is not a person who deserves to have his career. He deserves to be banned from the UFC forever and doesn't deserve the privilege of having the beautiful life he has. He is aggressive, evil, manipulative and a compulsive liar”, said Belinda, who also had a few words with the UFC president. “Dana White stated that there was a private investigation and discovered that he was out of the country at the time of the assault and that I had several convictions. This is not true. Dana White didn't apologize to me. I believe it is slander to say I am a convicted criminal when I am not.”
Belinda also listed some other attacks allegedly committed by Johnson. “He has a history of domestic violence and assault. In 2009, he attacked an ex-girlfriend, with death threats involved. In 2012, he attacked me at my workplace. In March of this year, shortly before returning to the UFC, he attacked another ex-girlfriend at her workplace. He is extremely dangerous. He is a trained person, so him assaulting a woman is much more serious than a man. He makes a living knocking people out and likes to hit women,” he added.
Johnson already has his next commitment with the UFC confirmed: it will be on January 24th, in Stockholm (Sweden), when he will face Alexander Gustafson in the main fight of UFC on FOX 14.
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