The UFC has released lightweight Junie Browning after he was arrested on Tuesday in Las Vegas, according to Yahoo Sports.
Browning was arrested for assaulting three nurses at a local hospital, where he was being treated for an overdose “in an attempt to harm himself,”
The report states that two friends took Browning to the hospital after he overdosed on anti-anxiety pills. After being taken to a room at the hospital, he tried to leave and became angry, pushing a female nurse, punching a male nurse and kicking another male nurse.
“Do you know who I am? I will kill you and rape your family,” police said he yelled to nurses.
He was booked at the Henderson Detention Center, where he was released today
Browning was charged with three counts of battery on a health care worker.
UFC president Dana White on Wednesday told Yahoo! Sports that, upon learning of the arrest, he terminated Browning’s UFC contract.
“He was given an amazing opportunity, but he has some serious issues that are beyond me and what I can do,” White told reporter Kevin Iole. “I’m there for guys and I realize nobody is perfect and guys are going to get into trouble. When that happens, I want to try to help and do something for them. But he needs more help than I can give him. I did what I could for him.”
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Twitter: extremejohn
October 8, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Hope he gets his head out of his ass at some point and gets back into it.
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Junie’s a punkass, even during the show. I’m not surprised at all. Some people just don’t know what they want in life, and their lack of good decision making have ramifications. So obvisiously he doesn’t want to be a fighter.
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