Former MMA fighter War Machine attempted to commit suicide in Clark County Detention Center Tuesday night, according to TMZ. A jailor went into War Machine's cell after he noticed him unresponsive, and found "a piece of linen around his neck which was tied to the leg of the bed." The jailor cut away the linen, after which War Machine reportedly attempted to speak. There is no word on his current condition. Something that "appeared to be a suicide note" was also found in the cell.
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War Machine is in jail awaiting trial on 32 different felony charges for an alleged savage beating of his then-girlfriend Christy Mack and another man. A preliminary hearing in which War Machine was expected to testify was originally scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, but a search of court records shows no more hearings scheduled until November 14th.
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Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, convicted of 29 counts by Las Vegas jury
LAS VEGAS -- The former mixed martial arts fighter known as War Machine was found guilty Monday of kidnapping, beating and sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend over several months in 2014, and of beating her male friend when he found them together in her bedroom.
Nevada jurors deadlocked on two attempted-murder counts against Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver but convicted him of 29 felonies stemming from attacks on Christy Mack and Corey Thomas.
The Associated Press normally does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault, but Mack gave AP permission to use her name.
Neither she nor Thomas was in the courtroom while Koppenhaver, 35, stood flanked by his lawyers. He folded his arms across his chest as the verdicts were read.
Koppenhaver shook his head a little as he heard "guilty" to the two most serious counts -- kidnapping and sexual assault with a weapon. Each could get him up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Sentencing was scheduled for June 5. Defense attorney Jay Leiderman said he'll appeal the convictions.
The only way he comes out of prison is feet first in a box.
A guy like that is going to end up getting challenged and fighting every day and as tough as he is or thinks he is, all its going to take is one bad day.
So long scumbag, enjoy the small cell, the bad food, and the errr physical activity schedule.
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The only way he comes out of prison is feet first in a box.
A guy like that is going to end up getting challenged and fighting every day and as tough as he is or thinks he is, all its going to take is one bad day.
So long scumbag, enjoy the small cell, the bad food, and the errr physical activity schedule.
Yeah at 5'10 165 lbs I suspect he'll find out the hard way prisons have no weight class.
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How on earth was this guy allowed to live in society in the first place. This is from 2014 a few months before he was arrested. All this rage due to 7-11 employees asking him to remove his hoodie.
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The only way he comes out of prison is feet first in a box.
A guy like that is going to end up getting challenged and fighting every day and as tough as he is or thinks he is, all its going to take is one bad day.
So long scumbag, enjoy the small cell, the bad food, and the errr physical activity schedule.
Pretty much. In depending on the prison he might be ####ed. All it takes is his cocky attitude to mouth off the wrong guy and you've got a gang on 5 dudes on you. Watching the last 60 days in (Atlanta) they sit in a big room a couple hours a day and dragged a couple guys back behind the stairs where the guards couldn't see and beat the piss out of them.
The only way he comes out of prison is feet first in a box.
A guy like that is going to end up getting challenged and fighting every day and as tough as he is or thinks he is, all its going to take is one bad day.
So long scumbag, enjoy the small cell, the bad food, and the errr physical activity schedule.
He will be 71 when he is released. He can even attempt a comeback in the future Geriatric Division.
How on earth was this guy allowed to live in society in the first place. This is from 2014 a few months before he was arrested. All this rage due to 7-11 employees asking him to remove his hoodie.
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That'd be the steroids talking.
He's probably a shadow of his former self but he was world class at one point and hyper aggressive. I don't think he's going to get beaten up too easily. All he did for twenty years was learn how to fight. He got kicked out of SEAL training for beating up other SEAL's. Skills plus crazy.
He's probably a shadow of his former self but he was world class at one point and hyper aggressive. I don't think he's going to get beaten up too easily. All he did for twenty years was learn how to fight. He got kicked out of SEAL training for beating up other SEAL's. Skills plus crazy.
That's not exclusively steroids. Many people use steroids. In the vast majority of cases, it does not make people act out like this, or attempt to kill people for that matter. The guy has serious anger and mental health issues. Steroids could have made his temperament worse, but it's far from the main issue.
Also it just occurred to me that he was essentially in solitary confinement during his previous incarceration, since he was viewed as a danger to staff and other inmates. How would an inmate obtain steroids in solitary confinement, since you need s syringe to inject yourself with. It would obviously be discovered, and treated as a deadly weapon.
In an ideal World, he would have been put down like a dog years ago.
Yeah at 5'10 165 lbs I suspect he'll find out the hard way prisons have no weight class.
You're seriously underestimating the ability of a trained fighter, he beats 99%+ of that jail in a 1v1 fight. Looking at his Jiu Jitsu skills alone, it's virtually impossible for someone who doesn't know jiu jitsu to beat someone who does 1v1.
Also, fighting at 170 lbs means walking around at 185+ lbs, he'd likely be 200+ lbs in jail, since he's not worrying about cutting weight and can focus on bulk.
The hardest gang-banger in there gets his arm broke and sent home crying (again, 1v1).
You're seriously underestimating the ability of a trained fighter, he beats 99%+ of that jail in a 1v1 fight. Looking at his Jiu Jitsu skills alone, it's virtually impossible for someone who doesn't know jiu jitsu to beat someone who does 1v1.
Also, fighting at 170 lbs means walking around at 185+ lbs, he'd likely be 200+ lbs in jail, since he's not worrying about cutting weight and can focus on bulk.
The hardest gang-banger in there gets his arm broke and sent home crying (again, 1v1).
Yeah after a week of him "Winning" someone will probably just jam a pen in his eye. Or 2 guys will grab him and another guy will beat the crap out of him.
I remember watching an episode of lockdown, and a guy got sick of his cellmate talking about how tough he was, so one night he grabbed a cleaning rag and jammed it down his throat and in his words "Shut him down". Of course this guy probably shouldn't have had a cell mate since he'd killed 6 guys in prison for annoying him.
There's no such thing as a fair fight scenario here.
Chances are, he'll mouth off the wrong guy and end up either blind or in a wheelchair.
Or he'll end up living in solitary until his teeth fallout.
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Yeah after a week of him "Winning" someone will probably just jam a pen in his eye. Or 2 guys will grab him and another guy will beat the crap out of him.
I remember watching an episode of lockdown, and a guy got sick of his cellmate talking about how tough he was, so one night he grabbed a cleaning rag and jammed it down his throat and in his words "Shut him down". Of course this guy probably shouldn't have had a cell mate since he'd killed 6 guys in prison for annoying him.
There's no such thing as a fair fight scenario here.
Chances are, he'll mouth off the wrong guy and end up either blind or in a wheelchair.
Or he'll end up living in solitary until his teeth fallout.
Very unlikely.
It would probably take at least six of the toughest guys in prison to really hurt War Machine. You are really underestimating how tough a ranked MMA fighter is. I hung around a friend who was mediocre in MMA fights. At clubs, I would see him easily dispose of guys twice his size.
