A combined martial arts fighter has been charged with youngster intercourse crimes simply days earlier than he was scheduled to make his UFC debut.
Ahmad Hassanzada was scheduled to make his official debut within the Octagon this coming Saturday because the winner of Dana White’s Contender sequence in September.
Nevertheless, the 28-year-old Staff Alpha Male fighter from Sacramento turned himself in to authorities over the weekend, in keeping with jail data obtained by the Sacramento Bee.
He’s dealing with two felony expenses: lewd acts with a toddler underneath 14 and lewd acts with a toddler 14- or 15-years-old, the place the defendant is 10 years older than the sufferer, the data present.
Sacramento police haven’t supplied further particulars in regards to the case given its “delicate nature.” Nevertheless, a division spokesperson confirmed to the Bee that the fees stem from a probe launched early final yr.
Hassanzada’s bail was set at $400,000 and he’s scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, jail data present.
Hassanzada is a 6-foot-1-inch light-weight and member of Staff Alpha Male, an MMA squad preventing out of Urijah Faber’s Final Health health club in Sacramento, in keeping with ABC 10.
He was scheduled to battle 32-year-old Mitch Ramirez on April 26 in Kansas Metropolis, in keeping with an Instagram put up he made earlier this yr.
His debut is listed as April 26, 2025 on UFC’s official web site — however he doesn’t seem on Saturday’s battle card.
Hassanzada had gained UFC CEO Dana White’s Contender sequence within the fall, which gained him a contract with the MMA league.
The Publish has reached out to UFC for remark.
