UFC fighter Irwin Rivera jailed on rates of tried murder

UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera was arrested and jailed on Thursday on two counts of tried murder.

On the net arrest records for the Palm Seashore County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office clearly show Rivera was booked into custody at 12:08 p.m. on Thursday at the Main Detention Middle in West Palm Seashore. No bond has been set for the 31-yr-aged fighter. A number of requests for comment to the office’s general public info officer went unreturned, and a dispatch officer said he could not supply any details on the circumstance.

Rivera’s supervisor Ali Abdelaziz did not promptly reply to a ask for for comment. A UFC official presented a statement to MMA Battling confirming Rivera’s job is on pause pending an investigation by the promotion.

“UFC is informed of the new incident involving Irwin Rivera and subsequently obtained details from his administration that he has been exhibiting actions reliable with psychological wellbeing challenges,” the assertion browse. “The allegations are incredibly troubling and the firm is at present collecting added information. The investigation is ongoing and any probable upcoming measures together with disciplinary motion or professional medical awareness will be identified on the conclusion. In addition, UFC has informed Rivera’s administration that he will not be supplied a bout at this time.”

In accordance to MMA reporter Eric Kowal, who 1st reported Rivera’s detainment, the fighter was taken into custody on suspicion of stabbing his sisters. Other information on the accusations from the UFC veteran were being scarce.

In Florida, first-diploma premeditated murder rates have a likely dying sentence or everyday living in prison.

Online documents point out Rivera life in Boynton Seashore, Fla. He most just lately fought in the octagon this previous October, when he shed a break up determination to Andre Ewell at UFC Vegas 11. A former Titan FC champ, he is 1-2 in 3 UFC outings.

UPDATE (1/7/2021, 9:56 p.m. ET): MMA Fighting has acquired law enforcement report which incorporates disturbing specifics of the incident (1st described by ESPN). An before version of the story contained details from an on-line scheduling file that was, in point, incorrect. Rivera was billed with tried murder, not initial-degree premeditated murder as observed in the on line reserving file, for every the police report.

According to the report, Rivera’s 22-year-outdated sister was found “lying adjacent to the roadway protected in blood with a number of wounds throughout her again, head and arm.” She educated officers that she had been stabbed and that her sister was in the home and had also been attacked. Rivera’s 33-year-aged sister was then discovered inside the home “covered in blood with numerous wounds in the course of back again, experience, arms and palms.”

Rivera’s neighbors provided sworn statements that 1 of the sisters arrived to their door and that they named the law enforcement and positively determined Rivera.

The two sisters ended up being at Rivera’s spot when he allegedly attacked them in the middle of the night time, per the report. Rivera was apprehended by officers from the Daytona Seashore Law enforcement Department in the early morning after officers canvassed the spot. In a sworn taped job interview, he later on admitted to stabbing both of those sisters with a brass-knuckle knife, claiming that “he killed the two of his sisters and stated that he did so simply because it was his reason, which he was instructed by a bigger power.”

Rivera was positioned beneath arrest on two counts of attempted murder.