UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera was arrested Thursday in Boynton Beach, Florida, on two counts of attempted murder, according to reports.
According to a police report shared on social networks by MyMMANews, Rivera, 31, told Boynton Beach Police Department officials that “he believed he killed his two sisters and said he did it because it was his purpose, which was said by a higher power”.
Two women, aged between 22 and 33, were found with multiple stab wounds in their residence. Both women were transported to a hospital, according to ESPN.
One of the women told police officers that they spent the night with Rivera and woke up with him “stabbing them repeatedly with a knife,” according to the police report. After a fight, one of the women, whose names were removed from the report, managed to call the police.
The officers made contact with Rivera, who had fled the scene, around 7 am, when he “spontaneously said, ‘I killed my sisters,’” according to the police report. In an interview recorded under oath, he admitted stabbing his sisters with a metal knife.
The UFC told ESPN in a statement that it is investigating the “extremely worrying” incident.
Rivera, who competed three times in the UFC in 2020 and is 10-6 as a professional MMA fighter, last competed in the Octagon on September 19, when he lost in the split decision to Andre Ewell.