Irwin Rivera, a UFC bantamweight fighter, was arrested Thursday, according to online records from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.
Details of the arrest and the incident were later revealed through a police report obtained about Eric Kowal from MyMMANews, and they are horrible.
Irwin Rivera reportedly stabbed sleeping sisters
According to the report, officers responding to several calls to 911 found Rivera’s sister lying beside a road covered in blood with wounds on her back, head and arm and two collapsing lungs. The sister allegedly claimed that her brother had stabbed her and her sister was still in the house.
Police officers reportedly found the other sister in a residence with similar injuries. She would have told them that she and her sister were visiting Rivera and spending the night in her guest room, only to be woken up by Irving stabbing them repeatedly.
Two neighbors reportedly swore statements that a sister knocked on her door while pleading “He is trying to kill me, please help my sister”.
Rivera reportedly fled the scene and was eventually caught by the police, who he admitted stabbing his sisters with a bronze knife after receiving orders from a higher power. The report states that Rivera was charged with attempted murder.
According to Palm Beach records, Rivera was charged at 12:08 am Brasília time at the Palm Beach Main Detention Center. No link has been established for the 31-year-old.
A UFC official confirmed to MMA Fighting that the organization is aware of the charges against Rivera:
“The UFC is aware of the recent incident involving Irwin Rivera and has subsequently received information from his management that he has shown behavior consistent with mental health problems,” says the statement. “The complaints are extremely worrying and the organization is collecting additional information. The investigation is ongoing and any possible next steps, including disciplinary action or medical attention, will be determined upon completion. In addition, the UFC informed Rivera’s management that he will not have a fight at this time. “
Rivera fought in the UFC for less than a year, going 1-2 in three fights in 2020. Before his UFC career, Rivera was the bantamweight champion of the Florida Titan Fighting Championships.
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