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After a week on the run Jon Koppenhaver has been captured. The former Bellator and UFC fighter, who changed his name to War Machine in 2008, was taken into custody at a hotel outside of Los Angeles by Simi Valley Police and U.S. Marshals, according to TMZ. He didn't resist arrest.
He faces 7 charges stemming from the attack on former girlfriend, porn star Christy Mack and her new boyfriend Corey Thomas at her Las Vegas home on Friday, August 8.
Christy Mack and War Machine
Koppenhaver says he went to Mack's home to give her an engagement ring when he found Thomas there. Mack claims he split up with her in May
War attacked the couple, leaving Thomas with a broken nose and 2 black eyes. After throwing Thomas out of the house, the MMA fighter brutally beat Mack. She suffered 18 broken bones, missing teeth, fractured ribs and a ruptured liver from a kick to her side.
Corey Thomas and Christy Mack
Koppenhaver is currently sitting in a Ventura County jail.
War Machine is in Simi Valley (Calif.) City Jail pending his extradition to Nevada, per the U.S. Marshals office.
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) August 15, 2014Police also went to his San Diego apartment to remove two exotic snakes that could no longer be cared for. Dog the Bounty Hunter was also there. He told San Diego County Animal Control that he caught Koppenhaver, which wasn't true.
War Machine Arrested By U.S. Marshals Near L.A. For Beating Of Ex GF, Porn Star Christy Mack
Exotic snakes taken from War Machine's home
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