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Former UFC fighter Michael Graves threatens MMA journalist, goes on homophobic twitter rant

This weekend MMA journalist Amy Kaplan published a series of direct messages sent to her by former UFC fighter Michael Graves. In those messages Graves attacks and insults Kaplan for her reporting of Jon Jones’ battery domestic violence arrest.

Graves was arrested for misdemeanor battery (family violence) in 2016. That arrest lead to a rare statement from the UFC, which read:

“The UFC organization is aware that Michael Graves was arrested over the weekend on a misdemeanor battery charge. The organization takes this situation seriously and is in the process of gathering more information.