Husband of UFC’s Rachael Ostovich pleads no contest to assault

 

Arnold Berdon, the husband of UFC fighter Rachael Ostovich, pleaded no contest Thursday to assaulting his wife.

Berdon is expected to be sentenced to probation.

Ostovich filed for a temporary restraining order in November, alleging her husband punched her in the head, face and ribs. He punched her after a night out with family, and she fell to the ground, gasped for air and escaped through a balcony, according to her petition for an order of protection. She said she coughed up blood and threw up several times.

Police arrested Berdon on a charge of second-degree attempted murder. Prosecutors later charged him with second-degree assault.

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