A mixed martial arts fighter has been charged with child sex crimes just days before he was scheduled to make his UFC debut.
Ahmad Hassanzada was scheduled to make his official debut in the Octagon this coming Saturday as the winner of Dana White’s Contender series in September.
However, the 28-year-old Team Alpha Male fighter from Sacramento turned himself in to authorities over the weekend, according to jail records obtained by the Sacramento Bee.
He is facing two felony charges: lewd acts with a child under 14 and lewd acts with a child 14- or 15-years-old, where the defendant is 10 years older than the victim, the records show.
