UFC veteran Tim Means arrested, charged with child abuse
UFC welterweight Tim Means was arrested last week on a felony child abuse charge after an alleged physical altercation with his 17-year-old daughter at their New Mexico home.
Means, 42, was taken into custody April 21 and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center before being released Friday, per MMA Fighting. According to court records obtained by the Albuquerque Journal, police were called to the home following a dispute over household chores that turned violent.
What police found at the scene
The daughter told responding officers that Means head-butted her in the nose during the argument, then grabbed her by the throat in what she described as a strangulation hold and pinned her against the kitchen counter. When she tried to push away, Means allegedly threw a potato at her face and later struck her on the right side of her face with a closed fist, according to the criminal complaint cited by MMA Mania.
Police documented visible injuries in their report. “There were visible hand and red marks on (the teen’s) neck, indicating she was strangled,” the complaint states. “There was blood on and in her nose where she was head-butted and several red marks indicated she was hit in the face and on her cheek.”
Means has competed for the UFC since 2012, with one brief departure, and holds a 14-15 record inside the octagon. He last fought in October 2024, when Court McGee submitted him in the first round. A next court date has not been set.
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