Downfall of MMA fighter ‘War Machine’ coming to TV

Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, addreses the court before being sentenced to 36 years to life in prison at the Regional Justice Center on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Former mixed martial artist Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, facing multiple felony charges for an attack on his ex- girlfriend, Christy Mack, stands at the end of his evidentiary hearing at the Regional Justice Center Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal/File)

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