REPORT: Anthony Rocco Martin arrested for allegedly urinating in casino hallway and punching security officer

Former UFC fighter, Anthony Rocco Martin, made headlines on Wednesday after news of his Las Vegas arrest was reported.

According to MMA Fighting, who obtained the official police reports, Martin was arrested for “one count each of battery and lewd/dissolute conduct in a public place” for allegedly punching a security guard who was following up on a report of him “urinating in a hallway at Caesars Palace.”

The incident allegedly happened on Saturday around 1 a.m. Hotel security approached Martin at 12:45 a.m after a hotel patron saw him urinating, he refused to leave the casino and refused to show identification and “began getting very irate,” according to the outlet.

Martin allegedly struck security manager, Nathan Wilson, before being restrained and eventually “placed under arrest by Metro Police following the viewing of security footage.”

A former UFC fighter throat-punched a Caesars Palace security guard after getting caught peeing on the casino floor last Saturday.

Back in the day you’d have a 50/50 chance of ending up in a hole in the desert if you did something like that.

— Las Vegas Locally 🌴 (@LasVegasLocally) November 24, 2021

Martin is due in court on Jan. 19, 2022.

Martin hasn’t fought since his 2020 loss to Neil Magny. He made his UFC debut on February 1, 2014, and would go on to fight a total of 15 times and holds wins over Johnny Case, Jake Matthews, and Ramazan Emeev, among others.

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