Mackenzie Dern looked almost unstoppable in her UFC Vegas 73 main event against Angela Hill on May 20. Perhaps the rising star had something extra to prove and fight for, as new details emerged about an ugly breakup from her estranged husband, Wesley Santos.
In March, Santos, the father of Dern’s three-year-old daughter, Moa, asked the court for full custody.
Dern later filed a petition for a domestic violence restraining order, attaching videos of an alleged abuse incident in which she claims Santos threw her phone, water bottle, pillows, and bedding while harassing and intimidating her.
Santos also states that he was not the aggressor.
“I never physically attacked Mackenzie, she is a mixed martial arts fighter,” he wrote in a lawsuit. “I wouldn’t even try to get it physical. I wouldn’t have any chance.”
The UFC straw also accused her estranged husband of abusing her two dogs by repeatedly hitting them, committing financial violations by denying her access to sponsor money she earned in a Brazilian bank account, making unauthorized credit card purchases on her credit card, and faking a lease renewal for the apartment. that they once shared.
According to the documents, the court did not take sides with Dern or Santos on allegations of abuse, found that the couple may have engaged in a fight during their alleged abuse incidents, and ordered joint custody of Moa.
Since Dern was declared primary funder, she was ordered to pay $10,000 in court fees to her estranged husband. In addition, she was ordered to pay spousal and child support totaling $4,006 per month.
Dern and Santos are scheduled to return to court next month to decide on a restraining order Dern filed in April and the final custody agreement.
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