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Desmond Green, a UFC lightweight, is in custody at the Broward County Main Jail after being arrested on 20 different charges Tuesday. He is being held on bonds totaling $194,000, per online records.

Those charges, which come from the 29-year-old’s alleged role in a fatal car accident last August, include two second-degree felony counts of DUI manslaughter, four third-degree felony counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury, third-degree felony possession of cocaine, five misdemeanor counts of DUI property damage, and third-degree felony driving with a suspended license, per MMA Junkie.

Green’s attorney didn’t return a request for comment from MMA Junkie. A UFC spokesperson acknowledged the arrest to the website but had no comment.

On August 18, 2018, Green’s 2011 Dodge Durango hit a trailer truck in the next lane. That caused another vehicle to hit a guard rail and flip over in a chain reaction that killed Emelina Morfa and Emma Suarez Hernandez. Green had only minor injuries.

Just two weeks before the accident, he was reportedly convicted for driving with a suspended license.

He’s had three UFC fought since the accident, but his future in the ring is likely now cloudy at best.

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