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Antonio Trocoli | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Antonio Trocoli was arrested this past Friday on misdemeanor battery charges in Huntington Beach, Calif., following an incident allegedly involving Mackenzie Dern’s ex-husband, Wesley Santos.
Huntington Beach police confirmed the UFC fighter’s arrest in an email to MMA Fighting on Wednesday.
“A subject by the name of Antonio Trocoli da Silveira Filho was arrested by the Huntington Beach Police Department on Oct. 4, 2024, at approximately 8:30 a.m. in the 8700 block of Dolphin Street, Huntington Beach,” Huntington Beach police said in a statement. “He was arrested for misdemeanor battery, and the case has been sent to the Orange County District Attorney’s Officer for review.”
At this time, the Orange County district attorney’s office has not officially brought a case against the fighter following his arrest. Messages for further details on the case were not returned at the time of publication.
While police weren’t able to provide any further details on Trocoli’s arrest, Santos—a professional surfer who was previously married to Dern and shares a daughter with her—claims he was the victim in the battery.
Santos sent a statement to MMA Fighting about the alleged incident while also claiming that a video exists that captured the altercation from this past Friday.
“Mackenzie Dern is my ex-wife and after our divorce she married Antonio ‘Malvado’ Jose Trocoli da Silveira Filho,” Santos said. “We divorced and have shared custody of our daughter Moa, but Antonio never stopped following me. We had a deal that he would not be part of the custody but he was always nearby, threatening and disturbing in every custody change. He sent messages through Moa, saying he would beat me up, and Moa told me clearly.
“I dropped my daughter at school this past Friday and was going back home on a skateboard when I saw a white car stop, and I started recording. It was Antonio. He got out of the car and punched me, and the car kept moving [along], and he ran back inside the car. Cops were called, there were several witnesses, and Antonio was arrested for battery.”
Trocoli is yet to address the incident or arrest publicly.
The Brazilian fighter was actually signed and then released from the UFC back in 2019 after his Contender Series win was overturned to a no-contest when he tested positive for a banned substance. Trocoli eventually came back to the UFC with his debut back in June when he fell to Shara Magomedov. He is currently scheduled to fight Tresean Gore at a UFC Fight Night event scheduled for Nov. 9.
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New UFC middleweight Torrez Finney is a big fan of The Rock.
Finney earned a contract after becoming the first fighter to earn three wins on Dana White’s Contender Series, picking up a first-round TKO of Abdellah Er-Ramy at DWCS Season 8, Week 8. Throughout his MMA career, the 25-year-old would sign off his post-fight interviews by paying homage to The Rock’s famous WWE tagline, “If you smell what The Rock is cooking,” by changing it too, “If you can smell what Torrez is cooking.”
Growing up playing pro wrestler on the back yard trampoline, it was meant to be.
“Well, I’m a big professional wrestling fan,” Finney told MMA Fighting. “I’m big into WWE, obviously, even AEW. I’ve watched those things. Now I don’t watch them as religiously as I used to growing up. But growing up, man, with all my cousins, we used to get on the trampoline. If anybody knows anything about [that], the trampoline is the WWE ring for a lot of kids. And when they tell you not to do those things at home, we surely did not listen.
“So we did all of that stuff at home and we’re there on the trampoline jumping up and down. We do all WWE moves, and I think that’s a part of, a little bit, what helps me be able to speak in that promo type way. We used to do that. We used to have our toy mic and we’re like, ‘Man, I’m coming on your birthday, and I’m coming to take that belt — when I have that belt with me and all my cousins and we were playing like that.”
Finney was a baby when The Rock, real name Dwayne Johnson, was making his initial run in the sports entertainment juggernaut. But with multiple returns to WWE, Finney got to experience the confidence and star-power Johnson would exude on the microphone.
So when it came to fighting for his first MMA amateur title, Finney knew exactly what to do once he got the opportunity.
“I’m a big fan of The Rock now, my favorite wrestler is The Undertaker,” Finney said. “I’m a big Undertaker fan, but I love The Rock. I love his promo cutting and I would just sit there and watch that and I used to do some of that type of stuff in high school. … But when I was getting into fighting, I said, ‘Man, I need to think of something [to say],’ and it was my second amateur fight. I won the title and one of my friends was like, what you gonna say after the fight? And I said, ‘I got something. Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to do this.’
“[After] my second amateur fight, I said, ‘I’ve been wanting to do this my entire life,’ and I go ‘If you can smell,’ and I said, ‘what the champ is cooking,’ because I was a champion at that time.”
Since then, “The Punisher” has gone on to win all 10 of his pro bouts, including his first two outings on Contender Series. After finishing Yuri Panerov in October 2023, Dana White elected not to award Finney a contract, asking him to get more experience first. Finney returned in August to win a decision against Cam Rowston, where White ripped Finney saying that he would get “absolutely decimated” in the UFC.
Finney has always remained true to himself. As the wins kept piling him, so was the excitement for his post-fight interviews. When he makes his eventual octagon debut, Finney may have the chance to say his signature after the biggest moment of his professional life.
“I just kept it rolling because kids and people was like, ‘Man, I’ve been looking forward to that,’” Finney explained. ”They look forward to that, ‘If you can smell.’ I even have fans, they look forward to that, ‘If you can smell what Torrez is cooking.’
“So it’s really cool man. And yeah, it’s funny like how the stuff you would do as a kid is now being gravitated and translated to what you do as an adult now.”
Last week (Fri., Oct. 4, 2024), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, Antonio Trocoli, was arrested on misdemeanor battery charges in Huntington Beach, Calif., for allegedly assaulting Wesley Santos, who is the estranged ex-husband of UFC star Mackenzie Dern and the father of their daughter, Moa.
Trocoli — who failed in his Octagon debut earlier this year at UFC Saudi Arabia — is now married to Dern.
Santos issued a statement to MMAFighting.com about the alleged incident.
“Mackenzie Dern is my ex-wife and after our divorce she married Antonio ‘Malvado’ Jose Trocoli da Silveira Filho. We divorced and have shared custody of our daughter Moa, but Antonio never stopped following me,” Santos wrote. “We had a deal that he would not be part of the custody but he was always nearby, threatening and disturbing in every custody change. He sent messages through Moa, saying he would beat me up, and Moa told me clearly.
“I dropped my daughter at school this past Friday and was going back home on a skateboard when I saw a white car stop, and I started recording. It was Antonio. He got out of the car and punched me, and the car kept moving [along], and he ran back inside the car. Cops were called, there were several witnesses, and Antonio was arrested for battery.”
Neither Dern nor Tricoli have addressed the alleged incident at the time of this writing.
Tricoli, who hails from Brazil, was signed to the promotion in 2019 after a contract-winning performance on Contender Series; however, he was then released after testing positive for a banned substance. After winning on the regional scene, UFC signed him again in 2022 to fight Ovince Saint Preux, but he had to withdraw.
The 33-year-old is scheduled to make his second UFC appearance at UFC Vegas 100 against Tresean Gore next month.
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Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol | Photo by Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing/Getty Images
The Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol fight card shows the seven fights that will make up Saturday’s event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Beterbiev puts his WBC, IBF, and WBO light heavyweight titles on the line against WBA champion Bivol, with the winner walking out as the undisputed champion of the 175-pound division. The two were originally scheduled to fight in June 1, but Beterbiev withdrew due to an injury and Bivol went on to defeat replacement Malik Zinad instead to keep the unification bout alive.
Beterbiev, a native of Dagestan who fights out of Quebec, Canada, is 20-0 as a pro with all of his wins coming by way of knockout. He faces his toughest challenge yet in the favored Bivol, also undefeated at 23-0.
After winning an interim WBA title in 2016, Bivol has won 14 consecutive title fights, most famously scoring a unanimous decision over Canelo Alvarez in May 2022.
In Saturday’s co-main event, Chris Eubank Jr. fights Kamil Szeremeta. Also on the card, WBC featherweight champion Skye Nicolson defends her title against Raven Chapman, and viral boxing sensation Ben Whittaker takes on Liam Cameron in a light heavyweight bout.
See the full Beterbiev vs. Bivol card below.
Main Event (ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol — for the IBF, WBC, WBO and WBA light heavyweight titles
Undercard (DAZN at 12 p.m. ET)
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Kamil Szeremeta
Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke
Jai Opetaia vs. Jack Massey — for Opetaia’s IBF cruiserweight title
Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron
Skye Nicolson vs. Raven Chapman — for Nicolson’s WBC featherweight title
Tatsuro Taira | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
UFC 307 is in the books which means it’s time to head back to the APEX!
UFC Vegas 98 takes place this Saturday, headlined by a flyweight contest between former title challenger Brandon Royval and rising super-prospect Tatsuro Taira, and No Bets Barred is back to break the whole card down.
This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by former professional fighter Billy Ward of Action Network to dive into all the UFC action this weekend. Topics discussed include Royval’s chances at denying the wunderkind Taira, just how past his prime is Brad Tavares, and the possible return of heavyweight overs? All that, plus, Jed unveils his newest gimmick: The Climb.
Tune in for episode 103 of No Bets Barred.
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