Ex-UFC hopeful Pietro Menga has been jailed for over 15 years on drugs and firearms offenses.
Greater Manchester Police broke the news on April 22. Specialist detectives infiltrated private messaging back in 2020, and found Menga implicated in an organized crime group earning commission as a drug middleman.
The news comes less than a week after UFC debutant Ahmad Hassanzada was arrested on allegations of sexual violence against a minor.
Never a dull news week in MMA.
âAfter identifying Menga through messages where he openly spoke about his girlfriend, his knee injuries from fighting, and his home gym, detectives were able to piece together evidence which demonstrated the anonymous user was in fact Menga,â GMPâs report read.
Drug experts estimated the street sale of Mengaâs dealings to be worth âbetween ÂŁ490,000 and ÂŁ620,000,â or $650,000 to $825,000.
Menga was scheduled to fight Tim Elliott at UFC on FOX 26 in 2017, but the fight was cancelled after âThe Italian Stallionâ missed weight. After this, he dropped four performances on the British regional scene before picking up one win in 2023.
âToday, Pietro Menga of Mount Street, Swinton, was jailed for 15 years and five months. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons and conspiracy to supply cocaine.â
His name is Peter Smegma?
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