MMA fighter War Machine (real name Jon Koppenhaver) attempted suicide while in prison for the attempted murder of his girlfriend Christy Mack, and a note was found. A suicide note that justifies his reasons for brutally attacking her – he discovered she was cheating on him. Sure, it’s not a nice thing to find out, but does this justify breaking 18 of her bones and stabbing her with a dull knife? No. No, it definitely does not.
Christy Mack posted the details of the attack, along with horrific photos of her injuries, online. ‘He made me undress and shower in front of him, then dragged me out and beat my face. I have no recollection of how many times I was hit, I just know my injuries that resulted from the beating. My injuries include 18 broken bones around my eyes, my nose is broken in two places, I am missing teeth and several more are broken,’ she wrote. ‘I am unable to chew, or see out of my left eye. My speech is slurred from my swelling and lack of teeth, I have a fractured rib and severely ruptured liver from a kick to my side. My leg is so badly injured I have not been able to walk on my own. I also attained several lesions from a knife he got from my kitchen. He pushed the knife into me in some areas such as my hand, ear and head. He also sawed much of my hair off with this dull knife.’
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It makes for uncomfortable, horrifying reading. As does the fighter’s suicide note, see-sawing between the bizarrely loving, ‘In hard times know that I am there to lean on,’ (aimed at Christy) to the delusional, ‘I’m a good person with a huge heart and everyone who knows me knows that, especially Christy. I don’t know what has happened to her, but I’m not gonna watch the woman I love go on the stand and tell painful lies about me.’
The accusations of lying continue, with Koppenhaver pointing fingers at her agent, and claiming she might be trying to get money/attention. ‘I don’t know if her scumbag agent is making her do this for $/publicity, or if the D.A. is just pressuring her/scaring her, or what,’ he wrote.
She was probably moved to discuss her injuries because they resulted in her being unable to chew or see out of her left eye. Koppenhaver is, however, in a cell and unable to see the fallout from his bloody and horrifyingly brutal attack. He is awaiting trial, and was held in a Las Vegas jail cell when an officer stopped him trying to hang himself. He is now in a medical isolation cell on suicide watch.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.