A pair of misdemeanor battery charges against Dominance MMA founder Ali Abdelaziz have been dismissed.
On Monday, a Nevada judge accepted a motion by state prosecutors to dismiss an October 2019 battery charge filed against the MMA manager, per online court records. The charge stemmed from an alleged physical altercation with First Round Management co-founder Abe Kawa at a PFL event. Police said two witnesses saw Abdelaziz strike Kawa with a closed fist backstage at the event; Kawa and Anthony Pettis’ fiancee corroborated the report.
According to the The Athletic, the alleged assault was spurred by Abdelaziz’s belief that Kawa had spread a rumor that he sexually assaulted a UFC staff member at an event in 2018.