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Ex-Bellator fighter Danny Tims charged with attempted murder in Florida

On Saturday ,police in Jupiter, FL arrested Danny Lynn Tims III, 29, and charged him with attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated battery, and vehicle theft. Tims, who is originally from Missouri, is a professional MMA fighter who last fought in 2015. He appeared three times for Bellator in 2010.

According to CBS 4 in Miami, Tims was arrested in connection with a stabbing incident at the Jupiter Cove apartment complex that left an unnamed 37-year-old man in critical condition.

The Palm Beach Post reports that police believe Tims stabbed the 37-year-old in the heart with a knife and stabbed that victim’s girlfriend in the thigh.