Details are out on the arrest of UFC women's bantamweight Julianna Pena, who was booked on assault charges early Sunday morning. According to a Spokane, WA police report, Pena and her training partner were denied use of the bathroom at Zola's bar following an alleged street fight, and Pena responded by kicking the bar's owner and an employee in the groin. (via MMA Fighting):
An alleged victim and two witnesses told officers that Pena and Josh Gow, her training partner on the Sikjitsu fight team, attempted to enter Zola's bar after being involved in a street fight. Witnesses said Gow's face was covered in blood from the brawl and the two wanted to use the bathroom to get Gow cleaned up. Bar employees told Pena and Gow that the establishment was closed and they could not come in, which prompted Pena to become "irate," according to one witness.
Witnesses said that Pena kicked a bar employee in the groin and then, while outside the business, kicked the owner in the groin twice. Gow did not get physical with anyone, witnesses said, and was described as being clearly drunk. The two attempted to enter Zola's again, witnesses said, but were locked out. Gow then rubbed his bloody face on the bar's front window, according to witnesses.
According to Sgt. Erik Kannberg, Pena, who was the only person arrested at the scene per Spokane officials, said the fight involved 20 people outside a different establishment, but denied anything happened at Zola's and that she and Gow left after they were barred from entering Zola's.
Kannberg said Pena told him that they had been involved in a fight with 20 people outside Globe, Gow had suffered a facial injury and she wanted to take him to Zola's to clean up because she knew the owner. Pena said that employees at Zola's didn't let them in because Gow was bleeding, according to Kannberg. Pena indicated that they had then left, Kannberg said. He wrote that he asked Pena if anything happened and she said no.
UFC vice president of public relations Dave Sholler told MMA Fighting on Sunday that the promotion is "aware of the situation" and "in the process of gathering more info."
LINK: Police report: UFC's Julianna Pena allegedly groin kicked two men at bar