UFC flyweight Ian McCall was arrested in California for driving with a suspended licence and will remain in jail until Sept. 13.
The news was first reported by StuNewsLaguna.com last week and the Laguna Beach Police Department has since confirmed the report.
McCall, who entered a plea of not guilty on Thursday, violated his probation with the arrest after he was charged with driving with a suspended licence on June 14.
McCall will remain in Orange County Central Jail until his pre-trial hearing on Sept. 13, according to the Superior Court of California County of Orange.
“Ian’s licence had been suspended for unpaid traffic and parking tickets. The very next day, on June 15, Ian went to the Harbor Justice Center with his agent, and paid over $2,600 in fines,” McCall’s criminal lawyer, George Vargas, told MMAJunkie in a statement.
“He, mistakenly, thought that the ticket from the previous day had been handled. A few weeks later, when the court date for that case came, Ian did not show, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
“On Aug. 14, once again, Ian was stopped while driving home from the gym. At that time he was arrested for the two warrants, one for not completing the 20 days of Cal Trans work (hard labor) for (a 2008 arrest on possession of prescription drugs without a prescription and paraphernalia), and the other for not showing up to court on the driving on a suspended license ticket that he had thought that he had handled.”
This is not the first brush with the law McCall has had, as the Dana Point, Calif., native has been arrested in the past and has a documented history of drug use.
McCall (11-3-1) is currently a top contender in the 125-pound division and was considered the No. 1 flyweight in MMA before entering the UFC earlier this year. The former Tachi Palace flyweight champion is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Demetrious Johnson in June in a rematch of their majority draw from March.
The 28-year-old was scheduled to fight John Moraga at UFC on FOX 4 but had to withdraw due to injury.
