
Pietro Menga, once a rising star on the British MMA scene and a former UFC signee, has been sentenced to 15 years and five months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons. The sentence, handed down at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, marks a dramatic fall from grace for the fighter once dubbed “The Italian Stallion”.
#JAILED | ‘Italian Stallion’ MMA fighter jailed for over 15 years for drugs and firearms offences.
With his day job as an MMA fighter, Pietro Menga, aka ‘The Italian Stallion’, had a more lucrative job as a middleman sourcing cocaine for an OCG.
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