Editor’s note: The original version incorrectly stated the
Miletich was arrested for his fourth drunk driving offense. The
piece has been updated at approximately 9 p.m. ET to indicate that
Miletich has begun a 30-day jail sentence for an arrest that
occurred in 2023.
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UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich
has begun a 30-day jail sentence for a 2023 arrest for drunking
driving.
The former UFC champion
was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated
(OWI) occurred in September 2023 in Bettendorf, Iowa, when Miletich
allegedly drove his truck on the wrong side of the road and over
the front embankment of a Shell gas station, where he fell asleep
while parked. Miletich pled guilty to the charge this past April
and received two years probation, according to WHBF. The 30-day term is the mandatory minimum
for anyone found guilty of a third offense of operating a motor
vehicle under the influence. Miletich was booked by Scott County
(Iowa) police at 9:57 on Monday, according to online records.
Shortly after that arrest, Miletich returned to the cage to face
Mike
Jackson at Caged Aggression 36, where he lost via second-round
TKO in Davenport, Iowa, on Oct. 14, 2023.
Miletich was also arrested in 2020 for
driving under the influence in Illinois. Prior to that offense,
he was arrested for OWI on Sept. 8, 2018 and pled guilty to the
charges in Scott County District Court in March 2019. He was
sentenced to a one-year unsupervised probation that was dropped
after he completed in-home detention and a 12-hour course for drunk
drivers.
The 57-year-old known as “The Croatian Sensation” owns a 29-8-2
career mark that includes 10 UFC appearances. He claimed
welterweight gold with a victory over Mikey
Burnett at UFC 17.5 and defended the belt four times before
falling to Carlos Newton
at UFC 31. He is also known for founding Miletich Fighting Systems,
an Iowa-based camp that was one of the most successful teams in MMA
history.