Cops Arrest MMA Fighter After Bloodied Pregnant Girlfriend Takes To Insta To Reveal Beating

Cops have arrested an MMA fighter for brutally beating up his pregnant girlfriend, leaving her bruised and bloodied.

Featherweight Juan Pablo Varela ‘El Leon’ (‘The Lion’) was arrested in the Argentine city of Salta on 3rd July.

The arrest was made after his young pregnant girlfriend claimed on social media that he had beaten her up.

The injuries of the partner of Juan El Leon Varela, a MMA fighter, that accused him of physical in Salta Argentina, July 2021. (Newsflash)

He was charged with three counts of battery, four counts of disobedience of a court order, unlawful deprivation of liberty, two counts of assault with a weapon, and damages.

The 25-year-old MMA fighter was taken into preventive custody for the victim’s wellbeing.

The young woman took to Instagram to post a photo of her bloodied face and her smashed-in bedroom door.

Juan El Leon Varela, a MMA fighter was accused of physical abuse by his partner in Salta Argentina, July 2021. (@Juanpi.El.LEON.Varela.MMA/Newsflash)

She wrote: “This is how he destroyed the bedroom door to come in to subject me to violence. Watch out for who you enter into a relationship with.”

She described her partner as “mentally ill, a drug addict, and violent”.

The young woman claimed she suffered months of physical and psychological violence at the hands of her boyfriend and said she feared for her and her unborn baby’s lives during his latest attack.

Juan El Leon Varela, a MMA fighter was accused of physical abuse by his partner, pictured together, in Salta Argentina, July 2021. (@el_leonmma/Newsflash)

Varela was arrested after he voluntarily handed himself in to a police station hours after meting out the beating.

Gabriela Davalos, the public prosecutor heading the case, told local television channel TN: “This victim is particularly vulnerable because she’s a woman, because she’s pregnant, and because she depends on the accused financially.”

This, according to Davalos, is why “she put up with violent situations for a long time without reporting them”.

Juan El Leon Varela, a MMA fighter, was accused of physical abuse by his partner in Salta Argentina, July 2021. (@Juanpi.El.LEON.Varela.MMA/Newsflash)

Varela’s partner first reported him to the police in March when neighbours called the cops after hearing him beating her up. However, the pair continued living together following the incident.

Varela has registered 15 wins and 12 losses during his professional career representing The MMA House and Team Serrudo.

The investigation is ongoing.