UFC Cuts Junie Browning After Hospital Assault

Aptly nicknamed “Lunatik” Junie Browning (3-1) has been cut from the UFC after being arrested and charged with three counts of battery on a health care provider in Henderson, Nevada, according to Yahoo!Sports.

The arrest was first reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal which reported Browning had been admitted to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus, after taking 16 Klonopin pills in an attempt to harm himself.

At the hospital, Browning pushed a female nurse, punched one male nurse, and kicked another while shouting, “Do you know who I am? I will kill you and rape your family!”

Ironically, Klonopin is an anti-anxiety drug. Browning was booked and released from the Henderson Detention Center Wednesday.

Browning was a contestant on the eighth season of SpikeTV’s The Ultimate Fighter reality TV contest.  He last fought at UFC Fight Night 18 in Nashville April 1 where he was submitted in a guillotine choke by “Magrinho” Cole Miller (15-4).

Browning had moved from his native Kentucky to Las Vegas to train at Xtreme Couture after his stint on TUF 8.