--- description: A mixed martial arts fighter accused of beating up his porn star ex-girlfriend attempted suicide Tuesday in his Las Vegas jail cell. title: War Machine MMA Fighter Accused of Christy Mack Beating Tried Suicide image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71d54cd17a6f1f10/69869fcecd804dd8a5ccc604/jonathan-koppenhaver.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police Say MMA Fighter Who Beat Porn Star Girlfriend Tried to Kill Himself  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 17, 2014 9:17 PM CUT  Johathan Koppenhaver who appeared in UFC's Ultimate Fighter TV show in 2007. Johathan Koppenhaver who appeared in UFC's Ultimate Fighter TV show in 2007.Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/AP  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 17, 2014 9:17 PM CUT A mixed martial arts fighter accused of brutally beating his porn star ex-girlfriend attempted suicide this week in his Las Vegas jail cell, authorities said. A jail official found Jonathan Koppenhaver, 32, unresponsive on the floor of his cell Tuesday with linen around his neck and a suicide note in the room, [News 3](http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/story/War-Machine-attempted-suicide-left-note-at-jail/drjOcUJ1eE2fvstPOkBT3Q.cspx "undefined") reports. Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, is accused of beating Christy Mack in August. He was reportedly in talks for a potential plea deal. Prior to the suicide attempt, Koppehaver defended himself in a series of tweets. > [](https://twitter.com/WarMachine170/status/498676905781231616) > [](https://twitter.com/WarMachine170/status/498677241786933248) \[[_News 3_](http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/story/War-Machine-attempted-suicide-left-note-at-jail/drjOcUJ1eE2fvstPOkBT3Q.cspx "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3518044/war-machine-christy-mack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3518044/war-machine-christy-mack/"},"headline":"Police Say MMA Fighter Who Beat Porn Star Girlfriend Tried to Kill Himself","datePublished":"2014-10-17T21:17:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:52:07.532Z","description":"\"War Machine\" is accused of beating Christy Mac","url":"https://time.com/3518044/war-machine-christy-mack/","keywords":["Crime","Porn","Mixed Martial Arts","mma"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71d54cd17a6f1f10/69869fcecd804dd8a5ccc604/jonathan-koppenhaver.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71d54cd17a6f1f10/69869fcecd804dd8a5ccc604/jonathan-koppenhaver.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jonathan Koppenhaver","caption":"Jonathan Koppenhaver","creditText":"Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3518044/war-machine-christy-mack/","name":"Police Say MMA Fighter Who Beat Porn Star Girlfriend Tried to Kill Himself"}}]}] ```