Israel Adesanya, the Nigerian-New Zealander mixed martial artist and UFC fighter, was arrested on Wednesday for illegal possession of a weapon at JFK airport.
According to TMZ, the self-acclaimed stylebender was arrested by the Port Authority Police Department at a screening area around the American Airlines terminal while leaving the country.
The UFC superstar was said to have been apprehended while going through security with brass knuckles.
The 33-year-old Lagos-born fighter was said to be in possession of the brass knuckles which are classified as illegal and class A misdemeanor weapons in New York.
He was however released shortly after the arrest.
The development comes a few days after Adesanya lost his middleweight title to Alex Pereira.
Adesanya has only suffered two losses in his mixed martial arts career.
