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Former WSOF fighter Dustin Holyko has caught a significant amount of flak for his “White Pride” tattoo, as well as the Nazi “SS” Lightning bolt tattoo on his back. After BloodyElbow writer Brent Brookhouse<\/a> did some research and dug up Holyko’s criminal past, the WSOF released him from his contract.<\/p>\n

MMAJunkie.com<\/a> verifired Holyko’s criminal charges, which showed that Holyko served two years for robbery with a non-deadly weapon, Holyko is currently on probation but violated the probation in 2012 when he caught an “escape” charge.<\/p>\n

Holyko spoke to MMAJunkie.com<\/a> to explain his side of the charges saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was 18, I went to prison, and I got white pride tattooed on my arms because prison is pretty racially separated,\u201d he said. \u201cI am proud of my race, but I\u2019m not racist or any kind of Nazi.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my trainers, Mike Vasquez, he\u2019s Puerto Rican and Spanish, and he\u2019s like a dad to me. A lot of my training partners and friends are from different races. I have not a racist bone in my body at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Two of the more concerning charges that are on Holyko’s record are domestic assault with strangulation. Holyko explained the situation saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cops came, and somehow, I ended up going to jail for it,\u201d he said. \u201cI never laid a finger on anybody, and that\u2019s where the whole domestic thing comes from.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Holyko went on to explain the animal cruelty charge:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got in a big fight, (and other neighbors from the same house) actually jumped me and beat me up pretty good,\u201d Holyko said. \u201cThat night, I get charged with animal cruelty, and I got three battery charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the process of everything going, the girl that I was with got hit; she was trying to break everything up. Never once told the cops, \u2018He hit me.\u2019 She didn\u2019t know how she got hit; somehow she got elbowed trying to break up the fight and get everybody off of me. And they charged me with domestic violence. All the charges got dropped, too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

However the big change in Holyko’s life came after he avoided a possible 15-year prison stint for an escape charge which happened in 2012. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to be funny,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was some chicks there, and a couple of my buddies. They sat us on the curb when they were doing their reports, and they weren\u2019t paying attention. So (my friends) were like, \u2018C\u2019mon.\u2019 It was kind of a joke. I got out, walked away, and I tried to hang out in the clubs with handcuffs on; we were all laughing. Next thing I know, the cops catch up to me, slam me on the ground and bring me back. They charged me with a misdemeanor, but the state attorney got ahold of it and jacked it up to a second-degree escape charges, which I could have done 15 years over that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite his colorful past, Holyko, a small business owner, maintains that he is a changed man.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got two beautiful kids, a beautiful girlfriend, a beautiful home on three acres with a swimming pool,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you saw my house, you\u2019d think I\u2019m a lawyer. I work really hard.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former WSOF fighter Dustin Holyko has caught a significant amount of flak for his “White Pride” tattoo, as well as the Nazi “SS” Lightning bolt tattoo on his back. After BloodyElbow writer Brent Brookhouse did some research and dug up Holyko’s criminal past, the WSOF released him from his contract. 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