Former UFC star often known as ‘Dirty Bird’ punched and headbutted teen daughter throughout argument over chores, police say | EUROtoday

A former UFC fighter in New Mexico is dealing with expenses after police say he punched his 17-year-old daughter within the face and headbutted her throughout an argument over family chores.

Tim Means, 42, was taken into custody after the April 21 incident and charged with a felony depend of kid abuse. He was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on Wednesday and launched Friday, in keeping with courtroom data.

Deputies with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a house on Camino De Avila in Tijeras after a report of a bodily altercation, in keeping with a prison grievance obtained by The Albuquerque Journal.

When they arrived, Means’s teenage daughter instructed police she had been arguing along with her father about chores when he allegedly headbutted her within the nostril.

She instructed police that Means continued to get in her face, so she pushed him away, in keeping with the grievance. The two ended up within the kitchen, the place Means allegedly grabbed the teenager by her neck in a “strangulating manner” and held her in opposition to the counter.

The teen stated Means then grabbed a potato and threw it at her face. She stated she started pushing and punching him in an try and get free.

As she was making an attempt to collect her belongings to go away, she stated that’s when Means punched her on the appropriate aspect of her face with a closed fist, in keeping with the grievance.

“Let it be known that there were visible hand and red marks on (the teen’s) neck, indicating she was strangled,” the grievance states.

“There was blood on and in her nose where she was head-butted and several red marks indicated she was hit in the face and on her cheek.”

Means, often known as “Dirty Bird,” has fought professionally since 2004, however misplaced 5 of his most up-to-date fights and has not fought since October 2024.

He was beforehand launched by the UFC in 2013 after repeated failures to make weight, however returned the next yr and continued competing within the welterweight division.

In 2016, he was suspended after testing constructive for a banned substance, however he was reinstated six months later after the end result was attributed to a tainted complement.