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March 28, 2024

Charges dropped in UFC ring girl case in Las Vegas

TUF Season 13 Finale

Sam Morris

Octagon girl Arianny Celeste waits for her cue during The Ultimate Fighter Season 13 finale Saturday, June 4, 2011.

Misdemeanor battery charges have been dropped against a UFC ring girl and her boyfriend after they were arrested in May in an alleged domestic scuffle at a Las Vegas Strip hotel room.

An aide to Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Tuesday there wasn't enough evidence to proceed against 26-year-old Arianny Lopez of Las Vegas and 34-year-old Praveen Chandra of Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Lopez has modeled for magazines including Playboy under the name Arianny Celeste. She's been a UFC octagon girl since 2006.

Police arrested the two on May 26 at the Wynn Las Vegas.

Lopez accused Chandra of choking her, and told police she threw a glass vase at Chandra.

Chandra accused Lopez of kicking him in the nose in a struggle for a cellphone.

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