#7 Josh Grispi
When Josh Grispi began an MMA career, many hoped that it would be a productive channel for the violent nature that got him expelled from many schools. Those hopes weren’t entirely unfulfilled – Grispi beat all but one of his first fourteen opponents, including veterans Mark Hominick and the progenitor of the Lightweight division, Jens Pulver.
Grispi was one of the fighters the MMA world had its eyes on during the UFC-WEC amalgamation. “The Fluke” was on the cusp of glory, with a title shot against Jose Aldo looming. But an injury to Aldo scuttled the fight and in what many considered a perilous gamble, Grispi took on Dustin Poirier instead.
He lost the fight and his status as #1 contender was immediately clouded.
What followed was one of the most incendiary falls from grace in the history of MMA. Grispi lost all three of his ensuing fights and was shown the door. In 2014, Grispi successively outdid himself in criminality.
He was first arrested for improper storage of large firearms near a minor but was released after posting bail. A few days later, Grispi was arrested for what one police officer called “the worst case of domestic abuse he had ever seen”.
Grispi punched and kicked his wife into a bloody mess, before unleashing his pit bull on her. When the police searched his house, they found a marijuana nursery. In an appearance on Dr Phil that October, Grispi’s wife, Kaitlyn made a baffling u-turn reminiscent of “The Shining” when she said that their house was haunted and drove her husband to barbarity.
This makes us wonder if Grispi was the only one who needed to be locked up.
