Jon Koppenhaver's life has been a long and glorious car wreck ever since we first met him on The Ultimate Fighter, where he was best known for upper-decking a toilet and winning an insane fight against Jared Rollins at the TUF 6 finale. Following his tour of duty on the reality show, Koppenhaver went from quirky and emotional kid to legitimate loose-cannon: He assaulted a man outside of his gym, legally changed his name to War Machine, and was fired from the UFC for an insensitive MySpace blog post published after Evan Tanner's death as well as his refusal to fight Brandon Wolff.
2009 was the year when War Machine went full retard. Shortly after signing on with Bellator, Machine's contract was terminated thanks to a series of online rants suggesting that somebody should maybe assassinate President Obama. Just a few days later, Machine was arrested in Las Vegas for busting heads at a gay nightclub where he was working at the time. The troubled fighter jobbed around regional promotions for a while until a bad judges' decision in a "joke fight" inspired him to search for new revenue streams. Next thing you know, War Machine is waxing his ass on YouTube.
It wasn't long before porn became War's top priority. Things move fast in the adult film world, and War quickly had a handful of scenes under his belt. But a month in the biz only made his personal demons angrier. Now on Twitter, Machine had a brand new venue to go into depression spirals and threaten his own death. Late last month, War Machine caught a few more assault charges when he flew into a rage at a porn star's birthday party and punched a half-dozen guests, including his own agent. Not exactly the best way to endear yourself to a new industry. So what's in store for War Machine in 2010? A lengthy prison sentence? Suicide? Both? War might have been great for tabloid-style entertainment value this year, but if he doesn't find some stability in his life, the next story we hear about him might not be so funny.
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