{"id":207814,"date":"2025-11-27T19:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/mma-fighter-sinead-kavanagh-arrested-after-attacking-2-police-officers\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:52:26","slug":"mma-fighter-sinead-kavanagh-arrested-after-attacking-2-police-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/mma-fighter-sinead-kavanagh-arrested-after-attacking-2-police-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA Fighter Sinead Kavanagh Arrested After Attacking 2 Police Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Irish MMA fighter <strong>Sinead Kavanagh<\/strong> was arrested after she allegedly assaulted two Spanish police officers on a flight while traveling from Gran Canaria to Dublin, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>The flight crew reported alleged \u201cviolent behavior\u201d from Kavanagh, 39, before the flight took off around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 24, according to Spanish outlets <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticohoy.com\/sociedad\/detenida-luchadora-mma-amiga-mcgregor-por-lesionar-dos-guardias-civiles-en-canarias_1554311_102.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atl\u00e1ntico Hoy<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarias7.es\/sucesos\/detenida-luchadora-mma-irlandesa-pegar-dos-guardias-20251125171331-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canarias 7<\/a><\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Guard then reported to the scene, where Kavanagh allegedly \u201crepeatedly struck\u201d two officers as she resisted arrest on the plane. Kavanagh was eventually arrested and detained at the airport\u2019s holding cell.<\/p>\n<p><em>Atl\u00e1ntico Hoy<\/em> shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g2njkRXwXTI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">footage<\/a> of the incident recorded by another passenger, which showed Kavanagh trying to fight off two officers as they attempted to hold her in the aisle of the plane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/50-cents-sean-combs-the-reckoning-doc-everything-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mormon Wives\u2019 Jessi Ngatikaura Revealed the Real NSFW Meaning Behind Fruity Pebbles and Demi Engemann Reacts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t do this! Please!\u201d one woman was heard shouting in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, a Civil Guard spokesperson told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/37438992\/sinead-kavanagh-arrested-mma-fighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a><\/em> that police reported to the scene after they were called to remove two female passengers from the plane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pilot requested police presence because of two passengers who were causing problems on board a plane that was about to take off,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cOfficers were going to identify them and take them off the plane because the pilot had decided they weren\u2019t going to fly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After she was arrested, Kavanagh appeared in court in Telde, Spain, on Tuesday, November 25 and was released on bail. <em>Canarias 7<\/em> reported that Kavanagh is currently under investigation for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n<p><em>Canarias 7<\/em> added that one of the officers that Kavanaugh allegedly attacked has been placed on medical leave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/gypsy-rose-blanchard-turns-in-moms-stolen-prescription\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mormon Wives\u2019 Jessi Ngatikaura Revealed the Real NSFW Meaning Behind Fruity Pebbles and Demi Engemann Reacts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kavanaugh has not yet publicly issued a statement about the scandal.<br \/>Additionally, it is not currently known whether the other woman involved in the incident will also be arrested or placed under a travel ban.<\/p>\n<p>Kavanagh is a well known MMA fighter and has won five MMA championship titles throughout her career. She got her start by competing as an amateur boxer in Ireland before she transitioned to mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her fighting career, Kavanagh is also known for her friendship with UFC champion <strong>Conor McGregor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/mma-fighter-sinead-kavanagh-arrested-after-attacking-2-police-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish MMA fighter Sinead Kavanagh was arrested after she allegedly assaulted two Spanish police officers on a flight while traveling from Gran Canaria to Dublin, according to multiple reports. The flight crew reported alleged \u201cviolent behavior\u201d from Kavanagh, 39, before the flight took off around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 24, according to Spanish outlets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-207814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}