Anthony Smith is arrested in Sarpy County and charged with three felonies after prosecutors say he pushed Mikhala Renee Newman into a car, threatened to kill her and then tried to run her over following an argument at a Gretna bar.He is held on $500K bond with conditions that bar him from leaving the state and from any contact with Mikhala Renee Newman; Smith waives a preliminary hearing and moves the case to district court, where the counts carry a possible 26-year sentence if he is convicted.Smith, 38, retired from the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2025, briefly returned for a bare-knuckle victory this year and works as a
UFC analyst for
ESPN; he has three daughters and has not publicly responded to the allegations.