Will Chope, ex-wife issue joint statement in response to UFC release, past domestic violence incidents

Former UFC featherweight Will Chope is responding to questions and concerns raised from a Bleacher Report articleuncovering Chope had been given a Bad Conduct Discharge and sentenced to five months imprisonment from the Air Force in 2011. The …

Former UFC featherweight Will Chope is responding to questions and concerns raised from a Bleacher Report articleuncovering Chope had been given a Bad Conduct Discharge and sentenced to five months imprisonment from the Air Force in 2011. The report and facts contained therein eventually caused the UFC to cut Chope from the organization the day of his last-scheduled fight opposite Diego Brandao at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2.

Chope, who was paid his show money for the bout despite not competing, created the video above with his ex-wife, who is identified here as Ashleigh.

The two answer a number of common questions stemming both from Chope’s dismissal from the UFC and Air Force as well as the state of their current…