Junie Browning Claims Phuket Assault Story Is a Shakedown, Fled Hospital to Avoid Being Killed by Thai Mafia


(Well, it was a nice vacation while it lasted.)

On Tuesday, we let out a long, weary sigh when we heard news that TUF 8 madman Junie Browning had allegedly beat up a woman at a bar, then beat up the bar’s staff and guests, then continued to beat up all of them later at a hospital. Considering Junie’s history of hospital violence, the story was all too believable.

Of course, Browning has his own version of the events, which paint him as a marked man in a corrupt country, doing his best to defend himself. Here’s what he wrote on his Facebook page immediately after the incident:

Wow what a helluva weekend?!.. Some pussy named Sie Menzies and about 10 of his friends started a fight with me, I guess just to test a ‘UFC fighter guy’ at his shitty little bar in Karan Thailand. Had a beer bottle and glass mug shattered on my head then to make everything better, stabbed severely by some crazy Thai bitch. On a positive note I managed to break a few orbital bones, at least a couple jaws, and some unconscious bodies laying on the ground before I blacked out from loss of blood and apparently had to be resuscitated in the ambulance. So, how was your weekend?

Once the gravity of situation sets in, Junie becomes deathly serious:


(Well, it was a nice vacation while it lasted.)

On Tuesday, we let out a long, weary sigh when we heard news that TUF 8 madman Junie Browning had allegedly beat up a woman at a bar, then beat up the bar’s staff and guests, then continued to beat up all of them later at a hospital. Considering Junie’s history of hospital violence, the story was all too believable.

Of course, Browning has his own version of the events, which paint him as a marked man in a corrupt country, doing his best to defend himself. Here’s what he wrote on his Facebook page immediately after the incident:

Wow what a helluva weekend?!.. Some pussy named Sie Menzies and about 10 of his friends started a fight with me, I guess just to test a ‘UFC fighter guy’ at his shitty little bar in Karan Thailand. Had a beer bottle and glass mug shattered on my head then to make everything better, stabbed severely by some crazy Thai bitch. On a positive note I managed to break a few orbital bones, at least a couple jaws, and some unconscious bodies laying on the ground before I blacked out from loss of blood and apparently had to be resuscitated in the ambulance. So, how was your weekend?

Once the gravity of situation sets in, Junie becomes deathly serious:

“Im officially the biggest American patriot there is now. These other primitive countries are all about money, mafia and corrupt law enforcement. Regardless what you believe I never touched a female in theses events that occurred and my girlfriend was there from start to finish to vouch. Hitting Thai women was an excuse for them to demonize me and get some baht out of me. You all don’t understand with my name, people will use it against me. I acted like an idiot on a reality show for publicity so they are using that against me. Im sorry and I care about people more than you thank and I appreciate all the support from the intelligent people that understand that these primitive countries are trying to kill me ( Literally ) . I need help BAD! please call the US Embassy in my regards. Thank you very much everyone.

Apparently in the news story I fled the scene in the hospital before the police got there. It’s obvious by this picture that the police were already there. It wasn’t until hours later my girlfriends and my phone were flooded with phone calls saying that the Thai mafia were headed to the hospital to kill me did we leave. We understood that it is a very corrupt place so we had to flee and get in contact with the US Embassy. Funny how cropping a photo changes the whole story.

In a follow-up post on his Facebook wall, a woman believed to be Junie’s girlfriend supported the story with some gory details of her own:

The Thai government is so corrupt! For anyone out there that knows the story about what is going on with Junie Browning, it is not true!

When two men get into an argument it should stay between them. 15 guys jumped on top of Junie and smashed his head in with glass bottles and beer mugs. I had to throw myself on top of his body while he gargled blood and they continued to kick him. Then even after… he lay unconscious some Thai girl stabs him!!!

If you know me then you know I would not make this up. I was there from start to finish.
Then you take all the guys from the brawl into the same room in the hospital? What do you expect to happen? Listen, this is not the USA this is Thailand. The country revolves around money and the mafia DOES exist. When you get a phone call saying that there is a price on your boyfriends head and if they find you they will kill you too just to get to him you run.

Junie Allen Browning did nothing but fight for his life and try to protect me. All the media and mma forums like to talk shit because it makes a good story. Get a clue! You like to sit on your couch at home and watch the discovery channel and think you know what it is like around the world? That’s retarded! No women were involved in the fight and Junie did nothing that wasn’t provoked.”

Junie’s exact whereabouts are still unknown.

Junie Browning’s Bar Brawl Leads to Man Hunt in Thailand *UPDATE

Is that difficult to find a bleach blond spikey haired white dude in Thailand? So last night Junie Browning posted on his Facebook that he was basically forced to defend himself after 11 or so.

Is that difficult to find a bleach blond spikey haired white dude in Thailand? So last night Junie Browning posted on his Facebook that he was basically forced to defend himself after 11 or so men picked a fight with him to test the skills of a “UFC fighter guy”. He said he was battered with objects and then a Thai women stabbed him. He then broke a few jaws in self-defense before passing out from blood-loss and was resuscitated. Here is the full account as posted by Browning:

But as there are two sides to every story, it seems the bar filled with Thai folks disagree with Browning’s account and a waitress says an irate Junie Browning started the brawl, which was said to have continued at the hospital (perhaps, after resuscitation). It isn’t hard to believe these accounts since Browning did get sued for beating up on a few nurses in a Las Vegas hospital after a suicide attempt in 2009. Here is his on camera explanation for that incident with us at MMA Fix here. But, I also consider that all the blame may not be fairly placed on Junie and there could be several people at fault. It’s not like Junie’s is the first story you’ve ever heard like this. A bunch of drunk dudes at a bar get in a fight? That’s pretty typical. A crazy bitch stabs you? I can buy that, too. Maybe I’m just jaded. I do live in Vegas. That happened here 5 times yesterday.

Either way, police in Phuket are searching for Junie Browning. I can only imagine where he could be hiding, if they have yet to find him. Of course, the slave traffickers seem to hide themselves well down in Thailand, too so this hunt may take awhile.

Pictures of Browing in a Thailand hospital below:

More photos here.

*UPDATE: Facebook can be accessed anywhere! Junie speaks out from wherever he is hiding:

Here We Go Again: Police in Thailand Mount Manhunt for Junie Browning Following Bar and Hospital Brawl


(What, me worry?)

Police in Phuket are combing the Thai island looking for Junie Browning after the troubled 26-year-old UFC castoff allegedly started a brawl in a local bar where he assaulted several patrons before attacking the victims again at a hospital later in the night.


(What, me worry?)

Police in Phuket are combing the Thai island looking for Junie Browning after the troubled 26-year-old UFC castoff allegedly started a brawl in a local bar where he assaulted several patrons before attacking the victims again at a hospital later in the night.

Here’s what went down according to The Phuket News:

The owner of the bar reported to police that the American had arrived at the bar in a furious mood.

She alleged that he bullied her customers and staff, and smashed glasses and furniture.

Some of the customers tried to intervene, which provoked a brawl. This ended up with those involved, including the American, being sent to Patong Hospital. Browning then fled.

Two people are still at Patong Hospital today.

The Phuket Wan paints a similar picture of what happened:

Earlier in the night, Mr Browning allegedly was seen beating up on an expat woman in a bar in Patak Road Karon. He also lashed out at Thai female staff when they tried to intervene, police said.

Four other tourists from Australia and the US also attempted to intervene but Mr Browning lashed out at them, too, police said. The brawling continued when all the participants were taken for treatment at Patong Hospital.

Here are some photos of a seemingly intoxicated and irate Junie taken at the hospital during part two of his melee.

Judging by past history, the reports fit “The Lunatik’s” MO to a “T.”

During filming for TUF 8, he threw drinking glasses at housemate Shane Primm and was nearly kicked off the show by UFC president Dana White.

You may also recall that this isn’t the first time Junie has started trouble in an emergency department. Back in 2009, he was arrested and accused of assaulting three nurses in Vegasafter he was rushed to the hospital after being discovered by his then-girlfriend unconscious from a suicide attempt drug overdose. At the hospital he allegedly pushed a female nurse, punched a male nurse and kicked another male nurse before threatening to rape their families and was subsequently charged with assault and battery.

Police in Phuket are monitoring the airport to ensure that Browning doesn’t flee the country.

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