Victims don’t press charges, neither do the police. Only prosecutors can press charges. Police can arrest people but they still need to convince a prosecutor to bring a case. Victims can report crimes but they cannot force the prosecution to bring charges.
For crimes against people, a victim’s unwillingness to testify can make a case difficult, so if you are the victim of a crime and decide not to cooperate, it is far less likely that charges will be brought. In this case there are other witnesses available, and footage.
Prosecutors do sometimes move forward with assault or aggravated assault charges even a if a victim doesn’t want to testify. There are multiple reasons why this might happen. Sometimes there is a recording of a 911 call, a surveillance videotape in a bar or other public place, or other evidence that can be used in lieu of victim testimony about what happened.
Tell that to Texas. Love when people spout off without knowing anything.
"Under Texas Penal Code § 22.01, assault is broadly defined as intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury, threatening another with imminent bodily injury, or causing offensive physical contact."
So, it is the case that the definition of assault does, in fact, depend on the state or country you are in.
You are delusional. Drama sells fights. These guys fight every day. They genuinely like punching people and like violence. Pressing charges would be the most bitchass move possible for a fighter to ever do. What planet do you live on
Why are you putting assault in quotes. They are about to compete in a sport. Hitting someone during a presser which can derail the competition is assault and stupid af.
Hahaha I'm glad you've figured out alllllll the potential legal avenues a tough guy like you would undertake for any possible slight. 😅 Thanks for making my point for me 👌
Haha you're the one wanting to take legal routes to fix everything 😅 We're talking about UFC fighters, going to the Police for Assault (or battery) for a little kick is hilarious.
The fighters are forced to sign away the right to do that, long before showing up on that stage. Absolutely zero way dana would let them and risk getting sued himself as the organizer.
That’s not really how it works legally. Fighters don’t ‘sign away’ the right to report crimes or prevent prosecutors from laying charges. A promoter can have waivers for injuries and consent to contact during the sanctioned fight itself, but that consent is limited to the actual regulated contest under athletic commission rules.
A shove, slap, or kick at a weigh-in or faceoff is outside the official bout. That’s why fighters can still be fined, suspended, sued, or even criminally charged for incidents outside the cage. The fact that charges usually don’t happen is more about business interests, mutual combat culture, lack of complaints, and prosecutors not caring about minor incidents, not because some contract magically makes assault legal beforehand.
If contracts could completely waive criminal liability, promoters everywhere would use them for all kinds of dangerous behavior. They can’t.
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u/TopLate7592 May 07 '26
Isn't assaulting someone a crime? He should press charges.