Leonardo Soulett has a prior conviction for trying to strangle a relative during a fight at a Sunnyvale construction site.
SAN JOSE — A one-time South Bay mixed-martial arts fighter has been jailed on suspicion of murder after he applied a fatal chokehold on a man during a chance fight Monday at a West San Jose liquor store, authorities say.
Soulett was arrested Monday at Williams Liquor in the 1000 block of Leigh Avenue, where the fatal encounter was reported just after 12:20 p.m. Soulett is a former amateur MMA fighter who once fought out of Gilroy and had a 1-2 record in official bouts. His last sanctioned fight was in 2018. Soulett served just under a year in county jail after he pleaded no contest to the assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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