An MMA official from Texas, who used to be a UFC judge has been charged with two sex-related felonies involving minors. Texas police arrested the judge In question, 49-year-old Robert Griffin Alexander, earlier this month.
Alexander is a veteran MMA official and experienced UFC judge, who is also an aerospace engineer. On October 14, Alexander was arrested and held in Galveston County Jail, on accusations of aggravated sexual assault on a child and sexual contact indecency with a child.
The bail for Robert Griffin Alexander is $40.000 per offense, and he is scheduled to appear before a judge on November 29. The judge is licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration, the Alabama Athletic Commission and the Tennessee State Athletic Commission.
The accusations are that the UFC judge “intentionally or knowingly caused the sexual organ of (redacted), a child who was then and there younger than 14 years of age, to contact or penetrate the mouth” on or around January 1, 2000.” This is a first-degree felony.
The second-degree felony Alexander is caused of is indecency with a child with sexual contact. Allegedly, Alexander “engaged in sexual contact by touching the genitals of a child under 17” o the same date in 2000 as the first charge.
The charges are filed in Texas, which has no statute of limitations on sexual crimes,
Robert Griffin Alexander started MMA officiating in 2011 and has judged over 700 fights since then. Apart from being a Texas-based UFC judge, he also judged many bouts for major promotions Bellator and LFA, as well as other local promotions.
The last time Alexander worked at a UFC event was UFC 271. He was the judge behind a controversial 29-28 score that brought Casey O’Neill a victory over Roxanne Modafferi, who for some reason, Alexander favored in his scorecard. He did not stop there, drawing more attention to himself by controversy proclaiming Vanderaa as the winner in his bout with Arlovski on the same card.
