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Hawaii mixed martial arts fighter Rachel Ostovich will fight in a bout next month even after suffering a broken eye socket when her fellow fighter and husband allegedly hit her.
Her manager, Brian Butler Au, said on Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday that her fight against Paige VanZant scheduled for Jan. 19 is on. Butler Au told KHON-TV she’s been healing.
Butler Au last week said the fight was canceled because of Ostovich’s injuries that were suffered at a home in Makaha at about 2 a.m. Nov. 18. He told KHON-TV in a statement Tuesday she had a follow-up checkup and she’s been healing. He says she never wanted to pull out of the fight.
The day after the assault, she filed a petition for a temporary restraining order against her husband, Arnold Berdon. The court granted the order, which expires in May.
Honolulu police arrested Berdon after he turned himself in Nov. 20 at the Honolulu Police Department’s Alapai headquarters. Prosecutors charged him last week with second-degree assault after he allegedly punched his wife in the head, face and ribs, fracturing her eye socket. He made his initial court appearance Monday at Honolulu District Court before Judge Darolyn Lendio, who set his preliminary hearing for Dec. 18. Berdon remains free after posting $75,000 bail.
Berdon’s lawyer says he will plead not guilty.