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Former TUF Competitor Doug Sparks Arrested on Rape, Criminal Confinement Charges

Dustin FilloyDec 26, 2014

Former The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 contestant Doug Sparks found himself locked in a county jail in Indiana on Saturday after allegedly committing several crimes in Bloomington, per a report by MMA Weekly (h/t Yahoo Sports).

Sparks reportedly forced an unknown woman to stay with him while he assaulted her for several days.

Sparks was detained in the Monroe County Jail on Thursday on "preliminary charges of rape, criminal confinement, battery with bodily harm and theft," according to The Herald Times. He is being held on a $250,000 surety-only bond.

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The 32-year-old light heavyweight competed on the opening episode of The Ultimate Fighter Season 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn, where he lost via a first-round kimura to Patrick Walsh in a preliminary-round fight.

Following his tryout for TUF Season 19, Sparks, wearing a pair of novelty polar bear ears, talked about what drew him to MMA during an interview with Indianapolis Star Sports.

"I always wanted to fight," Sparks said. "I was born with an innate drive to violence. ... I was getting in trouble, when I was around 18 or so, (but) once I saw the UFC...I just saw some highlights like on Sherdog and stuff, and I was like, 'Now I know what I (want to) do.' It was the easiest decision I ever had to make."

Sparks, a resident of Bloomington, went unbeaten in nine amateur fights before turning pro in November 2006. He lost by second-round TKO to UFC veteran Anthony Lapsley in his pro debut at Extreme Combat Challenge: Season's Beatings.

Sparks followed his loss to Lapsley by reeling off seven straight wins. During that span, he finished every opponent (five submissions and two TKOs).

In his last bout, Sparks fell to once-beaten middleweight Shaun Asher via unanimous decision at TWEF: Turf Wars 8 in 2012.