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Rachael Ostovich's Husband Sentenced to 4 Years Probation for Domestic Violence

MMA fighter Rachael Ostovich's husband Arnold Berdon was sentenced to four years probation after pleading no-contest to assaulting his wife in November, according to Mark La Monica of Newsday.

Police initially arrested Berdon on suspicion of attempted murder for the Nov. 18 assault, per Hawaii News Now, but the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney's office downgraded the charges to second-degree assault.

Per Lynn Kawano of Hawaii News Now, Ostovich suffered a broken eye socket and multiple bruises. In a nine-minute recording of the assault, Berdon can be heard telling Ostovich, "I'm going to murder you.