Former UFC featherweight Suman Mokhtarian was killed on Wednesday evening while out for a walk in northwest Sydney. Mokhtarian, 33, was struck by multiple gunshots from occupants of a red Audi that pulled up alongside him at around 6 PM local time. Emergency services pronounced him dead at the scene after arriving minutes later following calls from nearby witnesses.
Suman Mokhtarian, 33, Ex-UFC Featherweight, Dies in Sydney Gun Attack
Mokhtarian first came to prominence in 2018 on Season 27 of The Ultimate Fighter. He earned a contract with the UFC but suffered back-to-back defeats, first a TKO loss to Sodiq Yusuff and then a unanimous decision setback against Seung Woo Choi, which ended his run in the promotion in 2019.