Rousey trainer banned, fined by CSAC

Ronda Rousey’s trainer, Edmond Tarverdyan, has been suspended three months and fined $5,000 for falsifying his application as a licensed cornerman.  The California State Athletic Commission issued the ruling on Tuesday.

Tarverdyan, who also is dealing with a bankruptcy case, pled no contest to two felony counts of identity theft and one count of resisting arrest in 2010.  A traffic stop revealed he had multiple social security cards, credit cards and PIN numbers (H/t MMA Fighting).

Tarverdyan responded “no” too whether he had any previous criminal offenses when filling out paperwork for his license to be a cornerman in California.  While its mainly ignored, the application is filled out under penalty of perjury.

Today’s ruling was an appeal of the commission ruling.  He was unsuccessful and is now barred from acting as a licensed cornerman in California and in states with ruling bodies that are members of the Association of Boxing Commissions per MMA Junkie.

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The ruling is another setback for Tarverdyan whose star athlete lost this past November.  He is also going through a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy case in which he claims to have not made any money in some years.  The news of his suspension might raise red flags for the bankruptcy court as to the veracity of his petition.  On another note, the moral of this story is never lie on an application.