Father of Former UFC Fighter Arrested for connections to the Russian Mafia

Last time we have seen how Sharabutdin Magomedov (Shara Bullet) was chilling with a Russian Mafia Boss in Moscow, you can check this here. 57-year-old "thief-in-law" Gela Jojua was detained in Tbilisi after risking a return to his homeland to support his 29-year-old daughter, Liana, former UFC Fighter, a mixed martial artist known by the nickname "She Wolf." On December 14, after a two-year hiatus, Liana Jojua, defeated her Brazilian opponent, Jacqueline Ferreira, by technical knockout in the first round during a GFC tournament in Tbilisi. Liana's record now includes eight victories and six losses. As for the father of the former Fight Nights Global champion, Gela Jojua joined the "thieves' family" in 1996, a year after his daughter's birth. While becoming a parent sometimes motivates a young person to change their lifestyle, this was not the case for Gela. Before his recent arrest, Gela had already faced four convictions. His first sentence—eight years—was handed down in 1986 by the military tribunal of the Kutaisi garrison for robbery and possession of weapons. This lesser-known detail of his early biography likely indicates that he served in the Soviet Army. A year later, while serving his sentence in Rustavi prison, Jojua received an additional six years for escaping. His subsequent convictions—a year in 2006 and six months in 2012—came when he was already a recognized "thief-in-law" and were handed down by Moscow district courts for drug-related offenses. Since then, Jojua has grown a long beard and no longer resembles his former self. However, if the Georgian authorities see through his benign appearance and identify him as a member of the criminal elite, Gela could face a new prison term for his status in the highest criminal caste. submitted by /u/stalino2023 [link] [comments]