Bumbling UFC fighter Jake Heun jailed after a series of rookie errors

Bumbling UFC fighter Jake Heun jailed after a series of rookie errors
Bumbling UFC fighter Jake Heun jailed after a series of rookie errors

A bumbling professional fighter who was dating the glamourous daughter of AFL royalty has been jailed for seven years and nine months in jail.

But with time already served, Jacob Heun, 33, will likely be out in a little over three years after receiving a non-parole period of just four years and nine months.

Nicknamed 'The Honey Bear' as a professional fighter in mixed martial arts, Heun  had been dating the daughter of former 1990 Collingwood premiership hero Doug Barwick when he was busted importing 801 grams of the deadly drug ice.  

Jacob Heun, 33, nicknamed 'The Honey Bear', was allegedly mailing drugs to Danae Barwick (right) - the daughter of AFL great Doug Barwick, a court has heard

Jacob Heun, 33, nicknamed 'The Honey Bear', was allegedly mailing drugs to Danae Barwick (right) - the daughter of AFL great Doug Barwick, a court has heard

Jake Heun (left) trades punches with Smealinho Rama (right) during their World Series of Fighting bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on December 31, 2016 in New York City

Jake Heun (left) trades punches with Smealinho Rama (right) during their World Series of Fighting bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on December 31, 2016 in New York City

Doug Barwick played 147 VFL/AFL matches, including Collingwood's drought-breaking 1990 premiership victory

Doug Barwick played 147 VFL/AFL matches, including Collingwood's drought-breaking 1990 premiership victory 

The American-born fighter had been earning good coin cracking skulls in the cage and dating Danae Barwick when a series of blunders revealed his antics to police.  

'Bad at life, good at fighting,' had been Heun's credo when Federal Police pounced on him in September last year. 

A package of meth labelled 'bath gel and cologne' had busted open in transit from France and alerted Border Force officers. 

The package had been addressed to Heun's old apartment and he was quickly found lurking about the area. 

A search of his phone revealed a treasure trove of illegal activity, including alleged drug trafficking with Ms Barwick, the court was told.

She has not been charged with any offences in Victoria.

Heun claimed he was simply paid $1,000 to pick up the package, which in another blunder weighed a little over a statutory amount that would have placed the offence into a less serious category. 

Heun pleaded guilty to the importation of a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug and a second charge of trafficking cocaine. 

Jake Heun (pictured) was a great fighter, but not so good at drug dealing and was caught by police

Jake Heun (pictured) was a great fighter, but not so good at drug dealing and was caught by police

Jake Heun and Danae Barwick in happier times. He is now behind bars facing life in jail

Jake Heun and Danae Barwick in happier times. He is now behind bars facing life in jail 

In sentencing Heun on Friday, County Court of Victoria Judge Michael Tinney said Heun appeared to have been a decent person before he got mixed up in the drug game. 

'But there really is no alternative but to impose a term of imprisonment on you,' he said. 

The court heard it was through Heun's own stupidity that he was even caught by detectives, with police only able to pin the trafficking charge on him due to his clumsy use of a mobile phone. 

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