Anthony "Tony" E. DeDolph is a Petty Officer in the United States Navy SEALs, elite SEAL Team Six. He is also a former professional l mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. On November 4,2017 The Intercept revealed that Anthony DeDolph was under investigation in connection with the murder of Special Forces or "Green Beret" member, Logan Melgar in Mali along with another Seal Team Six member. ^[1]

Anthony DeDolph had a professional MMA fight record of 1 win, 5 losses, and 1 draw spanning from December 1, 1999-November 17, 2001.

During his career, he defeated Mike Lee and tied Justin Wisniewski.

Anthony DeDolph lost fights to Ryan Bow, Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Phil Johns, Jeff Curran, and Brian Dunn. DeDolph had an amateur MMA fight record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws spanning from October 4, 1999-November 6, 1999. Anthony DeDolph fought under the name Tony DeDolph.

Anthony DeDolph is a Petty Officer in the United States Navy SEALs, elite SEAL Team Six. ^[1] At the time of Logan Melgar's murder Anthony DeDolph, another unidentified SEAL Team Six member, and another unidentified special forces member were deployed to Mali on a clandestine counterterrorism mission. The goal of the four men was to work with French and Malian soldiers to collect intelligence about local militants who were trending Islamist. ^[1] Anthony DeDolph and the second SEAL Team Six member under investigation in Melgar's death were both placed on administrative leave.

On June 4, 2017 at 5 a.m Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar was found dead in Embassy housing he shared in Bamako, Mali with three other American Special Operations forces troops. Two Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six are being investigated as persons of interest in the murder. One of the SEALs under investigation was identified by The Intercept as Petty Officer, Anthony E. DeDolph who is a former professional mixed martial arts fighter. ^[1] Logan Melgar was a Staff Sargent with a Special Forces (United States Army) better known as the Green Berets.

Staff Sgt. Melgar’s superiors in Stuttgart, Germany almost immediately suspected it was a murder and dispatched an investigating officer to the scene within 24 hours, military officials said. Agents from the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command arrived soon after and spent months on the case before transferring it to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service on September 25, 2017. While no charges have been laid in Staff Sgt. Melgar’s death, which a military medical examiner ruled to be “a homicide by asphyxiation,” or strangulation, said three military officials briefed on the autopsy results. The two Navy SEALs, who have not been identified, were flown out of Mali shortly after the episode and were placed on administrative leave. Investigator has declined to provide the motive for the murder, “N.C.I.S. does not discuss the details of ongoing investigations,” Ed Buice, the agency’s spokesman, said in an email, confirming that his service had taken over the case on Sept. 25.

According to The Daily Beast, two special operations sources say, that Logan Melgar had discovered that the two SEALs, one identified as Petty Officer Anthony DeDolph, were stealing money from an informant fund. The fund had been created to pay informants who helped them gather intelligence local militants who were trending Islamic. The SEALS offered to cut him in, but Melgar declined, these sources said. ^[1]

The SEALs told superiors that Melgar was drunk during combative which are hand-to-hand fighting exercises. A source told The Daily Beast the SEALs filed at least one operational report about the incident and possibly two. At least one of the reports included an account that Melgar was drunk.

A former AFRICOM official who saw the autopsy report said no drugs or alcohol were found in Melgar’s system.

At least one source believes he did not drink alcohol at all.

A second former Africa Command official said Brig.

Gen. Donald Bolduc, then commander of Special Operations Command-Africa, was skeptical of the initial reports from the outset.

He alerted Army Criminal Investigation Command and told commanders in Mali to preserve evidence.

Melgar’s wife, Michelle, was also suspicious, three sources tell The Daily Beast.

She raised concerns about the cause of death and allegations of drinking, according to three people familiar with the investigation, including providing investigators emails sent by her husband about problems he was having with the SEALs.