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Phil Baroni, one of the vital well-traveled fighters of the 2000s, has been arrested in Mexico for the alleged homicide of his girlfriend, based on a report from Tribuna De La Bahia. Baroni was arrested in a resort in San Pancho on Sunday.
According to the report, Baroni and his girlfriend, a Mexico City native, engaged in an argument in a resort after she revealed she had cheated on him. According to Baroni, he demanded she bathe, and when she refused, he threw her into the bathe the place she struck her head twice.
Baroni acknowledged he then positioned her on the mattress the place she requested beer and cigarettes. When he returned, he believed she was asleep however was unable to wake her, at which level he notified police of the scenario. Upon getting into the resort room police seen bruising and marking on the sufferer’s face and physique, based on the report.
Baroni was then arrested and an investigation is ongoing.
Baroni made his title in MMA as a brash New Yorker with heavy palms. He made his UFC debut in 2001, defeating Curtis Stout in what was simply the second struggle of Baroni’s profession. In the Octagon, he fought a number of males who would both maintain or problem for the UFC middleweight title.
He debuted in Pride in 2005, preventing six instances for the promotion. Baroni additionally fought in Strikeforce, EliteXC, OneFC, DREAM and Bellator, along with UFC returns in 2009 and 2011.
