Ex-UFC Star Known as ‘New York Badass’ Charged With Murder in Mexico

Jan 5 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
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Retired mixed martial artist Phil Baroni has been arrested in Mexico for allegedly killing his girlfriend, local prosecutors said Wednesday.

The former UFC fighter, 46, was detained after a woman was found dead on Jan. 1 in the beach resort of San Francisco, the prosecutors’ office in Nayarit state said. According to the Tribuna de la Bahia outlet, Baroni sought officers’ help and told them his girlfriend had slipped and hit her head after he had thrown her into a...

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