{"id":2780,"date":"2024-01-17T10:36:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T09:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2024-01-17T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:52:38","slug":"mma-veteran-diego-braga-father-of-pfl-finalist-gabriel-braga-murdered-in-brazil-by-a-gang-over-a-stolen-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/mma-veteran-diego-braga-father-of-pfl-finalist-gabriel-braga-murdered-in-brazil-by-a-gang-over-a-stolen-motorcycle\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA veteran Diego Braga, father of PFL finalist Gabriel Braga, murdered in Brazil by a gang over a stolen motorcycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Retired MMA fighter Diego Braga was murdered in a\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Brazil<\/span>\u00a0slum by a gang member after he tried to recover his stolen motorcycle, police said.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Braga, 44, discovered his bike was stolen from his residence Monday around 3am and found it in a Rio de Janeiro slum in the western neighborhood of Itanhang\u00e1.<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Diego Braga, veterano do MMA: Meus amigos, minha moto foi roubada na madrugada de ontem em Mozima, dentro da minha garagem! Por favor partilhem e ajudem-me a encontrar estes vagabundos e recuperar a minha bicicleta!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jiujitsu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jiujitsu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bjj?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bjj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/grappling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#grappling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/martialarts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#martialarts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QKeO3rs3Yc\">pic.twitter.com\/QKeO3rs3Yc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1747602093693608295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He went to the neighborhood alone, where he confronted a group of drug dealers, who assaulted and killed him. His body was found Monday evening.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2781 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7.jpg 874w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7-696x439.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to eyewitnesses, Braga decided to go to a slum in search of the bike, but members of the Comando Vermelho criminal gang mistook him for a member of a rival gang and killed him on the spot.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the latest report from Brazilian media outlet G1, police arrested an 18-year-old man named Tawa da Silva on Tuesday morning.<br \/>\nPolice said he admitted his involvement in Braga&#8217;s murder, saying the mixed martial arts fighter had gone to the Morro do Banco favela looking for his stolen motorcycle.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Da Silva added that the gang members decided to kill him after seeing the rival gang members&#8217; phone numbers on his phone.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Braga grew up in Rio das Piedras, an area dominated by criminal gangs and militias.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is the father of Gabriel Braga, a young fighter who reached the PFL finals in Brazil.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diego Braga was an active MMA fighter between 2003 and 2014, facing Charles Oliveira, Milton Vieira, and Adriano Martinez, all of whom ended up competing in the UFC.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Braga has trained Anderson Silva in several of his recent UFC fights and shared the card with his son Gabriel at Future MMA 7 in 2019.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired MMA fighter Diego Braga was murdered in a\u00a0Brazil\u00a0slum by a gang member after he tried to recover his stolen motorcycle, police said. Braga, 44, discovered his bike was stolen from his residence Monday around 3am and found it in a Rio de Janeiro slum in the western neighborhood of Itanhang\u00e1. 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