Former MMA fighter Diego Braga, 44, was tragically killed in Brazil while attempting to recover his stolen motorcycle. Diego, who is the father of 2023 PFL finalist Gabriel Braga, had posted on social media about the theft of his bike from his garage on Sunday night. Witnesses reported that he went to a favela in Rio de Janeiro to search for his motorcycle. Subsequently, he was murdered by a suspected member of a drug gang. Gabriel Braga has since issued a statement regarding the senseless killing of his father due to gang violence.
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Diego Braga, father of 2023 #PFL finalist Gabriel Braga, was tragically killed in Brazil today. Braga made a social media post Monday alerting people that his new bike had been stolen out of his garage on Sunday night. According to witnesses, Braga went to a favela to look for… https://t.co/qTMlTuStru