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Ex-UFC fighter Alessio Di Chirico arrested after assaulting taxi driver while on vacation

Retired Italian fighter Alessio Di Chirico has been arrested in Spain after allegedly assaulting a 32-year-old taxi driver.

Di Chirico, a former mixed martial artist who had 11 fights in the UFC, was reportedly on vacation with his family when the incident occurred according to Spanish outlet Diario de Ibiza. Accompanied by his wife and two children, Di Chirico hailed a taxi to take them from a nearby restaurant back to their hotel. The alleged victim informed Di Chirico that he could not sit in the back seat with his family as local laws prohibited four parties from sitting in the back seat of a vehicle.