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Baroni Arrested in Miami, Out on Bond
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Baroni Arrested in Miami, Out on Bond
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
by Josh Gross (joshg@sherdog.com)

In Miami, Fla. over the weekend to shoot a commercial for one of his sponsors, veteran middleweight Phil Baroni (Pictures) spent Sunday evening in jail following an incident outside a South Beach restaurant.

Baroni was released on $5,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned April 30 on one felony count of threatening a police officer and misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting officers without violence, according to records on the Miami-Dade County Web Site.

"Phil was with only his girlfriend at that time and engaged in an altercation with multiple assailants," said Baroni's agent Ken Pavia. "When all the facts come out I think you will find that Phil was reasonably justified in his actions."

The middleweight has not fought since Oct. 2006 when he appeared on the first PRIDE U.S. card. He was supposed to fight Frank Shamrock (Pictures) in April, but after Shamrock signed to fight Renzo Gracie (Pictures) on Showtime their Strikeforce bout was delayed.

Sunday's incident in Miami will not endanger Baroni's June 22 fight with Shamrock, affirmed Pavia, who hired well known criminal defense attorney Paul Petruzzi to represent his fighter.
 

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