Love triangle eyed in MMA champion killing

Former PXC champion Ale Cali. Photo from Pacifix Xtreme Combat Facebook.

The police is eyeing a love triangle as one of the motives in the fatal shooting of mixed martial artist Ale Cali last Sunday.

Cali, 25, was gunned down by unknown motorcycle-riding suspects in Davao City.

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“It might be a case of love triangle or have something to do with his business,” said Davao City police director Vicente Danao in a report on Fight News Asia.

“It’s probably that he had hurt someone, who naturally wanted to hurt him back also,” said Danao.

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Cali (5-3) has been preparing in Davao for a possible return to the Pacific X-Treme Combat (PXC) cage this November. CFC