Uber driver arrested for killing former UFC fighter Rodrigo de Lima

Natalino Werneck, Shooto Rodrigo de Lima scored a submission victory in his last MMA bout, in June 2018.Uber driver Jefferson Roger Maciel Barata has been arrested and confessed to killing former UFC fighter Rodrigo de Lima in a hit and run incident in Belem last Saturday night, Brazilian website UOL reported Friday.

In his statement to the police, Barata, who started working as an Uber driver five months ago, says he was punched by de Lima after asking him and three other people inside the car to bring the tone of their voices down.

After de Lima and the three other left the car, Barata drove away. Instead of reporting the attack to the police, Barata says he decided to come back and “scare”…