UFC Veteran Marvin Vettori’s Younger Brother Dies in Apartment Fire

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Marvin Vettori is mourning the death of his younger brother following his death in a fire in Italy.

According to a report from TGCom24, a fire broke out at Patrick Vettori’s apartment in Mezzocorona, which is in the northern Italian province of Trento. Patrick died of smoke inhalation before firefighters could arrive on the scene. He was 30 years old.

You were and always will be [No. 1] my little brother! You left a void that cannot be filled, I will love you until my last breath,” Marvin Vettori wrote on Instagram. “I don’t think I’ll be the same after today because maybe I never told you but you’ve always been my strength. You were the smartest and smartest of the [two], you were creating a wonderful future for yourself and I can’t get over it.

“It is said that Jesus calls back the most beautiful souls prematurely to have them with him in heaven and then I hope that you are there with him looking and watching over us with that goodness that has always set you apart. I love you my brother, and even though it won’t be easy to continue life without you, it gives me heart to know that one day I’ll be buried next to you.”

Marvin Vettori, 31, returned to the Octagon after more than a year-and-a-half absence at UFC Vegas 104 on March 15, when he suffered a unanimous decision loss in a rematch against Roman Dolidze. The former middleweight title challenger is 9-6-1 during his Octagon tenure, which began in 2016.