Di Chirico was born in Rome, Italy. He attended University of Foro Italico, majoring in Sport and Science. He started playing American football when he was young and he was the linebacker for Grizzlies Rome from 2008 to 2011. He started MMA training to lose weight and his friend Giovanni Pinelli introduced MMA to him, and decided to transition to MMA from American football after 2011. He joined Roman Gymnasium Hung Mun and started his MMA training there.
Di Chirico made his promotional debut at on April 10, 2016. He face Bojan Veličković and he lost the bout by unanimous decision. On August 27, 2016, Di Chirico faced Garreth McLellan on. He won the fight via split decision. He next faced Eric Spicely on on January 28, 2017. He lost the fight via submission in the first round. Di Chirico was expected to face Rafael Natal at on July 22, 2017. However, Di Chirico pulled out in the weeks leading up to the event due to a neck injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Eryk Anders. Di Chirico faced Oluwale Bamgbose on December 16, 2017 at UFC on Fox 26. He won the fight via knockout in the second round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night bonus. Di Chirico faced Julian Marquez on July 6, 2018 at. At the weigh-ins, Julian Marquez weighed in at 190 lbs, four pounds over the middleweight limit of 186. He was fined 30% of his fight purse to Di Chirco and the bout proceeded at a catchweight. He won the fight via split decision. Di Chirico was expected to face Jared Cannonier on November 17, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 140. However, it was reported on October 19, 2018 that Cannonier would face David Branch at UFC 230 and Di Chirico was pulled from the card. Di Chirico was expected to face Tom Breese on March 17, 2019 at UFC Fight Night 147. However Di Chirico pulled out of the fight in early January citing an undisclosed injury and subsequent surgery. Di Chirico faced Kevin Holland on June 22, 2019 at UFC Fight Night 154. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Di Chirico was expected to face Peter Sobotta on September 28, 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 18. However, Sobotta was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Makhmud Muradov. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Di Chirico was linked to fight promotional newcomer Antonio Arroyo on November 16, 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 22, however, it was announced on October 24, 2019 Arroya was scheduled to fight Andre Muniz instead. Di Chirico was scheduled to face Abu Azaitar on April 11, 2020 at. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was eventually cancelled. Di Chirico is expected to face Zak Cummings on August 29, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 176.
Personal life
Di Chirico is founder of his current MMA Team, the GLORIA Fight Center based in Rome. Di Chirico considers the Italian MMA fighters knights instead of gladiators for Italian. MMA fighters are gentlemen, committing to fight for a principle and for an idea.
