An MMA organizer being investigated over an Alberta fighter's death has connections to a company previously criticized for safety lapses after a novice boxer died in the UK. Calls for stricter regulations in combative sports are mounting in Alberta following the death of a 33-year-old amateur MMA fighter.
A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter's death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United Kingdom. A senior coroner in Worcestershire, England, urges in a report that U.K.-based Ultra Events Ltd. improve its safety standards following the 2022 death of fighter Dominic Chapman. The company's website promotes MMA and boxing fights, comedy shows and adventure trips.
'Chapman sustained a fatal head injury in the course of a charity boxing match organized by Ultra Events Ltd.,' coroner David Reid says in the report.Reid's report is dated June 6.Calls are growing in Alberta for better safety regulations in combative sports, following the death of a 33-year-old amateur MMA fighter last weekend. Almost six months later near Edmonton, amateur MMA fighter Trokon Dousuah died on Nov. 25 of injuries he sustained two days earlier in a charity fight. The match was organized by Ultra MMA, which Ultra Events Ltd. says in an email is one of its brands.Somebody should have known better: Death of Edmonton man after MMA match raises regulation questions Mounties have not said how the 33-year-old died, but video of the fight shows him being helped from the ring in distress.The fight was sanctioned by the Central Combative Sports Commission, based in Penhold, Alta. The chair of the commission and the First Nation didn't respond to emails requesting comment. A person who answered the phone at the community centre said it had no comment
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