Sammy Vasquez, 35, from Houston, Texas, died on 11/30. The Fight Network reports that Vasquez suffered a 3rd knockout loss to Vince Libardi during a Renegades Extreme Fighting bout on 10/20 at Houston’s Toyota Center. After the fight, Vasquez was taken to Saint Joseph Medical Center’s Critical Care Unit, where he began a 47-day struggle.
This marks the first ever documented fatality in Mixed Martial Arts.
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Thread: Sammy Vasquez Dies at Age 35
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12-02-2007, 06:48 PM #1WOOOOO!
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Sammy Vasquez Dies at Age 35
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12-06-2007, 04:16 PM #2DON'T GIE'A FUCK
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12-06-2007, 04:38 PM #3Main Eventer
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Aw, that's horrible. This might make Congress look into MMA and change it...
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12-16-2007, 07:48 AM #4Kal Ho Na Ho,C'est La Vie
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What could congress do to change a full contact sport? Their job is to punch each other in the heads over and over and over until one of them quits.
Originally Posted by EeL
Aw, that's horrible. This might make Congress look into MMA and change it...
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