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Posted: Apr 10, 2013 10:27 AM ET
Last Updated: Apr 10, 2013 11:25 AM ET
Two fighters face off at a professional mixed martial arts tournament in Seattle, Wash. on Dec. 8, 2012. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo) A Hamilton man died after an unregulated mixed martial arts (MMA) match in Michigan on Saturday.
Felix Pablo Elochukwu, 35, died in hospital after participating in an Amateur Fighting League bout in Port Huron, Mich., just across the St. Clair River from Sarnia, Ont.
The Nigerian-born fighter lasted three rounds in the ring. Officials stopped the fight when Elochukwu showed signs he was having difficulty defending himself.
"He just had an MMA fight and he got a little exhausted and the fight was stopped," said Rick Joslin, founder of Joslin's Martial Arts, the gym where Elochukwu trained.
"He was perfectly alright. He just got tired at the end, got a little dizzy. They gave him some juice and then he collapsed forward. Now they're doing an autopsy to see if he had a heart attack or whatever."
"A very, very nice fellow," Joslin said of the fighter. "Very quiet, but he was a big boy and I think maybe the over-exertion from the fight was a little too much for him at that time."
"We lost a member of our MMA family and we would like to take this time to honor him," the Amateur Fighting Club said in a statement posted to its Facebook page.
"This is a tragic turn of events. We will keep his family and friends in our prayers and we ask you to do the same. May God be with them in this devastating time of loss."
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