Michael Kirkham Dies Pro MMA Debut COLUMBIA, S.C. � A 6-foot-9 mixed martial arts fighter named Michael Kirkham, 30, has died from brain injuries suffered in his professional MMA debut.
…WRDW in Augusta first reported that Kirkham was transported to Aiken Regional Medical Center from the venue following the fight and was pronounced dead of a brain hemorrhage Monday morning.
Coroner Tim Carlton confirmed to MMAFighting.com that Kirkham was unconscious from the finish of the fight all the way until this morning. An autopsy will be conducted Tuesday.
Kirkham, who according to his own Facebook page, held an amateur record of 3-3, was taken down early in the fight and lost by referee stoppage from ground and pound strikes. But when he did not regain consciousness, doctors and medics attended to him in the ring and stretchered him out.
Kirkham was the captain of his own Fayetteville Independents MMA team and according to his teammate John Yox’s Facebook page, had severe bleeding in the brain and had been kept on life support. A message left on Yox’s voicemail was not returned.
The South Carolina Athletic Commission requires that all boxers and MMA fighters submit an original or certified lab…
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