Joao Carvalho (right) died following a mixed martial arts fight in Dublin last Saturday
Last night Michael Ring (acting tourism and sports minister) spoke to Joe Molloy of Newstalk’s Off The Ball programme in relation to the regulation or the lack thereof of mixed martial arts fighting events in Ireland.
It was a slog.
He saw it coming, he says.
Previously: Losing The Fight
Charlie Ward (left) and Joao Carvalho during their bout in Dublin last Saturday
[Joao] Carvalho was taken to Beaumont for emergency surgery following the Total Extreme Fighting 1 event at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night.
According to the Facebook page of Carvalho’s gym – Team Nobrega – he passed away at 9:35pm last night.
Charlie ‘The Hospital’ Ward scored a third round TKO victory over Joao Carvalho at the National Stadium.
MMA Fighter Joao Carvalho dies after event at the National Stadium (The Irish Sun)
Thinkhouse PR’s TV strand takes a look at the life of Mixed Martial Arts exponent James Gallagher.
By 15, James was training alongside Irish MMA star Conor McGregor.
He’s 16 now
In June he will attempt to be the first Irish person to win the World Jiu—Jitsu Championship in California.
He’s not to be meddled with.
