Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Fakiha Baig
Publication Date: December 17, 2024 - 07:28
MMA organizer questioned about fatal fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of British boxer
December 17, 2024
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.
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