AN MMA fighter has died following a motorcycle accident.
Moldovan-Italian fighter Iuri Lapicus passed away in hospital having spent three days in a coma following the incident on Friday evening.
Moldovan-Italian MMA star Iuri Lapicus has died following a motorcycle accident
Lapicus was airlifted to hospital in Milan on Friday but passed away after spending three days in a coma
Lapicus won 14 out of his 16 professional MMA bouts
The 27-year-old was airlifted to hospital in Milan on Friday but news of his death emerged on Monday.
Italian kickboxer Giorgio Petrosyan, who trained in the same gym as Lapicus, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, took to Instagram on Monday afternoon.
He uploaded pictures of Lapicus and captioned the post: “I want to remember you like this. RIP.”
Lapicus reportedly trained in the same gym as Petrosyan.
Lapicus had joined promotion ONE Championship in 2019, and last fought in August 2022.
In 2021 Lapicus took on Eddie Alvarez, who was beaten by Conor McGregor at UFC 205 in 2016.
Alvarez was initially disqualified from the fight against Lapicus for illegal strikes to the back of the head, but the result was later overturned to a no contest.
Lapicus won 14 out of his 16 professional MMA fights.
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