Michael Kirkham Died

Michael Kirkham dies in his debut game. He was only 30 and was appearing in his first professional MMA fight which was fought in South Carolina on Saturday. It has been reported by WRDW TV station that Michael Kirkham had died and could not survive from his head injuries in the hospital. He was transported to the hospital on Saturday.


It has been further reported by WRDW that Michael Kirkham who belonged to Gaston S.C. has been pronounced dead by the authorities of Aiken Regional Medical Center today morning. He got head injuries after being struck up numerous times during his fight on Saturday and was unresponsive when he was rushed to the hospital. It has also been said that he never returned to consciousness before his death, reported by WRDW television station.

Kirkham was a new comer in this field as he had only six fights being an amateur in the events of MMA. Though he was 6.9 foot but he was not a heavy weight fighter. “Tree” was the nickname which was given to this youngster just because of his height. Sam King told while talking to media that he has no comments except of conveying his deep sorrow and prayers to his family.

Reports also claim that this is a second death of this nature in which a fighter died because of his injuries during MMA fight in the history of United States. Sam Vasquez was the other fighter who had lost his life in year 2007. He was also a youngster.