Man Dies After Sparring With Man He Met On A MMA Forum Message Board

[No More Sorrow]

Investigators are looking into the death of a Chicago man who died after a two-day series of sparring matches with a Vancouver man he met in an online chat room.

Salvador Flamenco, 38, came to Vancouver on Dec. 15 after arranging the fights with the unidentified Vancouver resident through a website, AllFighters.com, said Sgt. Scott Creager of the Vancouver Police Department. The pair decided to spar at the Vancouver man's home.

The two men fought that day and the next, but after the second day of boxing, Flamenco started complaining of dizziness and nausea, Creager said. The symptoms became more severe and by the time paramedics arrived, Flamenco had begun losing consciousness.

After an autopsy, the Clark County Medical Examiner's Office said Flamenco died of blunt-force injuries and ruled the death a homicide, prompting an investigation by police.
There are obvious issues with a situation like this. For one, they pretty clearly were going far too hard, far too long. Rather than going 60% in a 20 minute session it sounds like they were going 100% for long sessions on consecutive days.

Shit like this shouldn't happen, ever.

 

[The Wrestling Addict]

I don't understand this. Did they hate each other on the forum so one came to the other one's place to fight? Or did they like each other and were just fighting to be fighting for the fun of it?

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I'm sorry but this is pretty funny.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I guess it was just for the "fun" of it.

 

[John McHenry]

They aren't suppose to be talking about it.


Sounds like the same dumb shit you see with backyard wrestling but with guys that have more muscle and are actually connecting blows.

 

[Troy]

Pretty dumb for two people with no experience to spar. Why not just join one of the many gyms out there that now teach MMA? Both guys could have joined and trained together if they really wanted to spar with each other.

 

[The Cork]

No doubt this will get used against them when UFC try to get MMA passed in NY.