I. Cole (photo) passed away this weekend in the USA
Another death haunts MMA this week. After fulminant cardiac arrest suffered by Kimbo Slice, last Monday (06), another Bellator athlete passed away in the United States in the early hours of this Sunday (12). American Ivan Cole died from a gunshot wound to the head in the city of Dallas. The death would have occurred after a 'game' of Russian roulette, according to local police suspicions.
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Despite the police's suspicion, in an interview with the “New York Daily News”, Cole's mother considered that her son may have been murdered due to debts.
“Some say it was about money, some said something about Russian roulette, but I don't have any facts right now. I’m a little devastated right now,” she said.
Cole, just 25 years old, leaves behind a wife and a four-year-old daughter. He had five fights as a professional athlete with three losses and two wins. The last time he stepped into the cage, the American was submitted by George Pacurariu in the first round of Bellator 135.
The fighter had just celebrated two years of marriage. On her Facebook page, the athlete's wife had posted the following sentence on Friday night: “You still give me butterflies.”
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