Portuguese welterweight Joao Carvalho died on Monday night (April 11, 2016) after last weekend's technical knockout (TKO) loss to Charlie Ward at the Total Extreme Fighting (TEF) Championship event inside the National Boxing Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.
But was his death preventable?
Immediately after the contest and long before Carvalho began to feel ill, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor -- cageside to coach his SBG Ireland teammate -- suggested the fight may have gone on a bit longer than necessary.
"Your man [Carvalho] took some big shots," McGregor told MMAConnectTV (via The Independent).