An investigation has been launched into the death of a mixed martial arts fighter believed to have suffered poisoning from an unidentified substance in Russia.
Aleksandr Pisarev, 33, and his wife were hospitalized after falling ill on October 30, according to various reports. Pisarev died shortly thereafter while his wife remains in hospital.
“Alexander Pisarev died in his sleep and did not have any chronic health problems,” a member of Pisarev’s Tomahawk team told Russian state news agency Tass.ru. “According to preliminary data, death was the result of food poisoning.”
The Tomahawk team later confirmed Pisarev’s passing without listing a cause of death.