ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — A mixed martial arts fighter who collapsed after an amateur bout in Aberdeen on Saturday remains hospitalized.
KBKW-AM radio in Abderdeen reports the fighter had finished his match during an event at the SouthShore Mall and had returned to the dressing room when he collapsed.
Fight promoter Scott Bean says the man, who is from Aberdeen, initially seemed OK after his fight, other than being exhausted. But he collapsed, wasn't breathing and had no pulse when Bean and a nurse started CPR.
He was brought to a local emergency room before being transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The station says he remained in intensive care with kidney failure Monday.
His name was not immediately released.