Amateur MMA fighter Tyrone “Teesta” Mims died Saturday night soon after a loss at a regional event in South Carolina.
According to “The Post and Courier,” a Charleston-based newspaper, Mims suffered problems backstage after his loss to Blake Poore and was taken by paramedics to Medical University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead soon after.
The event, “Conflict MMA Promotions: Fight Night at the Point 6,” took place in Mount Pleasant, S.C.