Roman Simakov in coma, suffered serious brain damage

[The Hammer]

I just watched it, and the way Simakov was at the end reminded me of McClellan at the end of his fight with Benn.

These poor guys give us these fights, we want slugfests but when people are taking hard shots all night there is always a chance of this happening.

[Faerun]

Word on ESB is he died!? I can't seem to find anything online. Do you guys have better sources?

[etlux]

wow update as of a few minutes ago

http://en.ria.ru/sports/20111208/169480794.html

he has died.

R.I.P. Roman

[GatecrasherUA]

It is confirmed. Rest in peace, Roman.

[etlux]

It is confirmed. Rest in peace, Roman.

sucks I feel for his family. I just watched the fight on youtube. His opponent landed quite a few powerful blows to the back of the head, especially some in clinches. I wonder if this helped the injury along although in theory I can't see why a blow on the back of the head is any worse than one on the front as the common theory goes. But he did get hit a lot during the fight