Fighter suffers seizure following KO loss at Russian MMA event

entry-content__stream "> Saturday’s OPLOT event in Russia saw a fighter seize up following a KO loss. Watch the highly graphic video here.

By: Karim Zidan | 9 years ago

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Saturday’s OPLOT event in Russia saw a fighter seize up following a KO loss. Watch the highly graphic video here.

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Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.