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Sam Vasquez
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests.
Sam Vasquez
35-year-old Sam Vasquez collapsed after taking a punch to the chin during a fight on October 20, 2007, in the third round against Vince Libardi at the Renegades Extreme Fighting contest in Houston, Texas. After losing consciousness and experiencing what appeared to be a seizure, he was taken to Saint Joseph Medical Center Critical Care Unit. He was diagnosed with a subdural hemorrhage, for which a section of the skull was removed to relieve pressure. Additional swelling led to the placement of a tube to allow cerebral spinal fluid to be drained out of the cavities in the brain to make room for more swelling, as well as to allow the monitoring of pressure in the brain. He slipped into a coma for 48 hours until his death on November 30.