Former Bellator MMA and Legacy Fighting Championship fighter Ivan Cole has reportedly shot and killed himself in a game of Russian Roulette.

A post on CBS DFW's Facebook page broke the news late on Saturday night, claiming he was 'playing roulette with a gun in a Dallas apartment'.

The Dallas Police Department later confirmed Ivan Robert-Earnest Cole was found dead in the apartment after officers responded to a shooting at approximately 7.31 am.

Cole was only 25 years old.

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No further details are immediately available but an autopsy is being carried out.

From New Orleans, Cole won two and lost three of his MMA fights during a career that began in 2012.

His last fight was against George Pacarariu on March 27, 2015, suffering a defeat via submission in the first round.

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It shouldn't really need to be repeated so often but... don't play with guns.

RIP Ivan Cole.