Former Ultimate

Fighting Championship heavyweight Tim Hague is

reportedly brain dead after suffering a brutal knockout loss Friday

night in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Hague battled Adam

Braidwood in the Shaw Conference Centre and was knocked

completely out in the second round.

Braidwood (8-1, 7 KOs) hit Hague clean on the head and when the

10-year mixed martial arts veteran fell flat onto his back, his

head bounced violently off the canvas. According to various

reports, Hague was clearly not right backstage and was rushed to

the hospital. From there, things turned grave as the Canadian had

to have surgery to relieve pressure from his brain bleeding.

Sportnet’s James Lynch

was the first to report on Hague’s condition and followed up that

he is in a coma. Realfightstories.com’s Mike Russell added that

Hague has been declared brain dead.

UFC vet Sarah

Kaufman was ringside and snapped a photo of a fallen Hague just

moments after he was knocked out.

Hague entered the bout with Braidwood with a 1-2 overall record and

was knocked out in December. His last MMA bout was in July 2016

where he was knocked out with a head kick and punches from Michael

Andryszak. The “Thrashing Machine” stood at 21-13 in MMA, including

a 1-4 record inside the Octagon; his lone win being a submission

over Pat

Barry at UFC 98. He had lost four of his last five MMA

bouts.

Sources in contact with teammates at the

hospital tell me Hague was declared brain dead 2 hrs ago. Such a

tragedy. Thoughts with his family. — Mike Russell (@MIKERUSSELLMMA) June

17, 2017