Conor McGregor Reacts To Death Of MMA Fighter Joao Carvalho

The MMA world is greatly saddened by the death of fighter Joao Carvalho after he sustained a TKO loss to Charlie Ward in Dublin, Ireland, this past weekend.

Carvalho was involved in a back-and-forth affair with Conor McGregor‘s teammate Ward, who eventually won via TKO in the third. After the fight, the Portuguese fighter was apparently fine, but then began suffering from headaches and nausea and was rushed to the hospital.

It’s an uncommon and unfortunate set of circumstances that has the Irish MMA community understandably shook to its core. In his home city Dublin to support Ward and his other teammates ringside, ‘The Notorious’ posted a heart-felt response to Carvalho’s unfortunate and untimely passing this afternoon:

It could not be summed up better than how McGregor put it, as he knows the extreme high and lows of the fight game after his meteoric rise from a competitor who was once on welfare to his lofty position as the UFC’s biggest star as their featherweight champion.

But he’s never been forced to suffer anything like the sadness Carvalho’s family is suffering now, and it’s almost impossible to offer up any words of condolence and support to them in a time like this.

He most certainly tried in eloquent fashion, and at this point, that’s all anyone close to the situation can do. Our hearts and best wishes go out to the family of Joao Carvalho, and we can only hope a situation this does not arise in MMA ever again.