Cause of death determined in case of Houston fighter Vasquez

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Official cause of death determined for MMA fighter Sam Vasquez
Published 4/8/2008 by Chewy at MMAdness
... Mixed martial arts competitor Sam Vasquez has become the sport’s first fatality resulting from injuries sustained in a sanctioned MMA fight according to the Houston Chronicle’s Chron.com. ...

Official cause of death determined for MMA fighter Sam Vasquez
Published 4/8/2008 by Jesse Holland at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
... Mixed martial arts competitor Sam Vasquez has become the sport’s first fatality resulting from injuries sustained in a sanctioned MMA fight according to the Houston Chronicle’s Chron.com. ...

Why Sam Vasquez Died: Subdural Hemorrhage
Published 4/8/2008 by Luke Thomas <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office did the research and Steve Sievert explains what this means: The official ruling from the medical examiner's office stated that Vasquez died of "complications from blunt trauma to the head with subdural hemorrhage." Due to a ...

Report: Vasquez Died of a Subdural Hemorrhage
Published 4/8/2008 by John Chandler at MMA on Tap
After months of speculation, the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office in Texas has confirmed that Sam Vasquez has become the first fighter in the history of mixed martial arts to die as a result of injuries suffered during the course of a sanctioned bout. The news comes from Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle. The medical examiner’s office ruled that Vasquez died of “complications from blunt trauma to the head with a subdural hemorrhage.” A hemorrage of the brain occurs when blood gathers on the ...

MMA Fighter Sam Vasquez Died of Severe Brain Injury Suffered in Bout
Published 4/8/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Fighting, MMA, MMA/BoxingAutopsy results on Sam Vasquez, a Houston mixed martial arts fighter who died on November 30, confirm that the cause of death was a severe brain injury suffered in an October 20 bout. Vasquez, who was fighting professionally for the third time, is the only competitor ever to die from injuries sustained in a sanctioned MMA fight in the United States. Steve Sievert of the Houston Chronicle reports: The official ruling from the medical examiner's office stated that ...

Sam Vasquez’s cause of death revealed
Published 4/9/2008 by Sam Caplan at Five Ounces of Pain
Houston-based MMA fighter Sam Vasquez died from a severe brain injury, the Harris County Medical Examiner’s office has ruled. The report comes from Steve Sievert’s Brawl Sports Blog at the Houston Chronicle website. Sievert indicates that the official ruling was that Vasquez’s death occurred due to “complications from blunt trauma to the head with subdural hemorrhage. A subdural hemorrhage is described as blood vessels in the brain region rupturing with a buildup of blood building up between the brain and ...