[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A 38-year-old MMA fighter has died at 38 years old after getting knocked out during a bare-knuckle championship match.
According to reports, Justin Thornton (pictured above) passed away at a Gulfport, Mississippi hospital on Sunday, more than a month after he was knocked out by Dillon Cleckler in the first round of a heavyweight Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship event on August 20 in Mississippi. Related: Ellen Pompeo Seemingly Brags About Fight With ‘Motherf**ker’ Denzel Washington BKFC President Dave Feldman confirmed the sad news on Monday, saying in a statement to MMA Fighting: Mississippi Athletic Commission Chairman Jon Lewis said the death came as loved ones were trying to get him into a
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