According to media reports, Japan's Maki Murakawa, who was about to compete in the Japanese event INNOVATION, suddenly fainted due to weight loss and was declared dead after being rushed to the hospital, and the cause of death was confirmed to be organ failure caused by weight loss.
THE 24-YEAR-OLD MURAKAWA WAS THE RUNNER-UP OF THE INNOVATION WORLD WELTERWEIGHT ROOKIE KING IN 2019, AND IN 2022, MURAKAWA REACHED THE SEMIFINALS OF THE INNOVATION WORLD WELTERWEIGHT THRONE TOURNAMENT AND PLAYED A CLASSIC FIGHT. At the time of the accident, it was in the prime of his career.
The event then disclosed the description of the event on its official website, claiming that INNOVATION World Welterweight No. 8 Maki Murakawa was unwell the day before the fight (December 20) due to a drastic weight loss, and was then taken to the hospital for treatment, and was pronounced dead by doctors in the early morning of the 21st.
At the moment, the event has not revealed more about Murakawa's weight loss, but there has been controversy about weight loss in recent decades. In martial arts events, many fighters will use a series of diets, saunas, weight-loss clothes and other means to achieve the purpose of rapid dehydration before the fight, in order to achieve the participation standard of lower body weight, and after passing the weighing, quickly return to their original weight, although this method does not violate the rules of the event, it can be regarded as a reasonable use of the rules.
However, rapid dehydration has huge potential harm and risks to the body, including adverse reactions such as syncope, electrolyte imbalances, heart rate disorders, severe dehydration, and even death.
In 2016, the 21-year-old Chinese fighter Yang Jianbing died unexpectedly due to suspected "dehydration and weight loss". Measures include requiring ONE Championship fighters to submit regular data on their daily and pre-fight weights, as well as conducting a urine water content test at the time of weigh-in to check whether their bodies are hydrated.
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