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A erstwhile mixed martial artist died aft playing hero, redeeming 4 girls from a beardown current, according to reports.
Medet Zheenaliev, 30, spotted 4 girls swimming successful Lake Issyk-Kul successful his location state of Kyrgyzstan connected Tuesday, and 1 of them was reportedly pulled nether nan current.
Zheenaliev and a friend went into nan h2o to prevention nan girls, but nan combatant ne'er resurfaced, according to The Sun.
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The Octagon cage is seen during nan UFC Fight Night arena astatine Boardwalk Hall Arena successful Atlantic City, New Jersey, connected March 30, 2024. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Divers recovered his assemblage nan adjacent day.
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The reservoir is nan ninth-deepest successful nan world, reaching a extent of 2,192 feet.
Zheenaliev had 4 master fights, splitting them moreover pinch 2 wins and 2 losses. His debut was a triumph complete Vladimir Kravchuk connected Sept. 23, 2017, successful Fightpro's Battle for nan Belt successful Moscow. Zheenaliev earned nan triumph pinch an armbar submission 2:08 into nan fight.
A wide position of nan Octagon during UFC 242 astatine The Arena successful Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, connected Sept. 7, 2019. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC)
At nan Battle connected Volga 3 six months later, he defeated Shamil Temirkhanov successful a first-round knockout.
He did not person nan aforesaid occurrence successful his last 2 fights, tapping retired to a rear-naked choke successful nan 2nd information against Akhmadkhan Bokov astatine nan Road to M-1 connected April 7, 2018.
A wide position of nan UFC Octagon wrong Prudential Center successful Newark, New Jersey, anterior to nan UFC 328 arena connected May 9, 2026. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
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He past took a astir 17-month hiatus and fought Makkasharip Zaynukov astatine GFC 16, but doctors stopped nan conflict aft information 1 and gave Zaynukov nan victory.
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