The director of public prosecutions has directed no prosecution in relation to the death of a mixed martial arts fighter who died after a fight in Dublin. João Carvalho, 28, died due to blunt force trauma to the head after he was knocked out during a fight with Charlie “The Hospital” Ward at Total Extreme Fighting, an event organised at the National Stadium. A post-mortem examination revealed that Carvalho suffered an acute subdural haemorrhage after the fight and died at Beaumont Hospital two days later on April 11, 2016. An inquest into the Portuguese fighter’s death, which opened last December at Dublin coroner’s court, heard yesterday that no criminal charges would be brought in relation to the incident. “We submitted a file to the DPP…

Source: The Times March 17, 2017 00:00 UTC