5 MMA fighters who died after fights

#3 Tyrone Mims

Tyrone "Teesta" Mims

How do you tell five young children that you don't how their father died? Whoever was tasked with telling Tyrone Mims' children must have wondered that.

On August 11th, 2012, Tyrone Mims was stopped by Blake Poore in an MMA event in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. After the stoppage, Mims was completely coherent, smiling and telling the cageside physician that he was fine despite the unanswered blows.

Back in the locker room, nothing seemed amiss initially, but Mims soon started rambling, breathing heavily and passed out.

Mims was rushed to University Medical Hospital, where he passed away an hour later. No head trauma or concussion were evinced in the autopsy and the toxicology report was clear of drugs or alcohol. Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten stated the possibility that Mims had "an irregular heart because of some electrical dysfunction", something that is undetectable.