A veteran UFC fighter is in a coma after he was found unconscious at a Florida home alongside his roommate, who has since died.
Josh Samman, 28, is fighting for his life in hospital after he was found unresponsive at an address in Hollywood, Florida, according to local media.
According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Samman's roommate, Troy Kirkingburg, who is a MMA ring announcer was found alongside the a middleweight fighter and was pronounced dead on his arrival at hospital.
The MMA fighting community was left reeling at the shocking discovery.
"There are so many people in town here who were inspired to get into this sport because of Josh," Sky Rudloe, 36, a fellow MMA fighter and owner of the gym in Tallahassee where Samman worked out, told the Tallahassee Democrat.