Donations being taken for fallen fighter Michael Kirkham’s family

As the South Carolina Athletic Commission conducts an inquiry into the death of MMA fighter Michael Kirkham, the trainer of his opponent is attempting to raise money for the fallen fighter and his family.

Mark Greubel, who trained and cornered Carlos Iraburo for the fight this past Saturday that took Kirkham’s life, has helped arrange donation methods to cover funeral costs and a trust fund for Kirkham’s five
children.

Donations can be dropped off in person at several locations or can be made online. (MMAjunkie.com originally published this story on July 2.)

Health permitting, Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez could be UFC 119 headliner

UFC 119 could have a major championship headliner.

Following his UFC 116 title-unification victory over interim champion Shane Carwin, undisputed heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar now could meet top contender Cain Velasquez in the main event of September’s UFC 119 event.

Prior to Saturday’s event, Lesnar and Carwin both were told by UFC officials that the winner – health permitting – tentatively would meet Velasquez at UFC 119. That’s according to a report from MMAjunkie.com’s Dann Stupp in his weekly Dayton Daily News “MMA Insider” column.

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