{"id":302115,"date":"2025-11-22T20:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/302115\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T20:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:20:18","slug":"chicago-mma-fighter-isaac-johnson-dies-after-matador-fighter-challenge-competition-at-cicero-stadium-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/302115\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago MMA fighter Isaac Johnson dies after Matador Fighter Challenge competition at Cicero Stadium, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CICERO, Ill. (WLS) &#8212; A Chicago MMA fighter died after a competition Friday night at a suburban stadium, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident happened at Cicero Stadium, 1909 S. Laramie Ave. in Cicero, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A spokesperson for the town of Cicero confirmed that an ambulance took an injured fighter to Loyola University Medical Center around 8:38 p.m. Friday, and he was pronounced dead Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The deceased fighter was identified as 31-year-old Isaac Johnson, who lived in Chicago, the Cook County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Promotions for the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/matadorfighterchallenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matador Fighter Challenge<\/a> Friday night at Cicero Stadium showed Isaac Johnson in a heavyweight Thai matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A fight promoter posted a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/761417877\/posts\/10164417587402878\/?mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;rdid=cAVmmViqjajzGndf#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">message to social media<\/a> Saturday, saying Johnson collapsed at the end of his fight Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Cicero police are investigating. No further information was immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CICERO, Ill. (WLS) &#8212; A Chicago MMA fighter died after a competition Friday night at a suburban stadium,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[172607,64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-302115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-172607","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}