{"id":98483,"date":"2025-08-26T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/98483\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:34:08","slug":"body-of-ex-mma-fighter-gutwrenchingly-found-in-lake-just-hours-after-his-two-young-children-were-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/98483\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of ex-MMA fighter gutwrenchingly found in lake just hours after his two young children were rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE body of a former MMA fighter has been pulled from a lake in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities rushed to Eagle Mountain Lake near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/where\/texas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jimmy Chaikong's body was found in a lake near Fort Worth, Texas\" height=\"448\" width=\"672\" data-credit=\"Facebook\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jimmy-Chaikong.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jimmy Chaikong's body was found in a lake near Fort Worth, Texas\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jimmy-Chaikong.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Chaikong&#8217;s body was found in a lake near Fort Worth, TexasCredit: Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Officials received calls of two children screaming for help in the water on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The kids were on a small boat and were rescued by somebody else nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Their father Jimmy Chaikong, 50, was also reportedly on the boat with them.<\/p>\n<p>And his body was found the next day after an exhaustive search effort.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is ongoing, according to Tarrant Regional Water District.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes came in for the former MMA fighter after the sad news.<\/p>\n<p>One friend told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/missing-father-jimmy-chaikong-eagle-mountain-lake-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CBS News (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, &#8220;He was fiercely determined, always consistent, always positive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so completely honored that he was my friend and that I got to be his and that I got to have him for a tiny, littler flicker in our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another tribute read, &#8220;Those are babies and there&#8217;s nothing they could have done.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their dad was their hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Historic MLB franchise suffers embarrassing attendance just third of the way into 2025 season <\/p>\n<p>While a third said, &#8220;He appreciated the genuine friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He appreciated the simple things. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like, you know, being able to make his kids laugh every day. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was his biggest accomplishment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to CBS News, both the children are under the age of 12.<\/p>\n<p>After his MMA career, Chaikong turned to music.<\/p>\n<p>He founded an entertainment company called Texas State Songwriters Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Chaikong had a profile on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/history\/_\/id\/3004927\/jimmy-chaikong\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ESPN&#039;s website (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s website<\/a> for his MMA career.<\/p>\n<p>He fought Mike Rio in November 2010, where he was beaten by submission.<\/p>\n<p>The event was part of G-Force Fights, Bad Blood 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE body of a former MMA fighter has been pulled from a lake in Texas. 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