Former UFC fighter turned boxer dies

EDMONTON – A boxer who had been in critical condition since a fight in Edmonton on Friday night has died, his sister says. Jackie Neil says in a statement on behalf of her family that Tim Hague died on Sunday.

The 33-year-old Hague grew up on a farm in Boyle, Alta., and had fought in the UFC, where he was known as “The Thrashing Machine.”

He was competing against former Edmonton Eskimos defensive end Adam Braidwood at the Shaw Conference Centre on Friday evening in an event promoted by KO Boxing.

A video on YouTube that purports to be of the fight shows Hague lying still on his back on the canvas after taking a punch to his head from Braidwood. The statement from the family says they are asking for privacy.