Golden Glory Releases Statement on Vitali Mitu's Death

by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 28, 2009 10:30 PM EST in MMA News

22 year-old Vitali Mitu passed away following a sparring session with Semmy Schilt (pictured) last week.

The death of Vitali Mitu following a sparring session at Golden Glory gym is a story that hasn't gotten a ton of attention. MMA Mania does a nice job of explaining the situation:

Mitu, a 22 year-old native of Soldanesti, Moldova, collapsed following a sparring session last Thursday with three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion, Semmy Schilt (pictured), at Golden Glory's gym in Bucharest, Romania.

According to the statement signed by trainers Ciprian Sora and Horia Radulescu, Mitu "fainted without being hit" and after a brief first aid effort proved fruitless, an ambulance arrived a few minutes later. At the hospital, Mitu was pronounced dead due to cardiorespiratory arrest, "without signs of violence except normal ones caused by resuscitation maneuvers."

Head over to MMA Mania for the rest of the story including a link to the statement released by Golden Glory gym.

BloodyElbow.com would like to offer our deepest condolences to Vitali's family.

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BloodyElbow.com’s community would like to offer our deepest condolences to Vitali’s family

by Riley_96 on Nov 28, 2009 10:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

hopefully people actually read this and see that Sammy is not the deceased seeing as he is pictured. It will be Kimo pt. 2!

"He's got a great package and it's an unusual one." - Joe Rogan on Lyoto Machida @ UFC 94.

by Earl Montclair on Nov 28, 2009 10:56 PM EST reply actions

Make that Semmy

"He's got a great package and it's an unusual one." - Joe Rogan on Lyoto Machida @ UFC 94.

by Earl Montclair on Nov 28, 2009 10:58 PM EST up reply actions

Very misleading picture. Before I read the article I thought he was the one dead…

by majesticlamb on Nov 29, 2009 1:18 AM EST reply actions

Yeah - maybe if you can't read the title.

by The_Gaijin on Nov 29, 2009 1:28 AM EST up reply actions

Poor dude.
Semmy looks a bit too happy on this pic though.

10/24

by spectaa on Nov 29, 2009 7:45 AM EST up reply actions

Musta had a heart defect or something. Sad. Condolences all around.

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by BadB on Nov 29, 2009 1:55 AM EST reply actions

He had acute pneumonia and it lead to pulmonary edema.

“[…], an autopsy conducted by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine from Bucharest determined that Vitali died of ‘an acute viral pneumonia that turned into pulmonary edema, without signs of trauma other than those caused by resuscitation maneuvers.’”

by The_Gaijin on Nov 29, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions