Iuri Lapicus

Former ONE Championship lightweight title challenger Iuri Lapicus, 27, has died after a motorcycle accident in Pogliano Milanese, Italy.

MMA Fighting confirmed the news with ONE officials, who released the following statement: The ONE Championship team is heartbroken over the tragic passing of ...

[Sherdog.com](https://twitter.com/MrTudorLeonte/status/1637775185305583618), who connected the accident to a news story from [MilanToday](https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/incidente-stradale/ragazzo-coma-moto-pogliano.html). Prior to that move up in weight, Lapicus had previously stepped into the cage with former UFC and Bellator champion The Moldovan fighter lost control of the motorcycle and collided with another vehicle. [Eddie Alvarez](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/54/eddie-alvarez), two-division champion [Christian Lee](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5606/christian-lee), and former ONE champion [Marat Gafurov](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3416/marat-gafurov). [Shannon Wiratchai](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1781/shannon-wiratchai). [Iuri Lapicus](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5599/iuri-lapicus), a two-division standout in ONE Championship, has died.

Iuri Lapicus, a professional MMA fighter, has died at the age of 27 after getting into a motorcycle accident in Italy.

Lapicus defeated Shannon Wiratchai and Marat Gafurov in 2019 and 2020 in his first two fights with ONE to earn his title shot. [reported that Lapicus was in a coma until Monday ](https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/morto-iuri-lapicus.html)after crashing his motorcycle into a woman’s vehicle in Milan and being transported to the hospital by helicopter. [told ESPN in a statement](https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/35905186/one-championship-iuri-lapicus-dies-following-motorcycle-crash) confirming the news.

Former ONE Championship title challenger Iuri Lapicus died Monday in Italy at the age of 27 from injuries he suffered in a motorcycle accident last week, ...

After a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lapicus challenged for the title in late 2020 but suffered the first loss of his career when Lee stopped him via first-round TKO. After joining ONE Championship in 2019, he He was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in the city, and he remained in a coma until Monday.

Moldovan-Italian MMA fighter Iuri Lapicus has died following three days spent in a coma after a motorcycle incident which took place in Milan on Friday.

Lapicus is said to have lost control of his motorcyle and collided with the car of a 69-year-old woman in the Milanese province of Pogliano Milanese on Friday. - Lapicus was one of only three Italian to compete at the top level of MMA - The 27-year-old is said to have lost control of his motorbike on Friday

Rising mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Iuri Lapicus has died following a horrific motorcycle crash in Italy. It has been reported the 27-year-old lost ...

Lapicus fought five times in the ONE Championship welterweight and middleweight divisions and held a 2-2 record. One user writing, “he still could have made it to the top. “The ONE Championship team is heartbroken over the tragic passing of Iuri Lapicus,” the promotion wrote in a statement. [7plus >>](https://7plus.com.au/sport?utm_source=7NEWS&utm_medium=contextual-link&utm_campaign=sport-article) [Milano Today](https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/morto-iuri-lapicus.html) reports the former ONE Championship title challenger was airlifted to hospital where he remained in a coma until Monday when he couldn’t be revived. [ONE Fight Nigh](https://7plus.com.au/one-friday-fights)t against Zebaztian Kadestam in August 2022. Rising mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Iuri Lapicus has died following a horrific motorcycle crash in Italy.

"The One Championship team is heartbroken over the tragic passing of Iuri Lapicus,' says Singapore-based MMA promotion. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lapicus was then undefeated and held a perfect 14-0 record before he fell to Lee. It was also his last competitive bout. Lapicus reportedly lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a vehicle.

Top MMA contender Iuri Lapicus has died at the age of 27 after being involved in a motorcycle accident in Italy.According to Milano Today, Lapicus cra.

“The ONE Championship team is heartbroken over the tragic passing of Iuri Lapicus. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones at this difficult time. Lapicus boasted a 14-2 MMA record and was a former ONE Championship 185lb title challenger.

Iuri Lapicus, a professional mixed martial arts fight who made his debut in 2014, has died at the age of 27 after a motorcycle accident in Italy.

16 photo of himself walking into an arena, he wrote, "Every moment is a fresh beginning." "To date, Lapicus has competed exclusively in regional Italian promotions," the fighter's bio reads. The athlete never regained consciousness, remaining in a coma until his passing. The Moldova native died on March 20 at the age of 27 after getting into a motorcycle accident in Italy. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones at this difficult time." [Iuri Lapicus](https://www.instagram.com/iuri_lapicus/?hl=en).

Iuri Lapicus, a professional mixed martial arts fighter who made his debut in 2014, has died at the age of 27 after a motorcycle accident in Italy.

News App](https://eonline.onelink.me/ItsS/1b3e9f57) [his last Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/iuri_lapicus/?hl=en). "To date, Lapicus has competed exclusively in regional Italian promotions," the fighter's bio reads. The athlete never regained consciousness, remaining in a coma until his passing. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones at this difficult time." The Moldova native died on March 20 at the age of 27 after getting into a motorcycle accident in Italy.