Free athlete Ville Mankinen had a stroke after the match

On May 23, Mankinen fought in Pori at the Rähin MMA Vol. 1 event and defeated the Brazilian Wellyton Junior da Silvan judge’s vote.

Mankinen had a cerebral infarction the day after the match.

“The background is vertebral dissection, i.e. damage to the vertebral artery in the neck area, which has caused a cerebral infarction,” the release states.

“Like all full-contact sports, there is also a risk of injury in freestyle. However, serious and sad situations like this are extremely rare.”

A native of Laitila Mankinen, 31, has played 17 matches as a professional. He has won ten of them and lost six, one has ended in a draw.

Pori’s May event was the first match night of the Rähinä MMA promotion.