{"id":386219,"date":"2021-05-24T05:07:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=386219"},"modified":"2021-05-24T05:07:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:07:08","slug":"city-kickboxing-fighter-fau-vake-dies-due-to-injuries-suffered-in-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/city-kickboxing-fighter-fau-vake-dies-due-to-injuries-suffered-in-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"City Kickboxing fighter Fau Vake dies due to injuries suffered in assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City Kickboxing has released a statement confirming the death of amateur MMA fighter <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-blasts-coward-punchers-after-teammate-fau-vake-left-in-critical-condition-following-assault\/\">Fau Vake<\/a> after a week in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Vake was admitted to hospital due to injuries suffered from an assault last Sunday morning in Auckland, with his teammates and coaches all being by his side in the days since &#8211; including Eugene Bareman and Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/inexplicable-sadness-mma-fighter-fau-vake-dies-after-auckland-city-attack\/POU22GJ5UCP4GFDFI5MWXIBRUQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Zealand Herald<\/a>, City Kickboxing has revealed the sad news that the 25-year-old has passed away.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaikarafrance\/status\/1396391843185627136<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with inexplicable sadness almost seven days to the hour after his hospital admission, Fau\u2019s fight to find his way back to us ended,\u201d the statement read. \u201cAt this tragic time, the Vake family and City Kickboxing ask for time to grieve and reflect on the loss of Fau \u2013 a father, a son and a much loved brother to us all. We will speak when the time is right to ensure Fau\u2019s loss is not forgotten, but for now please respect our privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We here at BJPenn.com send our condolences to the friends and family of Fau Vake and all of those who have been affected by this tragic incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Kickboxing has released a statement confirming the death of amateur MMA fighter Fau Vake after a week in critical condition. Vake was admitted to hospital due to injuries suffered from an assault last Sunday morning in Auckland, with his teammates and coaches all being by his side in the days since &#8211; including Eugene [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":274800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,54602,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>City Kickboxing fighter Fau Vake dies due to injuries suffered in assault | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"City Kickboxing has released a statement confirming the death of amateur MMA fighter Fau Vake after a week in critical condition.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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