João Carvalho (1988 – 11 April 2016) was a Portuguese mixed martial arts fighter under the Total Extreme Fighting promotion.
[1] He represented Portuguese club Team Nobrega as a welterweight fighter.
He was taken to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, where he underwent emergency brain surgery.
[2] The death of Carvalho aroused rage and an explosion of debate and criticism.
Ward's father and the MMA community shared the sentiment that the fight should have been stopped much earlier.