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MMA Fighter Jordan Parsons Dies from Injuries at Age 25

Jess Swanson | May 5, 2016 | 10:59am
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Last weekend, a Delray Beach hit-and-run shattered the mixed martial arts community. On Sunday morning, Jordan "Pretty Boy" Parsons was struck by a Range Rover while crossing the street in Delray Beach. It was a hit-and-run.  The 25-year-old MMA featherweight prospect was rushed to Delray Beach Medical Center. Parsons underwent several surgeries and part of his right leg was amputated. 

Unfortunately, Parsons succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. The news was devastating to Parsons' teammates on Blackzilians, an MMA team that trains at Jaco Hybrid Training Center in Boca Raton. After the accident, Parsons' teammates had started an online fundraiser for medical expenses. It has since been updated to become a funeral fund. In three days, 647 people donated more than $35,000. 

On social media, the team posted yesterday: "It is with an incredibly heavy heart we say goodbye to our brother, friend and teammate, Jordan Parsons. Life is so short and fragile; it can be taken away in an instant. We'll continue to Dream Big for you." 

It is with an incredibly heavy heart we say goodbye to our brother, friend and teammate, Jordan Parsons. Life is so short and fragile; it can be taken away in an instant. We'll continue to #DreamBig for you @prettyboymma_jp

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Jess Swanson is a staff writer at New Times. Born and raised in Miami, she graduated from the University of Miami’s School of Communication and wrote briefly for the student newspaper until realizing her true calling: pissing off fraternity brothers by reporting about their parties on her crime blog. Especially gifted in jumping rope and solving Rubik’s cubes, she also holds the title for longest stint as an unpaid intern in New Times history. She left the Magic City for New York to earn her master’s degree from Columbia University School of Journalism, where she spent a year profiling circumcised men who were trying to regrow their foreskins for a story that ultimately won the John Horgan Award for Critical Science Journalism. Terrified by pizza rats and arctic temperatures, she quickly returned to her natural habitat.
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