Adam Braidwood Comments on Tim Hague’s Death

Adam Braidwood, the man who faced Tim Hague in the boxing match that caused the former UFC fighter’s death, has spoken out about the incident. Braidwood, a former Edmonton Eskimos football player, posted a video to Twitter in which he talks about the fight and Hague’s passing.

Hague died on Sunday, two days after the fight, after being taken off life support. He was knocked out by Braidwood in the second round and got up on his own but after something was obviously not right he was rushed to a nearby hospital where emergency surgery was done for a brain injury.

Braidwood also spoke with CTV News in Canada about the incident, saying, “It’s not a good thing for anyone involved. I want to keep the focus on Tim and his family, especially his son. They’re the real victims here…Just keep it about them the best that you can, because I’m still alive.”

Braidwood said Hague was a friend and said he knew right away that something was wrong, saying, “I knew, man. I knew in the ring. I just saw the way he fell…I waited on my knees for Tim to move after I did my stupid, little celebration. Like, I don’t care about that. People can say what they want. I waited on my knees. I watched him. I picked him up, because his team was struggling to pick him up. I carried him to the corner, and I could see in his face.”

When asked about critics who said that the fight should have stopped or even not happened due to the difference in records between the two, Braidwood said, “What do they know? They don’t fight. He wanted to keep fighting. Journalists, this, that, people who write stuff. They don’t know what they’re talking about. What kind of country-club lifestyle do they live, where they get to call the shots on what we do in there?…Tim wanted to keep fighting, and that’s what we do. If people have delusions about this sport, about what life is really like for someone like me, who has nothing else, they can walk in my shoes. I would’ve done the same thing. And he would’ve done the same thing to me, trust me.”

He added, “It’s nobody’s fault. It’s not the ref’s fault. The ref asked. And if you’re conscious, and you’re collective, and you have your stuff together … I saw the video. Tim was still there. And he said he wanted to keep fighting, so that’s what happened. That’s just the truth. There’s no speculation about it. He wanted to keep fighting, so we kept fighting.”

Rip brother you will live in my heart forever. I will fight for us both now, I know that's what you would have wanted. pic.twitter.com/H682h6rwJu

— Adam Braidwood (@BraidwoodBoxing) June 19, 2017