Joao Carvalho.
An unknown Portuguese fighter became forever intertwined with Conor McGregor - one of the most famous athletes in the history of MMA - after one fateful week in April.
It was McGregor who was in Charlie Ward's corner when Ward defeated Carvalho via third-round TKO in an April 9 bout in Dublin, Ireland.
Two days later, Carvalho would succumb to his injuries and die at the age of 28.
McGregor was recently interviewed for the September issue of Men's Health UK and he was emotional when the Carvalho incident was brought up.
"How do I feel?" McGregor said, according to Spencer Morgan of the Daily Mail Online. "How would you feel?
"It's f---ed up. I wasn't just watching that fight. I helped train a guy to kill someone, and then someone wound up dying. This is a f---ing dangerous game. People call it a sport, but it's fighting. I'm just making sure it ain't me. And that's f---ed up."
In an interview on the evening of the bout, McGregor noted he felt the referees could have stopped the fight sooner.
Ward continued his career with a win in June and McGregor is aiming to avenge his first UFC loss when he rematches Nate Diaz at UFC 202. As surreal as McGregor's past few months have been with his teased retirement and a widely publicized dispute with the UFC over promotional responsibilities that led to him being removed from UFC 200, it doesn't compare to the reality of that fateful night in April.
"Damn," McGregor said. "I still can't believe that kid is dead."
- With h/t to FOX Sports
