Medet Zheenaliev, an MMA star who competed in Russia, died at the age of 30 this week after jumping to the rescue of four teenage girls in trouble in a lake, according to The Sun.
Zheenaliev was enjoying time with friends at Lake Issyk-Kul in his native Kyrgyzstan when he noticed one of the girls in trouble and struggling due to a strong current.
The MMA star and a friend helped the four girls return to shore, but Zheenaliev went under the surface of the water and did not return.
Divers found his body at the bottom of the lake, the eighth-deepest and eleventh-largest in the world, the following day.
The outlet is reporting that his death has been labeled a drowning during a rescue mission.
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