{"id":40958,"date":"2026-10-09T04:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T04:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Former-UFC-fighter-Tim-Kennedy-reportedly-shot-in-deadly-Congo-ambush-203143"},"modified":"2026-10-09T04:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T04:11:28","slug":"former-ufc-fighter-tim-kennedy-reportedly-shot-in-deadly-congo-ambush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/former-ufc-fighter-tim-kennedy-reportedly-shot-in-deadly-congo-ambush\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy reportedly shot in deadly Congo ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> middleweight Tim Kennedy<\/a>
\nwas reportedly wounded in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of
\nthe Congo.<\/p>\n

According to MMA Weekly<\/a>, Kennedy was part of a three-man
\nteam that came under fire last month. The outlet reported that he
\nsustained multiple gunshot wounds before being evacuated to the
\nUnited States for treatment. It described his condition as
\nstable.<\/p>\n

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Tim Kennedy reportedly shot three times in Congo attack that
\nkilled Justin Conaglen<\/h2>\n

Kennedy, who competed professionally in mixed martial arts from
\n2001 to 2016, was reportedly shot during an operation in the
\nCentral African country, according to The New Zealand Herald<\/a>. The purpose of his
\nreported presence there remains unclear.<\/p>\n

The outlet cited speculation linking the operation to a private
\nsecurity company associated with Blackwater founder Erik Prince and
\na possible confrontation with Russia\u2019s Africa Corps. Neither claim
\nhas been confirmed.<\/p>\n

MMA Weekly reported that the attack occurred Sept. 17 and that
\nKennedy was shot three times in the leg. According to its account,
\nthe team\u2019s evacuation took nearly eight hours.<\/p>\n

The outlet reported that Kennedy was medically evacuated to the
\nUnited States, that former New Zealand Special Air Service soldier
\nJustin Conaglen was killed in the ambush and that a third,
\nunidentified team member was wounded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Tim Kennedy was reportedly wounded in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to MMA Weekly, Kennedy was part of a three-man team that came under fire last month. The outlet reported that he sustained multiple gunshot wounds before being evacuated to the United States for treatment. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}