What was meant to be a light-hearted celebrity face-off ended in tragedy on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Pradip Subramanian, the World Bodybuilding & Physique Sports Federation (WBPF) president, died in hospital after competing in a Muay Thai fight with local entertainer Steven Lim.

Pradip was 32.

According to the official statement issued by Asian Fighting Championship, Pradip passed away at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) at 9pm.

The cause of death could not be ascertained as yet.

Modified bout

The tragedy came as a shock to the general public, as the fight was mainly seen to be for publicity purposes.

It was organised as part of the inaugural AFC event held at Marina Bay Sands, which featured a number of professional Muay Thai fights.

The celebrity face-off was modified to two rounds, with each round lasting two minutes.

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Referee halted fight

Footage of the fight showed the first round to be evenly matched, as both individuals were debutants in the Muay Thai competitive sport.

Lim was then knocked down once at the start of the second round.

Not long after, the referee stepped in after it was Pradip's turn to get floored and he was counted out and deemed unable to continue.

Moments after the fight ended, Pradip could be seen helped back to the corner of the ring, as Lim was interviewed and crowned champion with post-fight formalities carried out.

The videos ended as Pradip could be seen attended to by multiple individuals in the corner and was helped out of the ring.

The fight ended at around 8.30pm.

Footage from the second round:

Whole fight, starting at 7min 45sec: