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A New Zealand kickboxer has been left devastated after his friend and opponent ended up in intensive care with a brain bleed following their title fight on the weekend.

Chase Haley defeated Riine LeComte to take out the New Zealand ISKA pro super-cruiserweight belt at Balclutha's Battle at the Bridge II on Saturday.

Event organiser Robert Ngari-Dean told the NZ Herald that LeComte seemed fine after the bout and was checked over by a ringside doctor.

After that, LeComte attended a party where he had only one drink before leaving.

'He went back to his hotel and went and saw his coach and told him he wasn't feeling so good,' said Ngari-Dean.