Former UFC champ Tanner dead at 37 - Democratic Underground

Wetzelbill

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Tue Sep-09-08 01:08 AM
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Former UFC champ Tanner dead at 37

Source: Yahoo Sports

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Evan Tanner was found dead near Palo Verde, Calif. on Monday. He was 37.

Tanner had trekked into the desert on a journey to “cleanse” himself, according to Douglas Vincitorio of Tanner’s management team. “He went out to the desert to do a ‘cleansing’ as he called it. Kind of like ‘Survivorman.’” These short trips were not new to Tanner, said Vincitorio. It is something that he has done numerous times over the years.

“What we were told is that (Sheriff’s officials who found Tanner) believe his motorcycle had run out of gas, so he went to walk out in like 115- to 118-degree heat,” Vincitorio said. “He was miles away from his camp. That’s where the helicopter found him. Right now, they just think that he succumbed to the heat.”

Read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ys-mmaweektanner090808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Rest in peace, Evan Tanner was a great guy and a true free spirit.

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Mojambo

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Tue Sep-09-08 01:17 AM
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1. That sucks

If he was gonna go this is kinda how you'd think it would happen. Adventuring.

Somebody should write his biography. Remarkably interesting man.

Here's hoping he's at peace.

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Wetzelbill

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Tue Sep-09-08 01:37 AM
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2. At least it was doing something that he loved

He was an interesting guy, for sure. I subscribed to his myspace blog, a truly thoughtful guy who was smart and lived life to the fullest.

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d_b

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Tue Sep-09-08 02:17 AM
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3. holy shit

Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 02:18 AM by d_b

and just when he was getting his life back together. This is shocking o.0

Too bad. MMA evolved and left a lot of the old greats behind.

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Divine Discontent

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Tue Sep-09-08 02:32 AM
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4. I very well could have went to school with him when I was little in Amarillo. Interesting man 4sure

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JVS

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Tue Sep-09-08 03:12 AM
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5. Didn't someone else cack doing this same thing a year or two ago?

Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 03:12 AM by JVS

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Indenturedebtor

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Tue Sep-09-08 03:18 AM
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6. Probably happens all the time

Especially to people that aren't outside all day long. Your body changes when you live in it. Even if you're not in the best of shape.

Shame to hear he went, but that's a good way to go. Doing something that you love, and the pain probably wasn't much either.

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Tue Sep-09-08 04:57 AM
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7. This is crazy

Aw man this doesn't make sense.

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