He was a greater fighter and champion. I wish his family the best during this loss.
RIP Evan Tanner(MMA Fans)
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He was a greater fighter and champion. I wish his family the best during this loss.
damn
Holy shit, I read this on Sherdog and the OP had no link and was getting flamed out the ass for this.
Rip.
One of the coolest cats in the game. A working man's fighter. No bullshit. R.I.P. brother.
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=search.results&ss=Evan+Tanner
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/6/17/553401/tuf-7-finale-preview-evan
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=search.results&ss=Evan+Tanner
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/6/17/553401/tuf-7-finale-preview-evan
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/
Uppage.
R.I.P. Ex-UFC champion, Evan Tanner
One of the coolest cats in the game. A working man's fighter. No bullshit. R.I.P. brother.
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=search.results&ss=Evan+Tanner
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ys-mmaweektanner090808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mma/
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/6/17/553401/tuf-7-finale-preview-evan
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/
R.I.P. Ex-UFC champion, Evan Tanner
One of the coolest cats in the game. A working man's fighter. No bullshit. R.I.P. brother.
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=search.results&ss=Evan+Tanner
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ys-mmaweektanner090808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mma/
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/6/17/553401/tuf-7-finale-preview-evan
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/
R.I.P
only MMA fighter to train himself how to fight....he watched tons of fights and bought instructional videos...and trained himself...
his last fight against Kendall Grove was bad...i thought he was retiring thats what he said....
damn sad shit...GOD BLESS...
READ THIS CRAZY ASS SHITRIP
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.”
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Tanner had apparently told friends before he left that if they hadn’t heard from him in a couple of days, they should contact officials, which is what happened. When he stopped responding to text messages, friends waited a couple of days and then notified officials at the Imperial County Sherrif’s Department on Friday.
A search ensued and Tanner’s body was found Monday.
On Aug. 10, Tanner wrote a blog on Spike TV’s website, proclaiming his desire to start an adventure in the desert east of his new home in Oceanside, Calif. An avid outdoorsman and wandering spirit, he wanted to escape civilization for a while.
“I’m not just going out into the desert, I’m going out into the desert to hunt for lost treasure,” he wrote. “I’m going on a pilgrimage of sorts, a journey to solitude, to do some thinking, and to pay my respects to the great mysteries.”
On Aug. 16, Tanner wrote about collecting supplies for his journey, and wrote about the dangers he might face.
“I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment, could cost me my life,” he said. “I’ve been doing a great deal of research and study. I want to know all I can about where I’m going, and I want to make sure I have the best equipment.”
Of course, this led followers of his blog to fear for his safety, as they often did when Tanner reported his frequent by-the-seat-of-his-pants adventures. In a blog dated Aug. 27, Tanner tried to calm his audience.
“This isn’t a version of ‘Into the Wild,’” he wrote. “I’m not going out into the desert with a pair of shorts and a bowie knife, to try to live off the land. I’m going fully geared up, and I’m planning on having some fun.”
But he also affirmed that things could go wrong if his equipment wasn’t up to snuff.
“I do plan on going back pretty far, so I did mention in one of my posts that I wanted to make sure to have good quality gear,” he said. “Any failure of gear out in the desert could cause a problem.”
On Sept. 2, Tanner wrote his final blog entry, documenting a training session at a facility in Oceanside.
The Amarillo, Texas native was a high school wrestling stand out who won the state championships his junior and senior years despite only getting into the sport as a sophomore. He entered mixed martial arts in 1997 encouraged by friends.
Tanner rose to the top of the mixed martial arts world by winning the UFC middleweight title over David Terrell at UFC 51: “Super Saturday” Feb. 5, 2005. He lost the title later in the year to Rich Franklin. Tanner, who had a career MMA record of 32-8 last competed in the UFC on June 21 losing to Kendall Grove by split decision.
“He will obviously be sorely missed,” said Vincitorio. Adding, “I think that Evan would want to be remembered as a very complex man with many layers, not just a fighter.”
Tanner was surely a unique personality. He’s eclectic spirit and competitive nature will be sorely missed in the MMA community.
# For all the latest MMA news, go to MMAWeekly.com
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ys-mmaweektanner090808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Uppage for the MMA heads who might not have caught the news in the past few days.
Evan Tanner (R.I.P.):
http://intheguard.tv/portal/?channel=2§ion=2&action=1&id=70
http://intheguard.tv/
http://intheguard.tv/portal/?channel=2§ion=2&action=1&id=70
http://intheguard.tv/
R.i.p
http://www.spike.com/profile/Evan_Tanner
http://beanbat.com/ufc_fights/
Full props to APOPHIS for sharing the following text link and ok'ing it being included in the MMA threads on the board. Big ups, AP'! It features UFC 1 - 15 (from 1993 - 1997), as well as UFC 75 (September 2007). I added a shitload of textlinks to accompany the thread as well.
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APOPHIS said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_1 (November 12th, 1993)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_2 (March 11th, 1994)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_3 (September 9th, 1994)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_4 (December 16th, 1994)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_5 (April 7th, 1995)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_6 (July 14th, 1995)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_7 (September 8th, 1995)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_8 (February 16th, 1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_9 (May 17th, 1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_10 (July 12th, 1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_11 (September 20th, 1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Ultimate_1996 (December 7th, 1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_12 (February 7th, 1997)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_13 (May 30th, 1997)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_14 (July 27th, 1997)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_15 (October 17th, 1997)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_75 (September 8th, 2007)
WIKIPEDIA - "# UFC 1 - Although the advertising said there are no rules, there were in fact some rules: no biting, no eye-gouging, and rounds were to last five minutes, although no match in the first tournament lasted that long. Fights ended only in the event of a knockout, a submission, usually signaled by tapping the hand three times on the mat or opponent, or by the corner throwing in the towel. Despite this, the first match in UFC 1 was won by referee stoppage, even though it was not officially recognized as such at the time. Another thing to point out was that on the broadcast the rules stated that groin strikes were banned and that rule was seemingly upheld as no one did any groin strikes.
# UFC 2 - Time limits were dropped. Groin strikes were unbanned. Modifications to the cage were added (higher fences and less floor padding.)
# UFC 3 - The referee was officially given the authority to stop a fight in case of a fighter being unable to defend himself. A fighter could not kick if he was wearing shoes. This rule would be discarded in later competitions.
# UFC 4 - After tournament alternate Steve Jennum won UFC 3 by winning only one bout, alternates (replacements) were required to win a pre-tournament bout to qualify for the role of an alternate.
# UFC 5 - The organizers introduced a 30-minute time limit. UFC 5 also saw the first Superfight, a one-off bout between two competitors selected by the organizers with the winner being crowned 'Superfight champion' and having the duty of defending his title at the next UFC.
# UFC 6 - The referee was given the authority to restart the fight. If two fighters were entangled in a position where there was a lack of action, the referee could stop the fight and restart the competitors on their feet, in their own corner. In UFC 6 they officially adopted the 5 minute extension to the 30 minute rule which had been used in UFC 5.
# UFC 8 - Time limit changed to 10 minutes in the first two rounds of the tournament, 15 minutes in the tournament final and Superfight. Fights could now be decided by a judges decision if the fight reached the end of the time limit. The panel was made up of three judges who simply raised a card with the name of the fighter they considered to be the winner. In this fashion, a draw was not possible since the only two possible outcomes of a decision were 3 to 0 or 2 to 1 in favor of the winner.
# UFC 9 - To appease local authorities, closed fisted were banned for this event only. The commentators were not aware of this last minute rule that was made to prevent the cancellation of the event due to local political pressures. Referee "Big John" McCarthy made repeated warnings to the fighters to "open the hand" when this rule was violated. However, not one fighter was reprimanded.
# Ultimate Ultimate 1996 This event was the first to introduce the "no grabbing of the fence" rule.
# UFC 12 - The main tournament was split into a heavyweight and lightweight division; and the eight-man tournament was abandoned. Fighters now needed to win only two fights to win the competition. The Heavyweight Champion title (and title bouts) was introduced, replacing the Superfight title (albeit matches were still for a time branded as "Superfights").
# UFC 14 - The wearing of padded gloves, weighing 110 to 170 g (4 to 6 ounces), becomes mandatory. Gloves were to be approved by the UFC.
# UFC 15 - Limits on permissible striking areas were introduced. Headbutts, groin strikes, strikes to the back of the neck and head, kicks to a downed opponent, small joint manipulation, pressure point strikes, and hair-pulling became illegal."
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http://www.ufc.com
http://www.spike.com/profile/Evan_Tanner
http://www.spiketv.com
http://www.spike.com/episode/28939/st/3040490
http://www.mmarated.com/blogs/blog/...l;jsessionid=D3A2209E940E07A8350B62E801EED76B
http://www.spike.com/channel/ufc
http://www.mmarated.com/
http://www.mmamania.com
http://www.mmafactor.com
http://www.mmajunkie.com
http://www.mmaroot.com
http://www.mmarated.com/blogs/blog/...l;jsessionid=D3A2209E940E07A8350B62E801EED76B :
"The UFC worked backward this week in announcing a trio of fights for December’s UFC 92 card on Thursday, just one day after the company went public with a pair of bouts for UFC 93 in January.
In doing so, the industry leader is once again picking up steam heading into the New Year.
UFC 92 at the MGM Garden Arena already looks like it will be must-see TV when the promotion pits interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira against Frank Mir, 205-pound champ Forrest Griffin against Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson gets his chance to redeem two earlier losses to Wanderlei Silva.
UFC President Dana White confirmed the three main-event quality fights to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports ...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_y...4?slug=ki-ufcfights100208&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/
http://sports.yahoo.com
... on Thursday, adding them to a fight card that already featured an intriguing match-up between middleweight contenders Yushin Okami and Dean Lister.
Of course, some of the steam has been taken out of the Nogueira-Mir bout by the return of rightful heavyweight champion Randy Couture to the mix. Still, the UFC will have the weight of a full season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show featuring the two Jiu Jitsu stylists as coaches to help promote it. Couture will fight Brock Lesnar at another can’t-miss show in Novemeber, with the winner set to meet up with the victor of Nog vs. Mir for a unification scrap sometime in early 2009.
While not a true heavyweight tournament, the series will have a cool, four-man grand prix feel if the UFC can pull it off without injury or without one of the fighters taking a year-long break to protest his contractual agreement.
When Griffin climbs into the cage to defend his title for the first time against Evans, it will have to be considered a watershed moment for “TUF.” Respective winners of the show’s first two seasons, both guys cemented their places near the top of the light heavyweight food chain with recent wins over well-respected 205-pound stalwarts. Griffin took the belt from Quinton Jackson via decision in July, while Evans crafted one of the more improbable knockouts in UFC history when he blasted Chuck Liddell in the second round in early September.
“TUF” alums sometimes struggle for respect amongst people who fancy themselves hardcore MMA junkies, but this is just an interesting match-up between two good fighters, plain and simple.
From a standpoint of pure intrigue, nothing beats a third installment of Jackson vs. Silva. The former UFC champ comes in with a lot of questions to answer. Currently charged with two felonies and a smattering of misdemeanors stemming from his bizarre chase with police in the days following his loss Griffin, skeptics say it might be too soon for Jackson to return to the cage, especially against his old nemesis from PRIDE FC.
After losing the title, “Rampage” also split with trainer Juanito Ibarra, the man who revitalized his career after some rough times near the end of his tenure in PRIDE. With all Jackson’s been through, both personally and professionally, it’ll be interesting to see how he responds. Especially without Ibarra by his side.
Sagging after three straight losses in 2006-07, Silva righted the ship with a quick KO of Keith Jardine in the Octagon in May. But the man whose devastating knockouts put Jackson on notice in PRIDE will also have to show he has enough left in the tank to compete at the sport’s highest level when the two meet-up for what is likely the final time.
With UFC events through the dawn of the next year beginning to take shape, it’s starting to look like winter will be a good time to be an MMA fan."
The Tragic Tale of Evan Tanner:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/the_bonus/01/13/tanner/index.html
http://www.spike.com/blog/evan-tanner-story/72796
http://www.spike.com/channel/ufc
http://www.spike.com/
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
Sports Illustrated recounts the tragic death, and whimsical life of Evan Tanner with Ethan Todras-Whitehill and Jon Wertheim's deeply personal look at the events that led up to his final trip into the desert, and just might answer a few questions that grieving MMA fans have been asking for months.
Even in a sport that sneers at convention, Tanner was a singular figure, known as much for his fierce individuality as for his fighting prowess. Before his trip, the MMA Internet subculture had crackled with speculation about why he was headed to the desert. Some cynics, noting Tanner's faltering UFC comeback after two years away from the sport, his ominous blog posts about the excursion and his longtime struggles with alcoholism, concluded that he was on a suicide mission. Others believed he was venturing into the desert for spiritual reasons...They all were wrong.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/the_bonus/01/13/tanner/index.html
http://www.spike.com/blog/evan-tanner-story/72796
http://www.spike.com/channel/ufc
http://www.spike.com/
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
Sports Illustrated recounts the tragic death, and whimsical life of Evan Tanner with Ethan Todras-Whitehill and Jon Wertheim's deeply personal look at the events that led up to his final trip into the desert, and just might answer a few questions that grieving MMA fans have been asking for months.
Even in a sport that sneers at convention, Tanner was a singular figure, known as much for his fierce individuality as for his fighting prowess. Before his trip, the MMA Internet subculture had crackled with speculation about why he was headed to the desert. Some cynics, noting Tanner's faltering UFC comeback after two years away from the sport, his ominous blog posts about the excursion and his longtime struggles with alcoholism, concluded that he was on a suicide mission. Others believed he was venturing into the desert for spiritual reasons...They all were wrong.
The director of the documentary was on HDNet's INSIDE MMA a few weeks back. Good dude ... worked on the film for a couple of years.
R.I.P. Evan Tanner.
http://www.middleeasy.com/index.php...-once-i-was-a-champion&catid=34:organizations
http://www.onceiwasachampion.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCwtz-vjIg
http://www.youtube.com/v/wPMnym8RgnQ
http://www.middleeasy.com/
R.I.P. Evan Tanner.
http://www.middleeasy.com/index.php...-once-i-was-a-champion&catid=34:organizations
http://www.onceiwasachampion.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCwtz-vjIg
http://www.youtube.com/v/wPMnym8RgnQ
http://www.middleeasy.com/
what happened that prompted the bump?
my favorite evan tanner fight was the one when he man handled that diaz boy.
The release of the documentary, and the director of the film being on INSIDE MMA (HDNet) within the past month. Hence the bump. Makes sense.
100%.
ONCE I WAS A CHAMPION.
See my links from the other day
Props to the director. Really humble guy. He seemed like genuine people when he visited INSIDE MMA back in June (or late-May). Good cat.
100%.
ONCE I WAS A CHAMPION.
See my links from the other day
Props to the director. Really humble guy. He seemed like genuine people when he visited INSIDE MMA back in June (or late-May). Good cat.
Crazy RIP
The documentary about JENS PULVER is supposedly quite good as well. I've heard podcasts and sites mention it quite a bit the past year or two. He's had a really challenging past 5 years record-wise.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregorybayne/jens-pulver-driven-a-documentary-film-about-a-le
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYgwLofk7j4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmbXTqEZPfo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tfG0azNpBY&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Pulver
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregorybayne/jens-pulver-driven-a-documentary-film-about-a-le
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYgwLofk7j4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmbXTqEZPfo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tfG0azNpBY&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Pulver
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