Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Former UFC champ Tanner dead at 37

From Yahoo News:

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.

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

2 comments:

Heff said...

I'm in to Boxing, but not UFC. I've never heard of this guy.

Bobby "the Blue" said...

I saw his most recent fight. He was a legend in his day, but he sure didn't show it in that match. Lackluster at best.

Dying in the desert, though, that's hardcore!