Dead UFC fighter and Eddie Vedder...

JosephK
JosephK Posts: 224
edited September 2008 in The Porch
Say what you will about the UFC, this is a sad story about a great fighter who passed away this week while camping (etc) out in the desert.

Read the end of the story for a mention of Eddie Vedder's "Guaranteed."

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14429
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    that sucks. not a fan of the whole fighting thing, but still.

    sad for anyone to go early like this.
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  • Pearl Jam_ie
    Pearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    Just read about this. I'm a big fight fan and I'm shocked to hear about Evan Tanner. Everything I've ever read or heard about him was that he was really a free-spirited guy and had a huge sense of adventure. I guess he spoke of his camping trip that he was taking and actually said it wasn't an "Into the Wild" thing. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, I guess. He always had exciting fights. Very sad deal.
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  • AmishGuy91
    AmishGuy91 Posts: 834
    The story sounds very similar to Into The Wild.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Wow. Crazy story.. just visited his MySpace. I hope he wasn't trying to pull a Christopher McCandless.
  • leafs4ever
    leafs4ever Posts: 833
    thank you for posting this, i had no idea... i'm a pretty big mma fan and a fan of evan's.... i just can't believe this.

    He had troubles in the past and was doing such a good job of changing things around in his life, it's really hard to believe this happened.

    RIP EVAN
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I'm not too familiar with the MMA circles but man, way too soon to be taken away.

    RIP Evan Tanner
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    pimprock wrote:
    Say what you will about the UFC, this is a sad story about a great fighter who passed away this week while camping (etc) out in the desert.

    Read the end of the story for a mention of Eddie Vedder's "Guaranteed."

    http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14429

    thanks for posting this. evan was a great person too. he went out of his way to help people when he didn't have to. he was humble and kind, and always did things in his own way.

    i wish you could have had a few more adventures, my friend.

    "believe in the power of one"
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    evan's myspace...

    http://www.myspace.com/evan_tanner
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    for evan...he really liked the song. :)

    eddie vedder - guaranteed

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3SxCph5I1Q

    On bended knee is no way to be free
    Lifting up an empty cup, I ask silently
    All my destinations will accept the one that's me
    So I can breathe...

    Circles they grow and they swallow people whole
    Half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know
    A mind full of questions, and a teacher in my soul
    And so it goes...

    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
    Holding me like gravity are places that pull
    If ever there was someone to keep me at home
    It would be you...

    Everyone I come across, in cages they bought
    They think of me and my wandering, but I'm never what they thought
    I've got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts
    I'm alive...

    Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
    Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
    Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead
    Overhead...

    Leave it to me as I find a way to be
    Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting
    I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me
    Guaranteed
  • mattxpike
    mattxpike Posts: 53
    a gifted fighter who over came a lot, Tanner was a great champion and a better person to all who knew him.

    rest in peace
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    I tried to explain. Oh, somehow.
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    kyria has set up a comments area on evan's website to leave comments or stories about evan if anyone is a fan or would like to drop a comment...

    http://www.evantanner.net/
  • jonbond1779
    jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,642
    http://sherdog.com/news/news/former-ufc-champ-tanner-dead-at-37-14334
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    edited because the link didn't work.
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Interesting how quickly nature can overcome even the most badass humans out there. Sometimes all that strength and heart just don't mean a thing. RIP
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    a couple of tribute videos for evan, set to "guaranteed"...

    pictures...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFxZoPihZHQ

    some video and pictures...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBgap6c5H0A

    this one is set to "all along the watchtower" with footage from three fights...vs. baroni I, vs. lawler, vs. terrell (MW Championship)...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqxIxXC5kew
  • adamg5
    adamg5 Posts: 803
    His myspace page had a different version of guaranteed than I have heard. does anyone know where to get that version? My "into the wild" movie soundtrack sounds different. thanks.
  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    R.I.P. Evan
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • Faithfultoyou
    Faithfultoyou Posts: 40
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Interesting how quickly nature can overcome even the most badass humans out there. Sometimes all that strength and heart just don't mean a thing. RIP

    Wow, that is very deep, and very true!!!!!!
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    adamg5 wrote:
    His myspace page had a different version of guaranteed than I have heard. does anyone know where to get that version? My "into the wild" movie soundtrack sounds different. thanks.

    i think a few people have asked. personally, i'm not sure. sorry.
  • chikevin
    chikevin Posts: 421
    pimprock wrote:
    Say what you will about the UFC, this is a sad story about a great fighter who passed away this week while camping (etc) out in the desert.

    Read the end of the story for a mention of Eddie Vedder's "Guaranteed."

    http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14429
    i don't know what happened to this guy...
    ...but what i do know is that while ed's 'guaranteed' had to do with the subject from 'into the wild', there's no way he would want it associated with someone who is currently dead under for reasons out of their control.

    think he, and the band, have had enough of that.

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