Dead UFC fighter and Eddie Vedder...

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  • chikevin
    chikevin Posts: 421
    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.
    that's what's important to you out of this story?
    sigh...
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    chikevin wrote:
    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.

    i guess just to clarify....evan really liked the song, and liked eddie vedder as well. he'd been listening to some eddie and was doing some reading about the california deserts as he planned for his trip.

    as he'd had it before, "guaranteed" was playing on his myspace profile. i think he put it up as soon as he heard the song for the first time. he changed it a couple of times, but this is the song still playing on his myspace page. i don't think evan ever intended for the song to be associated with him, nor did he want to be associated with "into the wild". i know that for sure, even though he did enjoy the movie and the story.

    people are making tribute videos using the song and mentioning it in articles probably because of the similarities between evan's story and the film, and the fact that it was playing on his page at the time of his passing.

    a lot of us have had "guaranteed" as a song on our myspace profiles (if we have one) i'm sure. evan was just like the rest of us, playing the song because he liked it. we don't choose the time when we leave this place and what people choose to associate with our passings.

    still, it's a beautiful song and evan was a beautiful person.
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    this is an interview i posted in my tribute thread for evan on the AET, but i thought i would post it here as well...

    a two part interview that i believe was done during the training leading up to his last fight against kendall grove. evan talks about his philosophies on life and what he has learned in his life, making change in the world, kindness, his fascination with the world and reasons for adventuring, and trying to find purpose in the paths we follow...

    the interview is called "for a better world".

    "we've kind of run away with ourselves, run away from ourselves here in this society. we've lost touch. very few people get it... took me a while."

    Part 1:

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

    "i learned the things that truly matter. now i can live by it. one of the ultimate things a human can learn is kindness for their fellow humans, and understanding. i'd like to teach those things to my children."

    Part 2:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0LadiZdOA
  • upina2001
    upina2001 Indiana Posts: 764
    this is a sad situation. We all should feel so fortunate to be alive.
    Now go tell the people close to you that you love them before its too late.
    Cause you just never know man......ya just never know when its your time.
    God Bless his Family.

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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    upina2001 wrote:
    this is a sad situation. We all should feel so fortunate to be alive.
    Now go tell the people close to you that you love them before its too late.
    Cause you just never know man......ya just never know when its your time.
    God Bless his Family.

    well said. :)
  • gozzo5058
    gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    very unfortunate...from what i've read about this was he was very prepared for his camping trip.
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    there is a short tribute video for evan on ufc.com's homepage...a couple of nice pictures that evan took are in the video. i always liked the last one. he took a lot of those...staring out into the vastness of the world.

    http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=VideoPlayer.home&gid=14523
  • piomba
    piomba Posts: 103
    they aired his final fight last night. RIP Evan.
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    piomba wrote:
    they aired his final fight last night. RIP Evan.

    oh yeah, the finale replay! i forgot that it was on last night. i'm hoping they'll have a piece done up for him for the fight night this wednesday. i'm sure joe rogan will at least have a few words to say.

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