Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Evan Tanner Found Dead in Desert

[MashTorrance]

http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/articles/BREAKING_Mixed_Martial_Arts_Fighter_Evan_Tanner_Fo und_Dead_in_Dessert/329941

Former Middleweight Champion of the UFC Evan Tanner has been found dead in the desert.

A body was discovered in the Palo Verde mountain area on Monday, said Lt. George Moreno from Imperial County Sheriff's Department.

The Palo Verde mountain area is 60 miles northeast of Brawley.

Tanner, 37, has been missing since last weekend when his friends had not heard from him after countless phone calls and text messages. Evan recently wrote on his blog "I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment, could cost me my life," wrote Tanner on the adventure in August. "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."

Evan Tanner returned to the UFC in 2007 after many months off where he was battling Alochol addiction. He recently lossed to Yushin Okami and Kendall Grove.

Our Prayers go out to his family.

This sucks......

[haZe]

Believe in yourself. Believe in your own potential for greatness. Believe that you can change the world. It is something that is within each of us. Believe in the Power of One

RIP to a Legend. :wah:

[MashTorrance]

^^^Great quote from a great man.

[Stiffman]

Wow, that sucks. Too bad, he seemed like a great guy from all I read.

[snyderman]

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

ET was always a favorite of mine. My heart really sank when I read this.

RIP to a great and humble warrior. :wah:

[atreyu_2020]

Very likable guy, RIP.

[OvaryAssassin]

i don't know much about the guy but what i do know is he enjoyed life to the fullest. really sad to see someone love life so much and die so young.

kinda reminded me of the dude from the movie "into the wild"

rip evan tanner

[sublimej311]

That was completely unexpected. I knew he was into that stuff, but this is just crazy to hear.

[cynicist]

What a shame. He was a great fighter. I feel for his family 37 is too young.

[ToastedBagel]

Wow. Always seemed like a really cool guy. The song 'Guarenteed' by Eddie Vedder from Into The Wild is the song he has on his myspace. While terribly tragic and entirely premature, it’s perhaps a poetic end for one of the most eccentric fighters the sport has ever known.

Rest in peace, Evan.

[atreyu_2020]

Evan Tanner was a likable and nice guy, but a very troubled man. He was living in pain and suffering for a long time. I think by going on his voyage he knew he was going to die, and wanted too.

[High On PCP]

I think by going on his voyage he knew he was going to die, and wanted too.

Know what I think? I think you are spewing straight diarrhea out of your mouth.




I've been sitting around this apartment, bored to tears, waiting on the last of the gear I need for the desert adventure to come in the mail. I've really been looking forward to getting out there. It seems some MMA websites have reported on the story, posting up that I might die out in the desert, or that it might be my greatest opponent yet, etc. Come on guys. This isn't a version of "Into the Wild". 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.




"Now you may ask if I regret it, if I would do it differently if I could, if I would take it back. NOT A CHANCE!!!!! I went for it. I put it all on the line. I always will. I knew what the consequences would be if I failed, and I was willing to accept them. So any of you reading who might be feeling a twinge of sympathy, don't. I made my decisions, and I accept the consequences. I'm no victim. And to those who are thinking about preaching at me, don't bother. I won't hear you. I haven't accomplished anything in this life worth remembering by playing it safe. That's boring to me anyway."
-Evan Tanner '07

[sublimej311]

Nobody wants to die from being stranded in the desert. If he wanted to die he would have done it quick, not one of the more drawn out painful ways. The guy was a risk taker, but he wasn't suicidal and he told his friends if they didn't hear from him everyday to send help.