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9/12/2008
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More on Evan Tanner
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It seems that Evan Tanner died of heat exhaustion. Tanner, who was a very nomadic person, decided that he would go into the wilderness in order to center himself. As a result, he found himself 15 miles from the city of Palo Verde, without water and in 110 degree heat.  What makes this story so tragic is that this guy was truly an enigma. He trained in gyms all over the country but the truth of the matter is that he was self taught. His ground game and BJJ were not the result of learning from a BJJ black belt but the result of instructional DVDs. MMA and Muay Thia competitor Kit Cope was amazed at this guy´s ability to learn from a book or DVD. According to Kit: I finally asked him where he learned his muay Thai, and then he tells me this story -- and I don´t know if everybody knows this or if I was the only person who didn´t know this -- but he lived in a cabin up in the boonies. And I mean he was in the boonies where he ran everything off of a generator. He self-taught himself how to fight in his one-room cabin with a VCR and some tapes and some books. Seriously! And that guy literally made it all the way into the UFC and won the title! He was completely self-taught until he got into the UFC (and) started training with Team Quest. I knew that´s why everything looked different because he, well, made everything up. His entire fighting style he made up taking scraps from books and VHS tapes. The end result was that (his style) was the most awkward thing. Like when he would throw his jab, it would have four different kinks, but it would end up in the right spot. Even funnier, the first few times we did light sparring, I got hit with everything. Literally everything because I had never seen it thrown like that before. However, Evans bouts with alcohol may have had an impact on his ability to perform at a high level consistently. As a result he lost his last few UFC fights. Our prayers go out his family, friends. R.I.P. You will not be forgotten. source: sherdog.com |
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