Last night I was hanging out with some friends when I suddenly got a text message from my other friend with “Evan Tanner died.”  I was shocked!

I immediately went online to do some research and different sources said that a body was found in the desert and was believed to be UFC fighter Evan Tanner.

Then a hearty situation turned into a quite time of mourning and disbelief.

I liked Evan Tanner.  I have watched most of his fights in the past and I always liked him.  He was a calm and collective guy but was a very tough fighter.  I remember watching him win the middleweight championship in UFC 51.

I never got the opportunity to meet Evan in person but I am confident he was a great person.  The interesting thing about how he died is that he died in the desert.  My friends and I go out to the desert all the time and this event will make us think twice about safety.

Evan will most definitely be missed.

Good Bye.

The UFC is rushing to create a last minute event to try and undercut the new Afflication Banned event that is scheduled to take place next month at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. This fight has a great card and I am sure the center will sell out as they did on the previous event.

The UFC was trying to put together a fight between Wanderlei Silva and Brandon Vera to air at the same time as the Afflication event. Now sources say that the fight will not take place.

Brandon Vera is a heavy weight fighter who would be moving down in weight to fight Wanderlei at 205lbs. Wanderlei has had a bad luck streak against heavy weights with losses to Mirco Crocop and Mark Hunt so I can imagine he would want to stay in his weight class because there is already plenty of competition there.

I believe Wanderlei has his eye on the prize again. He knows if he faces Rampage again it should be an easy victory. Although Rampage is a different fighter today, I still don’t think he has what it takes to stop Wanderlei.

I am a true MMA fan. I started watching the UFC since the very beginning, UFC #1. I remember distinctly when Gerard Gordeau knocked a tooth out of Teila Tuli’s mouth with a kick. It was fascinating to watch. It was REAL fighting on television. I was hooked instantly. I remember the Royce Gracie craze that started back in 1993, when Royce introduced Brazilian Jujitsu to the world by winning 11 matches by submission and was the tournament winner of UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4, and fought to a draw with Ken Shamrock in the superfight at UFC 5 (Thanks Wikipedia). I watched throughout the years as fighters like Tank Abbot, Vitor Belfort, Dan Severn, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, and many more became dominant champions in their own styles.