Evan Tanner..GOD BLESS YOU..

was he trying to kill himself?
too bad, he was a great fighter!

RIP buddy.. thanks for being one of the guys that got me into the sport.

Thanks for all of the great fights. You will be missed and i’m sure that your in a better place. RIP and may God take care os your soul!

Amazing fighter. Amazing guy. Always was and will continue to be one of my favs. RIP Tanner.

Only the good die young…

RIP Evan Tanner

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED THROUGH THE THE SPORT YOU HELPED BUILD.EVAN TANNER WILL BE MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.GOD BLESS EVAN,AND HIS FAMILY THROUGH THIS HORRLBLE PAIN,OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GOES OUT TO TANNER AND FAMILY.

hate to see you go, but you left your mark buddy, you did! RIP!

I hate that this happened, he will be missed. I have always been a fan. I think the UFC should do a special show on Evan, inside and outside the cage to honor him. He well deserves it.

I am so sorry to see you go Evan. Good bye.

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it’s harder every time. You’ll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You’ll fight with your best friend. You’ll blame a new love for things an old one did. You’ll cry because time is passing too fast, and you’ll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back.

                                                                   Don’t be afraid that your life will end, be afriad that it will never begin.

Never was a fan, but it is always sad to see someone die before their time.

Evan,

You will be missed! I enjoyed watching you fight. Every time I seen that you were going to be on the event card I got so excited. While you had losses, you had some great victories. I live in Oregon and hoped that one day would see you come back. I have stayed updated on you blogs, and will miss reading them. As an outdoors-man myself I enjoyed the moments you cherished in your blog about your adventures.

To everyone here, I think Evan passed the way he wanted. I find it hard to think that he did this on purpose. I remember reading his blog about going to the Desert, and remembered him saying he was listening to Eddie Vedder. Now most of you know him for Pearl Jam, but he also contributed vocals to the movie “Into The Wild.” In the Movie the young man becomes somewhat of a Nomad and travels to Alaska, where he ultimately passes away. I just try to picture him sitting there listening to the Music, and thinking about his adventure. He noted he wanted to go to Alaska, and while he never made it I believe he is in a better place now.

Thanks,

Chris Valentine

I am totally inspired by Evan Tanner. People don’t came much better than him, and I will always praise what he has done in the cage, and as a free-spirited person. Rest in Peace, I know you will!!!!

RIP Tanner!!

He will always be remembered as a warrior….Even though he lost his life way too early, he was the former UFC Middleweight Champion of the world…he will never lose that title…..sad to see him go…wish he would had left the octogon with a win…rest in peace..

37 is too young, man.

its too bad… I wonder what the cause of death was

Live all your life without waste. Always do the crazy things that you need to do, and let the inner person reflect on the outside. Don’t be afraid to tell those around you that you love them and are grateful for them. Forgive others that might need it. You never know when your last day might come. Take care Evan, catch you on the flipside.

Damn, I feel like I lost someone I personally know. It’s a weird thing when you read so much about someone that you actually feel like you have a personal connection with them. His in depth blogs and inspirational insights on life, I will never forget. God bless, and RIP Evan.

have the authorities realeased any info on the actual cause of death? dehydration? this is crazy

Evan was a true People’s champ. Great champ and great person.

RIP

I have been an Evan Tanner fan for as long as i can remember. I liked him for the obvious reasons, he was a gutsy fighter, who even when he lost he was relentless, and his victories were always memorable. But I also liked him because he didnt deny the problems or vices he had in his life, he took them on like the warrior he was a was able to be a better man for it. I think the main reason we all respect Evan so much though is because he lived his life the way we all want to live our lives. He was someone who literally lived everyday like it was his last, he never went half way. He was that guy who didnt have a lot, but never wanted alot. You could tell he had a mattress, a T.V., and some books, and that was all he wanted. He was a wise, simple person, who refused to sweat the small stuff. As i ramble here, i try to find some kind of way to fully describe what im trying to say, and best way i can think to say it is that we all have heroes, but i for those who have followed him over the years and followed his journal and blog, i say that what i respect about Evan the most and what made him a hero to me was his ability to inspire the uninspired. When you saw how Evan lived his life it made your “problems” look trivial, he made you wanna go out and make your own destiny, and do for others what he did for you. Obviously he didnt mean as much to many as he did to me, but i think we can all just lear a lesson from what he stood for, and what he was about. He went out doing what he loved, being a badass, and being a rockstar. I for one will miss him greatly, and look back on his life with fond memories. Rest in peace my friend.

You will be missed! RIP….I’ll never forget watching you caught in a RNC hoping & yelling at the screen for you to get out of it but thinking it’s so deep that I don’t know how you could. Then sure enough you pulled it off. Simply amazing!

I will miss you Evan. I have always been your fan, and always will be. You will br remembered as a pioneer who helped make the sport what is is today. An amazing veteran, who always showed to fight. Someone who truely did live life to the fullest, and did the best he could to live out his dreams. I am realy hurt by this tragedy. I have all the sympathy in the world for every person on here who is affected by this too.
          R I P Evan Tanner, You are my hero.

RIP Evan. you will be missed. say hello to my pops while your up there please!

Before their was Anderson Silva and Rich Franklin, their was Evan Tanner a middleweight legend that will always be remembered for his tenacity,heart, and ground and pound. You will not be forgotten. God bless you Evan. RIP

Rest in peace. I hope you receive in death what you couldn’t find in life and condolences to his family and friends.

RIP Evan Tanner.
He who gave thousands of fans his all and entertained them win, lose or draw.
A PROPER warrior.
A LEGEND.

Tanner was awesome. So old school , just a beast in his time. From everything I hear he was a real good guy out the cage too.

You were a true warrior my friend….god bless you.

i still cant beleive hes gone. one of my fav. fights is the first baroni fight. rest in peace evan.

RIP.TANNER.. Hope you are in a better place with he lord above…amen!

God Bless you Evan!!!

R.I.P Evan Tanner… My question is… Why did his so called “friends” let him go all alone in the dessert knowing how troubled he was!?!?!? WTF!?!?!? Sorry, really pissed n’ sad right now… R.I.P Evan Tanner…

I said this before,this is indeed sad. Even though he was a bit eccentric, I met this guy a few months ago in Vegas where he was doing some signatures for the Memorial Day UFC, and after all the other fighters and staff left. This guy stayed behind for an extra hour to take pictures and sign autographs with fans that didnt get a chance during the official sign in. Class act.

RIP Evan Tanner

Wow this is so sudden, what a trajedy. You will be missed Evan, God bless xxx

i hope the ufc have some kinda tribute for him at their next ppv.

Sitting here listening to Sinatra sing about how he did it his way. So did Evan. Always a fan and even more so lately as I began to read his blogs. The man was a free spirit who lived life to the fullest. I truly hope his search for peace was successfull. I’m inspired by Evan and by philQny’s statement.
Live life. My greatest fear is upon coming to the end of my life, finding out that I never truly lived.
RIP
We’ll all miss you

The UFC should hold an event in the desert and give the proceeds (profits) to some sort of foundation to help fighters like Evan better deal with life after the light has gone from them.

R.I.P Evan.

I didn’t know that he had that adventerous, spiritual side to him. Sounds like he was very passionate about life, living each day to the fullest. “Hoka hey, it’s a good day to die.” RIP Evan.

When I first read about Tanner going off into the desert I kindda got the feeling he wasnt going too come back. R.I.P Evan Tanner. “Its better too burn out then too fade away”

I’m just paraphrazing what a lot of you all are saying… “He was a gutsy guy, plain and simple.” Gutsy in the cage and gutsy in life. Although we all wish he was still with us, let’s just take what we can from it and learn what we can, which is to enjoy your life, everyday like Evan Tanner did. Maybe don’t take everything to the extreme and live on the razor’s edge (or maybe do if that makes you happy), but just do what makes you happy. Smile at a stranger and don’t ever change your ways because you think you will look “different.” Different is often just a word to describe great, great people. RIP Evan.

he’ll be missed

one of those guys who truly did break the mold. No ones got heart like tanner did, RIP.

rip tanner god rest the sole and his family , wish them the best evan tanner lives forever in our hearts and they need a tribute in the next event
for ever tanner

They say the good die young, this is a death that really puts this in to perspective. RIP Evan God bless

I really hope the UFC does something special to comemorate(spelling?) Evan. A show on spike or like Counsel mentioned above where the proceeds go to a foundation in his name. The UFC better step up here.

R.I.P. Evan I miss u man. I will never forget u. U were a legend of your time and it was way to soon for me. May your soul be at peace.

Evan was a true warrior… what a loss… I will miss him.

Hate to hear this. Hope the UFC atleast honors him with a moment of silence in the next UFC.

wish you wouldve got one more fight in evan… a victory.. go out on top.. maybe one more triangle choke!! rip evan

this might sound weird but i’ll always remember evan by the shorts he was wearing when he won the title. he was in trouble but on the back of the shorts it read “believe” and i know when he was closed to being finished he still believed and became a champion for it. he’s always inspired me because of that, simply believing. it does more than you think.

he’s been through some shit with the whole drinking thing but i think he ended on a good note coming back and fighting, who cares if he lost and never got to challenge silva like he wanted, he came back and competed with two of the worlds best after going over a year without training. the dudes a warrior and an amazing writer. r.i.p, evan tanner.

a sad ending i guess

W.T.F NO F—KN WAY U WILL BE MISSED SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MET YOU IN AMARILLO AT THE TIA STAR. THEN MY FRIEND’S AN D WATCHED YOU IN TUFF MAN IN AMARILLO TX YOU SUCH A COOL DUDE !!!!!!!!!!! MAN I MISS YA NOW!!!!! I NEVER MISSED YOUR FIGHT’S YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!!!!! MAY GOD KEEP YOU IN HIS ARM’S _________THE UFC WILL NEVER B E THE SAME WITHOUT YOU EVAN REST IN GOD’S HANDS!!!!. AND PRAY FOR US DOWN HERE ON EARTH!!MISS YA (RIP) FIGHT ON
                  
                               A WARRIOR B4EVER