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Quoteworthy:
“We were miles out, desperately bailing out water. We made it into Mission Bay as night fell. Being unfamiliar with the bay, and finding it difficult to navigate in the dark, we ran aground. I stayed up all night, much of it spent down in the hold in the cold water, trying to save her. I tried, but I couldn’t do it. She was hurt too much.”
– Former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner shipwrecks off the coast of California. If the boat is not moved from the site within 30 days it will be deemed abandoned and lifeguards can legally remove the vessel. For more details head over to EvanTanner.net.
October 5th, 2007
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Oh how the mighty have fallen or in this case sank.
Was he charged with a DWI ?? His boat sinking..could be his MMA career sinking.. I hope he gets his life back together.. and stays out this type of news.
lucky he didnt go down like Gilbert Aldana r.i.p surely this guy can get his act back together n compete again. The middleweight division aint stacked enough as of yet.
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.
too much rum
grow back your Tom Hank’s Cast Away hair and come back to the UFC!!! Worst mops in the UFC: #1 Tanner as the lion king #2 Tanner in dread locks #3 Clay Guida #4 Tim Sylvia #5 Forrest Griffen’s half head shave in TUF 1 #6 Jonathan Goulet’s touched by the elves of Lucky Charms rainbow #7 Assuerio Silva’s mini dreds… ok can’t think of any more..
[quote comment=”166521″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.[/quote]
oi mate it aint really f ckin funny is it.tanner is a brilliant mmartist considering he taught himself from instuctional dvds.it would b nice 2 c the lone wolf back in the octagon.
I am just thankful he is not dead. Now its time to get his act together.
Tanner..Try out for TUF 7. 185′ers
[quote comment=”166527″][quote comment=”166521″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.[/quote]
oi mate it aint really f ckin funny is it.tanner is a brilliant mmartist considering he taught himself from instuctional dvds.it would b nice 2 c the lone wolf back in the octagon.[/quote]
Well no shit Evan Tanner is a good MMA fighter. He was the middleweight champion before rich took the belt. I dont recall saying anything about him being a bad fighter now did I?? Dont get you pantys in a wad cause i think its funny he was probably wasted and sunk his boat. Him sinking his boat has nothing to do with holding him back from getting in the cage. Now keep your mouth shut unless you have an understandable arguement about my comment
[quote comment=”166552″][quote comment=”166527″][quote comment=”166521″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.[/quote]
oi mate it aint really f ckin funny is it.tanner is a brilliant mmartist considering he taught himself from instuctional dvds.it would b nice 2 c the lone wolf back in the octagon.[/quote]
Well no shit Evan Tanner is a good MMA fighter. He was the middleweight champion before rich took the belt. I dont recall saying anything about him being a bad fighter now did I?? Dont get you pantys in a wad cause i think its funny he was probably wasted and sunk his boat. Him sinking his boat has nothing to do with holding him back from getting in the cage. Now keep your mouth shut unless you have an understandable arguement about my comment[/quote]
what if he hadve drowned u f cking idiot that was the point i was making.i especially liked his fights with phil baroni.
[quote post=”3511″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea. [/quote]
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, I’m with you Stunnalater, I was laughing my ass off when I saw this, and INSTANTLY thought back to the article a couple weeks ago with him holding a beer on his boat! LOLOLOL. I will always wish the best to Evan Tanner, but this is just freaking hillarious!
Now that he doesn’t have his boat anymore, hopefully he will spend some of his time in the gym. Maybe this was the “divine message sent from above” that he needed. He was spending all his time getting drunk on his boat, when he wished he could be training, but just couldn’t do it. Well, now there’s no more boat, so go train and turn your life around before you actually do find a way of accidentally killing yourself.
[quote comment=”166560″][quote comment=”166552″][quote comment=”166527″][quote comment=”166521″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.[/quote]
oi mate it aint really f ckin funny is it.tanner is a brilliant mmartist considering he taught himself from instuctional dvds.it would b nice 2 c the lone wolf back in the octagon.[/quote]
Well no shit Evan Tanner is a good MMA fighter. He was the middleweight champion before rich took the belt. I dont recall saying anything about him being a bad fighter now did I?? Dont get you pantys in a wad cause i think its funny he was probably wasted and sunk his boat. Him sinking his boat has nothing to do with holding him back from getting in the cage. Now keep your mouth shut unless you have an understandable arguement about my comment[/quote]
what if he hadve drowned u f cking idiot that was the point i was making.i especially liked his fights with phil baroni.[/quote]
LMAO!! Then that sux for him. Next TUF Episode is for middlewights so im sure there will be plenty of replacements. lol. HE DIDNT DROWN THOUGH DID HE. Sure it would be sad if he did but he didnt. You just have no sense of humor…now go play with your kangaroos “MATE”
[quote comment=”166578″][quote comment=”166560″][quote comment=”166552″][quote comment=”166527″][quote comment=”166521″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.[/quote]
oi mate it aint really f ckin funny is it.tanner is a brilliant mmartist considering he taught himself from instuctional dvds.it would b nice 2 c the lone wolf back in the octagon.[/quote]
Well no shit Evan Tanner is a good MMA fighter. He was the middleweight champion before rich took the belt. I dont recall saying anything about him being a bad fighter now did I?? Dont get you pantys in a wad cause i think its funny he was probably wasted and sunk his boat. Him sinking his boat has nothing to do with holding him back from getting in the cage. Now keep your mouth shut unless you have an understandable arguement about my comment[/quote]
what if he hadve drowned u f cking idiot that was the point i was making.i especially liked his fights with phil baroni.[/quote]
LMAO!! Then that sux for him. Next TUF Episode is for middlewights so im sure there will be plenty of replacements. lol. HE DIDNT DROWN THOUGH DID HE. Sure it would be sad if he did but he didnt. You just have no sense of humor…now go play with your kangaroos “MATE”[/quote]
im a brit u transatlantic twat.who do u thinks gonna win bisping/evans?
[quote comment=”166581″][quote comment=”166578″][quote comment=”166560″][quote comment=”166552″][quote comment=”166527″][quote comment=”166521″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.[/quote]
oi mate it aint really f ckin funny is it.tanner is a brilliant mmartist considering he taught himself from instuctional dvds.it would b nice 2 c the lone wolf back in the octagon.[/quote]
Well no shit Evan Tanner is a good MMA fighter. He was the middleweight champion before rich took the belt. I dont recall saying anything about him being a bad fighter now did I?? Dont get you pantys in a wad cause i think its funny he was probably wasted and sunk his boat. Him sinking his boat has nothing to do with holding him back from getting in the cage. Now keep your mouth shut unless you have an understandable arguement about my comment[/quote]
what if he hadve drowned u f cking idiot that was the point i was making.i especially liked his fights with phil baroni.[/quote]
LMAO!! Then that sux for him. Next TUF Episode is for middlewights so im sure there will be plenty of replacements. lol. HE DIDNT DROWN THOUGH DID HE. Sure it would be sad if he did but he didnt. You just have no sense of humor…now go play with your kangaroos “MATE”[/quote]
im a brit u transatlantic twat.who do u thinks gonna win bisping/evans?[/quote]
I didnt say anything about you not being a brit. I still think you should go play with kangaroos. LMAO!!
that was about as funny as wakin up with leprosy.
I hope Evan start’s to turn his life around. He put up a really disturbing post on his website or myspace page a while back. Someone had posted it at mma forum, and his rant sounded really depressed and defeated, but he said he was trying to find the strength to quit drinking and start training. I hope he figures it out. I have seen first hand how hard it can be for an alcoholic to beat the addiction. It affects everyone around them, at least Evan has a real reason to beat the addiction and fight.
not to change the subject from your little game of arguing over the Internet, but I found this pretty funny. I checked out Tanner’s site and his blog, where he’s documented finding, purchasing and restoring the boat over the last several months, patching holes, etc. (including some pretty sweet pics of it in dry storage and being put back in the drink…no pun intended).
Anyway, he includes this:
“She had been sitting in dry storage, up in the yard for four months. Some say that a wooden boat will never be the same if it is on the hard that long. The planks of a wooden hull soak up water and expand, sealing all the cracks. When it sits out on land, the wood dries out and contracts, opening up cracks all over the hull. When she was put back in the water, we were all really worried about how watertight she was going to be. They lowered her down partly in the water and looked everywhere inside for leaks, lowered her some more and checked again. She was holding surprisingly well. There were only a few small leaks that are expected to stop once the wood absorbs a little water.”
Guess four months IS too long for a wooden boat to be in dry storage after all!
Good luck, Tanner! Get off the sauce and come back kickin’ ass!
its not really funny at all dudes, that was his home and his life, the guy put everything into that boat
[quote comment=”166605″]its not really funny at all dudes, that was his home and his life, the guy put everything into that boat[/quote]
thx mate.at last someone with a bit of sense.
Musta been some good spinach popeye…
[quote post=”3511″]too much rum
grow back your Tom Hank’s Cast Away hair and come back to the UFC!!! Worst mops in the UFC: #1 Tanner as the lion king #2 Tanner in dread locks #3 Clay Guida #4 Tim Sylvia #5 Forrest Griffen’s half head shave in TUF 1 #6 Jonathan Goulet’s touched by the elves of Lucky Charms rainbow #7 Assuerio Silva’s mini dreds… ok can’t think of any more.. [/quote]
How about Koscheck’s Mop, that has to rank up there.
[quote comment=”166608″][quote comment=”166605″]its not really funny at all dudes, that was his home and his life, the guy put everything into that boat[/quote]
thx mate.at last someone with a bit of sense.[/quote]
this coul have an adverse effect and even make him worse.hes been in some great fights baroni 1 2 franklin 1 2 terrell.it was out of order when tito knocked him out with that slam doing the whole gravedigger thing.do u know that tito is the most hated mmartist in the uk.funny that
[quote comment=”166613″][quote comment=”166608″][quote comment=”166605″]its not really funny at all dudes, that was his home and his life, the guy put everything into that boat[/quote]
thx mate.at last someone with a bit of sense.[/quote]
this coul have an adverse effect and even make him worse.hes been in some great fights baroni 1 2 franklin 1 2 terrell.it was out of order when tito knocked him out with that slam doing the whole gravedigger thing.do u know that tito is the most hated mmartist in the uk.funny that[/quote]
I actually watched the Evan Tanner vs Terrell fight again the other day and boy can he throw a punch. I wish he would come back, he used to look like a rock star.
slow news day?
Just sit right back and you’ll here a tail..
a tail of a fateful trip…
that started from this Cali port..
aboard this tiny trip…
I feel bad but think it is kind of funny at the same time…
* tale
* aboard this tiny ship
[quote comment=”166605″]its not really funny at all dudes, that was his home and his life, the guy put everything into that boat[/quote]
No his life is MMA, maybe losing the boat will get him back to his real life…..the UFC.
[quote comment=”166709″][quote comment=”166605″]its not really funny at all dudes, that was his home and his life, the guy put everything into that boat[/quote]
No his life is MMA, maybe losing the boat will get him back to his real life…..the UFC.[/quote]
Plus I guarantee you he did not put “Everything” into that boat. IF you really think he spent his life savings..all his money from his fights, and all his valuables into that boat then you are just flat out dumb. Grow a brain and while your at it grow a sense of humor too!!!
Evan Tanner is a mess. What a train wreck.
[quote comment=”166741″]Evan Tanner is a mess. What a train wreck.[/quote]
You mean Ship wreck.
[quote comment=”166741″]Evan Tanner is a mess. What a train wreck.[/quote]
You mean boat wreck……..hahahaha.. i know its stupid, i had to do it.
Mike’s right; no matter if you like the guy or not, it is halarious. Just the foreshadowing that the last picture (boat beer=Evan=No boat! LOL) Sure it is a tavesty to see him on the rocks, pun intended, but it is hard to feel bad for this guy who is squandering his talent. If he had been in the gym, this wouldn’t have happened. Maybe it isn’t right to laugh, but it isn’t right to laugh when someone falls down the stairs, gets whacked in the balls. Doesn’t mean it isn’t funny.
FYI Scott; Tito might just be the most hated fighter anywhere. The only thing bigger than his ego is his head. Seriously, it is like an orange on a toothpick
Ship wreck, damnit. i knew boat wreck sounded weird to me
[quote comment=”166734″][quote comment=”166709″][quote comment=”166605″]its not really funny at all dudes, that was his home and his life, the guy put everything into that boat[/quote]
No his life is MMA, maybe losing the boat will get him back to his real life…..the UFC.[/quote]
Plus I guarantee you he did not put “Everything” into that boat. IF you really think he spent his life savings..all his money from his fights, and all his valuables into that boat then you are just flat out dumb. Grow a brain and while your at it grow a sense of humor too!!![/quote]
your guarantee isnt worth much bro sorry…i dont think i said that he saved up every purse from his fighting career to buy a piece of shit boat, he isnt rich at all, and he was living on that boat…go to his website and read his sept 16 blog, it was more than just a boat to the guy, thats all im saying
lol this is kind of funny……
[quote comment=”166822″]lol this is kind of funny……[/quote]
WATCH OUT C-WAR!!! Scott will get upset and start crying and whining to you if you think its funny. This is a complete serious matter!! OMG!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!! LMAO!!
You know what would even funnier …..If he was still sitting on the side drinking another beer … lol
[quote post=”3511″]DL:
Oct 5th, 2007 at 3:55 pm Quote this comment
You know what would even funnier …..If he was still sitting on the side drinking another beer … lol [/quote]
LMAO! Funniest comment today for sure
MANIA, what do you think, Funny or Not?
Does anybody no what the ufc 79 fight card will be
Poor old Evan. His drunken adventures are funny though. You could probably make a good comedy on them.
Now where is he going to live?
OMG this has to be the worst thing thats ever happen to the guy. All his booze went down with his ship. But still i must say that this made my day. So funny i cant stop laughing. Now everyone dont cry because of my comment. =D
[quote comment=”166521″]HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! THATS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST THING IVE EVER SEEN ON HERE. Earlier last month you posted a picture of him on his boat talking about what a drunk he is. Now heres a picture of his boat sinking. LMAO!!! Seems as though Captain Tanner drank a little too much on his voyage out to sea.[/quote]
Now guys, simmer down I’m sure Stunnalator wasn’t aware that this was Tanner’s home… and in his haste made a very off the wall funny comment (it was funny for those of us that didn’t know). It took forever, for someone to point that this was a serious matter for Tanner.
So who’s now responsible for Evan Tanner Save The Boat Fund?… I’ll donate $20.00 as long as he promises not to spend it on a 6 pac and comes back to fight in the UFC. I nominate Scott and Stunnalator to work together on this fund drive, any other votes?
Funniest story I’ve read all week without a doubt. I can picture the coast guard questioning him, have you been drinking tonight sir ? Umm well, no more than usual ……
What floats up must sink down..lol
Evans back in the rankings!
http://mmaopinions.blogspot.com/2007/10/mmas-top-5-binge-drinkers.html
Funny story, but give the guy a break and take down the picture. His situation is bad enough without having to look at pictures of his ‘baby’ sinking.