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Part two:
Check out the Associated Press news report and footage in the wake of Evan’s death after the jump.
(Thanks to BloodyElbow.com for the assist on the first two vids … real good stuff.)
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RIP to a true WARRIOR!
I’m not heartless, but I was reading some guys saying they cried. If you never met someone, they’re not family or friends, how can you cry. Tanner was one of my favorite fighters for a while there, and I always enjoyed watching him fight, but his death has no impact on my life! I’m not saying this for shock value, or any reason except in the hopes that someone can explain to me how this affects their life. Tom Brady got hurt, my wife is bummed out, but life goes on (I realize he’s not dead, but to die hard pats fans he might as well be).
Please, explain all the serious hurt feelings.
@kevin doesn’t know shit
Dude, sometimes people are just emotionally moved. Movies can do that, and they’re not even real life.
I didnt shed a tear, but I wish it had never happened!
Last summer I lost my father and one of my closets friends (nba player Eddie Griffin) in the same week. I felt to very close personal losses so I cant get upset over a guy that I never met, but I do feel that its a shame that this earth has lost a great guy and warrior like Tanner
RIP to a TRUE WARRIOR!
I cant wait till Genghis con makes a tribute highlight about him.
thought the same thing about ganghis con john.
I was just explaining 9/11 to my son (my wife was pregnant when it happened). I was tearing up. That is the type of thing that makes me ALMOST cry. I was only explaining it so he knew what the moment of silence was for at school, not because I think he needs to know that at 6 years old.
See, an mma fighter doesn’t make me even think when we have men and women dying every day just because of president Bush’s personal vendetta against saddam huissein. There was ZERO reason to invade Iraq. Don’t give me the whole “huissein was a bad guy and tortured his own people,” because that happens every day in countless countries across the world!
I dont disagree
Loose Change 2nd Edition.. A documentary dedicated to everyone who was affected by 9/11.
Dear kevin doesn’t know shit, Get over the war in iraq buddy. It is odvious you don’t follow the war, because the war is 95% over. The troop surge worked!
And there was a reason to invade iraq. All the countries in the middle east hate us for what europe did, it makes trading hard, drives prices up on certain things(oil). But if we can get allies in the middle east, the world will be a lot better place.
For us anyways.
From Evan Tanner to the war in Iraq. What a segway.
Loose Change 2nd Edtion.. Dedicated to those whom were affected by 9/11.
I didnt even realize that today was 9/11
I was at WTC this morning.. I can’t forget it.. even if I tried.
95% over??? that would mean most troops are home…nope, actually they are deploying troops. why was it effective? Iraq is just as dangerous as it was 8 years ago and our gas is higher. If we were going to take over, we might as well get something out of it, besides death, what did we get?
Phil, I watched most of it, very interesting!
Loose Change 2nd edition :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yx9NRX37SM
better version on google movies
I partly agree with you NewGuyTheGunMan. I think the surge has done a lot to improve the situation in Iraq. The U.S. and civilian casulties have dropped significantly. Even Obama admitted that!!
Just because the surge worked doesn’t mean our boys are going to come home. Have you seen the military base and embassy the U.S. built in Iraq? It’s massive. That tells me that the U.S. fully intends to keep a large amount of our troops in Iraq, which I don’t necessarily think is a horrible idea. Just look at Germany and Japan. We still have troops in both of those countries and WWII has been over for 60+ years. The U.S. would be smart to keep a foothole in the middle east. As one of mania’s recent posts stated, “keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”
Yo Kevin think about I think about it as a subconsious act. Like Evan Tanner was around during their generation and it just hits you with a dose of reality. Your going to die. I’m only twenty but when Hughes, Franklin or Chuck die its going to hit me with that reality that these men were from my time and they died… am I next? Anyway just trying to give you a different perspective. I didn’t cry when 9/11, nobody I knew died but I knew it was a huge tragedy and I’d never say anything to disrespect their memories.
As for the Iraq war its obvious NewGuy is not only clueless but also republican. The Iraq war is only being won in remote regions with much of the land still devastated and construction still at a stand still. Just because troops are dying left and right anymore doesn’t mean its almost over. Not to mention McCain is talking about continuing the war so I don’t see how it could be 95% done. In other war related news, we are slowly losing Afghanistan back to the people who actually attacked us in 9/11. (this was stated by generals in the war, kind of like general Patreous however these generals don’t bend over backwards for the republicans, they say it straight how it is)
G Bush caught got caught up in a 9/11 lie :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm73wOuPL60&feature=related
has a cause of death been announced yet? I heard it was heat exhaustion. Then I heard something about not having his motorcycle helmet on.
Anyone know the truth?
I don’t knowfor certain.. however something read from a friend of Tanner’s was Died of dehydration.
Pretty laughable how the site is trying to avoid thread hi-jacking but yet you have almost Pretty laughable how the site is trying to avoid thread hi-jacking but yet you have almost half of a thread that’s suppost to be on Evan Tanner filled with Iraq war debate and links to goofy 9/11 theories.
yeah but If I bring it up, I get bitched at!
cogito, nice try, but I’m that age and it’s my generation too, thanks for thinking of me as a young guy though, I appreciate it!
I think today is a special day, Mania won’t begrudge an enlightened debate about 9/11. BTW, I liked Tanners’ video, not that it will redirect my life, or enlighten me about anything I don’t already know, but it’s nice to be ’sincerely’ reminded of some of the most important aspects of humanity that is often lost in the day to day shuffle.
“One of the ultimate things a human can learn is kindness for their fellow humans.” Tanner’s words. If empathy for others’ losses move some people to tears, what’s wrong with that? If you aren’t moved to tears, no one’s judging you. Why are you judging them? just saying.
very inspirational adam, you’re interviews are great, sorry I didn’t cry
hahahaha. i didn’t cry either. just playin’.
adam WAGZ: anymore stellar interviews in the near future?
Maybe some people were moved by his death because he affected their lives. I think Evan touched a lot of his fans with his words on a personal level. I think a lot of people believed in what he had to say about life and how the world can be a better place. He was a warrior and a visionary, and to many people he will be greatly missed.
Just because his death doesn’t affect you on a personal level doesn’t mean you should question the beliefs and emotions of others.
Will people stop telling Kevin he isn’t allowed to question another persons feelings. He isn’t down talking them or saying that them crying is a bad thing, he’s asking a simple question which happened to make this thread a little more interesting in the process.
die hard pats fans do not exist. if they do, there are about twelve of them and neither you nor your wife are one of them.
die hard pats fans since when? when they started winning? and when will you lose interest? when they start losing?
pats fans are the worst band wagon fans in the world.
lol, ok, I had season tickets in the 80’s when they weren’t the team they are now. You know thoufh jj right. I grew up 20 minutes from foxboro!
if I’m not die hard, why’d I pay 1000 dollars to go to the niner/pats game this year?
sure ya did
Because in this shitty world of terrible people and everyone caught up in gas prices and mortgages, here was a truly decent, caring, selfless human being.
Great guy. I wonder if he was listening to “The End” by the Doors, when he past?
It just sems like thats what Evan would have done.
lol
I like that. Listenin’ to Doors’ music before the end is near. Very climactic…
dude was deep. RIP man.
I will always remember Tanner as a fighter that win or loose would always put his opponent “through the fire” as Joe rogan would say. its so true!
We say fighters go to war all the time, but Tanner really used to go to WAR in t he octagon! He will be missed.
I will never forget his entrance for the Okami fight when he came out to Jimi Hendrix, that was AWESOME and fitting of tanner!
There is a lot of truth in what he says. It doesn’t matter what car you drive, how big your house is, what restaurants you can afford, etc. If we can all take just a small piece of what he talks about it would benefit us all.
RIP Evan, the world needs more people like him. I can only hope he didn’t leave any kids behind without a father. But if he did, I hope they were old enough to appreciate the kind of man he was and learn from him.
This guy is my new life mentor! That’s deep shit! Tons of respect for Tanner! May you rest in peace wherever you are!
alot of truth.miss ya evan
…The guy was on another level.. a warrior, in more ways than one. I think of all the memorable fights I enjoyed of his… vs. Okami,Grove… Tito,Franklin… Some all time UFC classics… as a fan, he will be missed.
Well his fight with Tito was really a forgettable one. He didn’t really put Tito to the test! that’s unfair!
He definitely was deep. He was a little crazy too.. but he seemed live the way he wanted which is more than most of us can say.
Rob Dib
i cried for tanner for about 1hour until my nose was burning and i felt lto ike i had get gripp of my self i really trully belive tanner was 1 human bieng in 1million they dont come along too often
r.i.p tanner
and fuck dana white for not saying anything
why are you guys mad at dana? do you really think they won’t have a tribute at the fight night? what do you guys think, they had an “ULTIMATE TANNER” ready for spike just in case he dies?
give it time!
yeah i would imagine at this spike tv event they’re have a tribute and every fighter will say something in there interviews as well as the ultimate tanner you spoke of
hey man couldn’t reply under your comment on up the page but you are not accurate on the war, the troops aren’t coming home because we are now sending most of them to afghanistan, iraq is much calmer now and al quieda is strong in afghanistan
Evan was a great fighter and a great person. RIP Evan
i honestly woulda rather had him as our president then borack or mccain, well mainly after watching these videos, he was one smart guy
You can say he was crazy or far out there or whatnot, but the guy had some really good perspectives on life and certain issues. I almost shed a tear when he said he wanted to teach those things to his kids “Kindness and respect for others”. RIP Evan Tanner
Yo Kevin:
To cry of a lost one is one thing. To not cry is another. To have to explain why some do and some don’t, nobody has to, but I will. Me, personally, did shed a tear, I did not cry, and no I have never met him. So by never meeting him, I am not saying that , to me, he was not heroic, he was not driven, he was not smart, adventurous, whatever….but to me he was all of those, and I didn’t have to meet him to realize that.
eg. My mother never met Elvis Pressley, but when he passed, my Mother and millions more cried, most who never met him. Princess Diane??
He impacted many people (for me it was more so personally), so for the many who cried in this loss, it is okay, most people never met JFK either!
the guy was not a god! let him rest.. without trying to make him out to be a hero of some sort
thanks very much for posting these videos. having spent a little time discussing some of this material with evan, i found it difficult to watch some parts, particularly nearing the end of the second piece. it’s a moving snapshot of evan, the way he was with people, and his thoughts on life.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!!! SUCH A DEEP PERSON IN SUCH A SHALLOW WORLD!!! HE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY!!! R.I.P. EVAN!!!
If only people actually listened to his message.
His thoughts were very spiritual. Much of what he said reminded me of the Gospel of John. No kidding…
Some might be interested in reading Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. Great book about Man’s journey to rekindle the truth that lies within ones heart.
Peace…
They should make a book about Tanner and his quotes…or a bio or what not…
everyone google ‘war by way of deception’ that film is 10 times better than loose change.
RIP Tanner. Tanner sounded a lot like Bruce Lee.
obviously Evan Tanner’s death was a terrible thing. he was an ambasador to the sport.
but i just watched 20 minutes of him telling me that his mission in life is to spread his word and 20 minutes later I still have no idea what his word is.
- his word was to be kind to your fellow man.
- his word was not to be caught up in yourself and do for others.
-his word was the one person has the ability to affect others with little acts. He said even great buildings were made one piece at a time.
- his word was that one had to die of oneself in order to live.
- his word was that we are conditioned from the beginning from commercials ect to be something. i.e. – working 9 – 5 and adding to the GNP. Evan elaborated about their is so much more to life than what we have be conditioned to think.
I am sure their is more. Maybe you can go back and listen again???
Peace
I appreciate you taking the time to point that out. Thank you.
what i meant was that it all seemed fairly cliche to me and there was really no mention of how to accomplish any of these things he speaks of…Kind of like a Barak Obama speech.
At times I found it a tad arrogant how he spoke of himself. And i also found his actions to be quite self fulfilling which contradicted alot of what he said about making a change.
“I’m going to go into the dessert because that is going to help others once i write about it”.
It’s one thing to say we can all make a difference, but it’s a whole different thing to tell someone how to do it.
I don’t know, I was just a little disapointed by what I saw.
Cool – respect your thoughts.
It seems he was seeking and still growing. The thing that struck me is that he pointed to something bigger than himself. And, also, he pointed to acts of kindness and the results of tiny acts. This is very powerful.
You bring up Obama. Well I cant speak for him but I can bring in Guialiani. When he took over New York they had high crime. Instead of going after the big offenders – drug dealers, killers, ect, they took care of the little things. That is, broken windows, bums in the streets, ect. By taking care of the little things the big things like murder and drug use decreased. True story.
Anyway, I am late for work and I am sorry if I did not do this point justice. In the end, his points (EVANS) were very profound and basic in the sense that if we are less self centered and kind to others we can have much power in one. He points to breaking away from self centered nature by getting alone and breaking away from a negative conditioning culture and yet points to the fact that we need community to share our lives with. In short, he was not afraid to be alone and face who he truly was, aknowledging something greater than himself so that he could come back to community and share what he had learned.
I admitt, he like the rest of us, are imperfect and are on a journey to learn and share with others. Thanks for your thoughts.
Got to run…
Peace -
When I read the post weeks ago about Evan going into the desert on this adventure, I commented that I was really jealous of his lifestyle and mentioned that he lived his life by his rules – not others, and I admired that a lot.
I get up in the morning, see my Wife and Children for a few minutes, go off to work, get home, see them for an hour or so, then do more work, go to bed, and get back up to do it all over again. Is that truly living? Depends on your definition of what truly living is. To me, it’s not, but I do have an obligation to my Family to provide for them and want to make my Children’s quality of life better than mine. Am I cheating my Children of enjoying lifes simple pleasures by trying to keep up with the Jones’s?? Maybe so. I’ll be doing some soul searching for a while and see if I can live my dream by simplifying life a bit.
Reminds me of the quote “All Men Die, Very Few Truly Live.”
Evan, in my opinion, you truly lived your life to the fullest. God Bless you, you died too young, and will be missed by many.
When listening to Evan its hard to understand that this guy liked to bang his elbow into other guys heads repeatedly. He likes to talk in abstracts and it is obvious that he was very idealistic. It would have been nice to have him talk about the meaner side of him. The side that likes to punch a guys face in. Perhaps he needed a controlled outlet of violence to be able to be so peaceful. I have much respect for his view that his fighting was a means to an end but i still believe that most fighter like fighting for its own sake and i feel that this is an underdiscussed topic. Its a shame that we didnt get to know his views on this.