Comments on: Evan Tanner: 1971-2008 http://www.total-mma.com/2008/09/09/evan-tanner-1971-2008/ Completing the perspective on Mixed Martial Arts Fri, 18 May 2012 05:48:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bob http://www.total-mma.com/2008/09/09/evan-tanner-1971-2008/#comment-15330 Bob Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:59:51 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=473#comment-15330 Tanner was the best. Tanner was the best.

]]> By: brent http://www.total-mma.com/2008/09/09/evan-tanner-1971-2008/#comment-14109 brent Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:45:55 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=473#comment-14109 Evan Tanner, truly a warrior and truly will be missed by MMA fans who love to watch fighters with what he brought into the cage. thank you Evan. Evan Tanner, truly a warrior and truly will be missed by MMA fans
who love to watch fighters with what he brought into the cage. thank you Evan.

]]> By: Dave Walsh http://www.total-mma.com/2008/09/09/evan-tanner-1971-2008/#comment-14042 Dave Walsh Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:01:40 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=473#comment-14042 Thanks for the words, Kevin. We were all big fans of Evan, not only for his in-ring but his general attitude and outlook on life. He was truly a guy worth respecting; he made his mistakes but would fully admit them and do his best to learn from them. The MMA world might never have another guy like Evan due to how it is grown, and that is a shame. Thanks for the words, Kevin. We were all big fans of Evan, not only for his in-ring but his general attitude and outlook on life. He was truly a guy worth respecting; he made his mistakes but would fully admit them and do his best to learn from them. The MMA world might never have another guy like Evan due to how it is grown, and that is a shame.

]]> By: Kevin Mackie http://www.total-mma.com/2008/09/09/evan-tanner-1971-2008/#comment-14040 Kevin Mackie Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:28:43 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=473#comment-14040 I knew Evan Tanner in high school and during the 1990's. Lost touch with him when I moved to Denver from Amarillo in 1999. I pole vaulted with Evan at Caprock High School in 1987 & 1988 and we rode our bikes around the Amarillo area frequently. Evan was a great pole vaulter who beat my Texas panhandle record when he was a senior (I was one year older than Evan). We were very competitive with one another whether it was pole vaulting, racing our road bikes or anything else. But we still supported the success of each other. We also had a great pole vault coach at Caprock High School. We even planned a road bike adventure across the United States in 1988 but could not go through with it since I started college at Texas Tech quicker than I has planned. One thing I noticed about Evan through his interviews and how he approached entrance to the Octagon as he became popular in MMA was that he never changed his personality...he did not change from a humble, cerebral, personable person that I remember in high school and while he was shoot-wrestling in Amarillo in the 1990's. That's the Evan I remember that did not change that makes me proud and inspired. I tried to reconnect with Evan this past year or so but could not get in touch with him like I had hoped. I will miss him greatly along with all his friends, family and fans. Kevin I knew Evan Tanner in high school and during the 1990’s. Lost touch with him when I moved to Denver from Amarillo in 1999. I pole vaulted with Evan at Caprock High School in 1987 & 1988 and we rode our bikes around the Amarillo area frequently. Evan was a great pole vaulter who beat my Texas panhandle record when he was a senior (I was one year older than Evan). We were very competitive with one another whether it was pole vaulting, racing our road bikes or anything else. But we still supported the success of each other. We also had a great pole vault coach at Caprock High School. We even planned a road bike adventure across the United States in 1988 but could not go through with it since I started college at Texas Tech quicker than I has planned. One thing I noticed about Evan through his interviews and how he approached entrance to the Octagon as he became popular in MMA was that he never changed his personality…he did not change from a humble, cerebral, personable person that I remember in high school and while he was shoot-wrestling in Amarillo in the 1990’s. That’s the Evan I remember that did not change that makes me proud and inspired. I tried to reconnect with Evan this past year or so but could not get in touch with him like I had hoped. I will miss him greatly along with all his friends, family and fans.

Kevin

]]> By: Banned FEDOR's DVD http://www.total-mma.com/2008/09/09/evan-tanner-1971-2008/#comment-13965 Banned FEDOR's DVD Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:06:44 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=473#comment-13965 RIP, Evan. You've been a heck of a warrior. I hate to see you go like this, but you'll always be remembered... RIP, Evan. You’ve been a heck of a warrior. I hate to see you go like this, but you’ll always be remembered…

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