# Former UFC Champ Evan Tanner Dies **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 9, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ufc-champ-evan-tanner-dies/462795 "2008-09-09T16:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ufc-champ-evan-tanner-dies/462795/1 "2008-09-09T16:20:27Z")
Former UFC middleweight titleholder Evan Tanner was found dead in the mountains near Palo Verde, CA yesterday. He was 37. ☹ I’d link to the story but my computer is acting up. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ufc-champ-evan-tanner-dies/462795/2 "2008-09-09T16:29:27Z")
Providing news link for OP: [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/mma/09/09/tanner.obit/](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/mma/09/09/tanner.obit/) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ufc-champ-evan-tanner-dies/462795/3 "2008-09-09T16:31:21Z")
Gracias. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ufc-champ-evan-tanner-dies/462795/4 "2008-09-10T04:49:51Z")
[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482442) Maybe mods could merge them? Not sure if you can merge threads across forums.