I had concidentally thought of Tanner earlier today and remembering when he said " I'm the Gatekeeper kinda and he's gotta get thru me" when discussing his fight and win over the heralded grappling phenom he totally dominated.
RIP
RIP
RIP.
Great man. Great soul. Great fighter.
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Rest in peace
nice playin blackjack with ya at MGM brother!!! you were one of the greats RIP
knot eyeĀ -ĀGolden Boy -knot eyeĀ -ĀHe would've been a huge personality in this social media age.Ā
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RIP
I agree. Evan was the first fighter to embrace social media. Joe Silva had to create a Myspace to get a hold of him one time.
Yea Iāve always heard he had a MySpace page and he interacted with his fans.
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I never had a MySpace but I do have Twitter. Tanner wouldāve been huge.
man he totally interacted on thereā¦ no jokeā¦ he randomly wrote me one timeā¦
he may of had some demons, but that guy was truly fighting for the good of mankindā¦
badboyhere -knot eyeĀ -ĀGolden Boy -knot eyeĀ -ĀHe would've been a huge personality in this social media age.Ā
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RIP
I agree. Evan was the first fighter to embrace social media. Joe Silva had to create a Myspace to get a hold of him one time.
Yea Iāve always heard he had a MySpace page and he interacted with his fans.
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I never had a MySpace but I do have Twitter. Tanner wouldāve been huge.
man he totally interacted on thereā¦ no jokeā¦ he randomly wrote me one timeā¦
he may of had some demons, but that guy was truly fighting for the good of mankindā¦
I remember once I thought Iāll message Evan and see if he had some advice. I had been playing judo for a long time. I had just gotten a black belt and started struggling big time for some reason. I had a state tournament coming up and I sent him a message. He was super classy and helpful. I ended up doing very well in the tournament(3-1) but I honestly think Iād have went 0-4 in that one had I not wrote Evan and he took the time to write back.
evan and I wrote back and forth for awhile after that. He always seemed genuine when asking about my judo or Bjj tournaments/training. Sometimes we just messaged about random stuff. I wish I still had those messages because they were important to me at the time and still are.
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before a fight once he told me, donāt worry too much about it and that all we have are memories and we are just doing this for a memory and a story to tell. (Something like that but not it exactly)
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i didnāt know him personally, so the stories about his drinking and ruining friendships may be true but Evan was nothing but good and sincere to me so I have nothing bad to say about him at all. He was a good human, had a good soul and meant well. Whether he made mistakes or not shouldnāt make a difference on how heās rememberedĀ