Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner was the self-taught Amarillo fighter who learned submissions from instructional videos and became the first American to win Pancrase’s Neo Blood tournament. He won the UFC middleweight title by stopping David Terrell at UFC 51 in 2005 and lost it to Rich Franklin.
A philosophical, adventurous man who wrote openly online about his life, he died in September 2008 aged 37 during a solo trip into the California desert. CagePotato remembered him as one of the sport’s pioneers.
| Full name | Evan Lloyd Tanner |
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| Place of birth | Amarillo, Texas, USA |
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