Boxing/MMA Fights - local, national, world

**burton2019** · September 7th, 2008, 06:22 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PassMan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mike, this really isn't necessary. The fact is, there really isn't enough MMA discussion to leave it out there with the rest of the sports, and that's why it's easier to keep it all in one big thread rather than trying to mix it in with the 5,000 football threads every week. Could you imagine hunting for MMA threads if we didn't keep all of the discussion in just this one?</div></div>

Seriously.

**Gotch** · September 7th, 2008, 06:56 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: steer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How did the school go yesterday? Good turn out for a seminar?</div></div>

Not real big in numbers, but the quality of the people who showed was excellent. A couple of really good grapplers there. Most of us went to applebee's afterwards and it was a very nice day.

Jason was really on point with his instruction and the better guys were really impressed I believe.

To give you an idea of the quality of the participants, they all rolled after the seminar and about 4 of them were able to tap Chico. Jason still had no trouble despite the recent knee surgery though [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

**burton2019** · September 7th, 2008, 06:58 PM

Anyone know of any good karate or jiu-jitsu classes in the tri-cities area for little kids. My son will be 5 next summer and looking into putting him into a karate/jiu-jitsi class.

**Ironlung** · September 7th, 2008, 07:12 PM

Contact the Jizz Monster. He can help you out. He's at the gym, everyday, at the gym.

**Gotch** · September 7th, 2008, 07:15 PM

I know a really good one in Maryville, but I assume that's too far.

I know some good places, but doubt if they take kids that young?

Brenden "Pinky" Bohannon might? Very nice guy, good skills, and reasonable prices.

Address is 808 Buffalo St. Johnson City, TN 37601. Can't seem to find his phone#

**burton2019** · September 7th, 2008, 07:21 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ironlung</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Contact the Jizz Monster. He can help you out. He's at the gym, everyday, at the gym.</div></div>

haha..at the gym you say? everyday?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gotch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I know a really good one in Maryville, but I assume that's too far.

I know some good places, but doubt if they take kids that young?

Brenden "Pinky" Bohannon might? Very nice guy, good skills, and reasonable prices.

Address is 808 Buffalo St. Johnson City, TN 37601. Can't seem to find his phone#</div></div>

Thanks Gotch.

**Ironlung** · September 7th, 2008, 07:29 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> haha..at the gym you say? everyday?</div></div>

That's the rumor. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img] He's got more time to kill since he's not on here any more.

**steer** · September 8th, 2008, 11:11 PM

EVAN TANNER DEAD

Evan Tanner, a former UFC middleweight champion and one of MMA's most popular fighters, was found dead in the Palo Verde mountain area of California today.

He was 37 years old.

A friend of Tanner's said that authorities have recovered his body. Kyria McBrayer, who also assisted the popular fighter with his "Team Tanner" fan/sponsorship club, said she received the unfortunate news today.

Calls to the Imperial County Sheriff's Office were not immediately returned, but according to a report from the Imperial Valley Press, a campsite, which included Tanner's motorcycle, was recently discovered. A sheriff's deputy found Tanner's body when searching the mountain's Clapp Springs area, according to the report.

The cause and other details of Tanner's death were not immediately known.

His friends last heard from him this past Wednesday, Sept. 3. A search for Tanner began on Saturday, when temperatures in the area reached nearly 115 degrees.

The Palo Verde mountain area is located in southern California near the Arizona border.

Tanner (32-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC), a Texas native who won a state high school wrestling title in 1989, turned an MMA professional in 1997 and began his career with a stellar 19-1 record to earn his way into the UFC.

Tanner, who claimed he learned much of the sport from instructional tapes and DVDs, received his first UFC title shot in 2001 but suffered a quick first-round knockout to then- UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz. However, after going 7-1 in his next eight fights and dropping to the middleweight division, Tanner defeated David Terrell for the organization's vacant 185-pound title in February 2005.

His championship reign would be a short one, though; Rich Franklin defeated Tanner in his very next fight.