Evan Tanner: Hoping for the Best

Right now the internet is littered with various reports of Evan Tanner being found "dead in the desert."

Given that he is a former UFC middleweight champion who had recently gone through a painstaking journey to get his life and career back in order, I think all MMA fans are hoping these reports are merely some form of hoax or mistake.

I, for one, hope that this is merely a mass exercise in bad taste or imaginative speculation and that mixed martial arts has not lost one of its great middleweights and, as of late, uplifting redemption stories.

Here is a NEWS STORY suggesting the possibility that a recently discovered body may have been the former champion.

Here is an EVAN TANNER APPRECIATION THREAD on Sherdog. Don't hesitate to show your support...