Kevin Randleman (RIP) saved a fans life

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

That's awesome

 

[ryanrandy]

That was amazing. What are the chances he even saw that message in time to contact this guy. Great story

 

[HelloJapan]

Big man. Big Heart. Legend. RIP.

 

[masterkiller214]

I gave a teenager the Heimlich maneuver at the Suffolk County Fair on Long Island. Hot dog popped out of her mouth. She had stopped breathing fallen, and was on the way out. Saved her right on the spot. Don't think of it very often.

Good on you man. Most people would have taken out their phones and recorded her chocking. You took the initiative to save the life of a stranger. I'm pretty sure she is grateful for the rest of her life.

 

[TallGHunter]

Should have seen him with the kids. Kevin was truly one of the good guys. I don't doubt this story for a second.

 

[TheScorpionDude]

From what I've seen from backstage footage from PRIDE events, Kevin looked like a really cool dude. Super happy all the time, nice with everyone.

He looked like someone that had very little ego, and a ton of respect for everyone.

He has the highlight of highlights in MMA with the Fedor slam.

Amazing fighter, RIP legend.

 

[JonnyboyATL]

' I told him about my issues with addiction to porn and sexting. I explained about what happened with me and ex gf.'

He was going to hang himself over that? lol

I didn't want to be the one to point this out but yeah... Lol.

 

[emax]

I would advise against making any overly judging comments on the guy in question without knowing the full story. The whole cheating issue may have just been the incident which at that time sent him over the edge, out of many that he was not comfortable discussing in public. It's also genuinely possible that he had severe ongoing depression issues that served as gasoline for which that sexting thing was the spark. Doesn't seem to make sense to be talking down on someone like that without knowing everything; we've seen public cases recently of depression taking the lives of those who seemed to have the whole world at their fingertips.

 

[RampageFaction]

' I told him about my issues with addiction to porn and sexting. I explained about what happened with me and ex gf.'

He was going to hang himself over that? lol

If you're into movies try watching "Shame" starring Michael Fassbender. I guarantee you won't think it's funny when someone has a porn/sex addiction after watching it. It can ruin your life just as easily as meth or heroin and most people have no idea how to get out of the spiral.

 

[FlyingHendo]

WAR Randleman.

RIP

 

[Iwontmakepromises]

Big heart is true

 

[Ogata]

He showed a lot of love to Joe Riggs who was going through a rough time.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Kevin Randleman's personality was amazing! R.I.P.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I've heard many great stories from fans about Kevin over the years.

 

[Blayt7hh]

I loved Kevin, amazing guy.

 

[Tugboat]

Good on you man. Most people would have taken out their phones and recorded her chocking. You took the initiative to save the life of a stranger. I'm pretty sure she is grateful for the rest of her life.

Well, they didn't have cell phones then. I imagine she may talk about it once in a rare while. Maybe to her kids by now. I hope she has a happy life. Haven't thought of it in years.

 

[chukutee]

Kevin was a good dude.

Although a guy saying "goodbye cruel world" on twitter was probably not gonna do it anyway.

 

[TheIrishPsycho]

I thought it was impossible to like Kevin more, I was wrong.

Obligatory:

 

[lweiberg]

Great story, makes me like and respect Randleman even more.

 

[Th3PlainTruth**]

One of my favorite fighters of all time both in and out of the ring.

What a stand up guy

http://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/kevin-randleman/suicide-ufc-mma-reddit/

Kevin Randleman was a special human being. Not only can he take credit for one of the most amazing slams in MMA history on Fedor Emelianenko, but he’s a former UFC Heavyweight champion. When he passed away in February of 2016, the MMA world has been mourned his loss, but then celebrated his life in an outpouring of love and stories from outside of combat. Just yesterday, a fan with the username colossuskid came forward on R/MMA telling an amazing story of how Randleman actually talked him out of suicide. Included below is his personal account in its entirety.


"I’ve pondered for a long time on how to tell this story; many people have seen it passing in the comment threads but I wanted to make a post about it because this might help people with depressing thoughts or suicide contemplating.

Around December 2014 I was in a relationship with someone who I cared very much, we ended up breaking up because I screwed up and cheated on her by sexting someone and admitted I was wrong. While we were broken up, I was starting to become my depressed by looking at her through instagram and twitter. (I haven’t had Facebook in about 2 years) Around the beginning of January, we tried to work on things but she wanted nothing to with me again because of my past mistake.

January 15th was a day I will never forget, it was the day I was truly going to end my life. I went and bought some rope, came back home and went to an area where I wouldn’t be found. I put it out on twitter that “this was it” and “I couldn’t take life anymore, good bye”. Not even 2 minutes go by, but I get a notification from twitter that someone messaged me, it was Kevin Randleman.

Kevin always followed his fans, I would tweet him and tell him how much of a fan I was. He followed me and messaged “Thanks for support, god bless.” This time, Kevin messaged and said “Hey bro, what’s wrong?”. I sent him a message explaining I couldn’t take life much and this was the end. Without a second glance, he messaged “what’s your phone number and let me talk some sense into you”. I couldn’t seriously believe that Kevin wanted to help me that much. I sent my message and about 2 minutes later I get a private number calling me.

“Kevin Randleman?” Me asking with tears down my eyes. “Hello? Marcus? Right?” Kevin said in a panic
Hearing that made me throw the already tied rope knot and start crying even more, Kevin started to talk me out of the bad situation I was in. He told me about how he understood how I was feeling, he sharing some of his stories about his rough childhood. I told him about my issues with addiction to porn and sexting. I explained about what happened with me and ex gf.

He said, “Mistakes happen, it’s how you grow and learn from that mistake.
I told him how about him, Dan Henderson and Kurt Angle were the reasons I got into wrestling and Greco-Roman style. He told me about how his kids and wife Elizabeth were the Light of his life and made name three things I’m thankful for: “Family, Friends, and Health”

Kevin stayed on the phone with me for a good 35-40 minutes before I told him I wasn’t going threw it anymore. He then left me with this “Don’t ever think that your not worthy of this life because we only have one.”
What I did was next was deleting all of my social media and still to this day I don’t have any besides Reddit. I went to counseling for my issues, and became a changed man.

I never got a chance to meet Kevin but damnit I will always wake up and look to the sky with a monster roar and thank him everyday for saving my life. I’m posting this because if anyone is having issues, please there is someone that does care, even when we are at our lowest. If somebody needs anybody to talk to, please message me.

Here is some suicide hotline prevention hotline. Call: 1-800-273-8255 Twitter: @800273TALK"

Really enjoyed reading this and Kevin is a great dude.