News RIP Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (Confirmed / Updated)

[MartiniSIDe]

RIP Rumble

one of the most entertaining fighter ever

 

[Swoliosis]

Purely speculating but from personal experience it'd match up, a liver problem. I had an uncle develop liver cancer, very aggressive, couldn't treat it. Lost a ton of weight and muscle mass fast, and it took his life in a matter of weeks.

Again, speculation, other things can do that, too.

Regardless, it's awful. RIP Rumble.

I'm a registered nurse and the symptoms match from what I've seen in people in liver failure which can happen from numerous things, but I'm just speculating since nothing official has come out.

Sorry to hear about your uncle.

 

[Mga223]

Still nobody knows what he was even sick with?

He kept it quiet people thought it was cancer but there was something going around with some stomach disease or something.

RIP rumble. Very sad say

 

[Stalkingsquid]

Terrible. Thats absolutely gut wrenching. He was one of my favorite fighters. I'll be rewatching all his fights tonight with a drink in hand

 

[Luthien]

This hits harder than ever

 

[blocnoir]

What horrible news... I was a major fan. I'd buy PPVs just to see him fight if he was on the card...

 

[Th3Sav4ge]

a friend called me with the news. rip rumble and thank you for the memories

 

[vivi]

That’s sad. Felt it wasn’t that long ago we were speculating his comeback.
RIP Rumble thank you for the memories and violence.

 

[Pechan]

Damn, RIP.

 

[BowserJr]

What the fuck?!

He just became active and had a decent showing too. What was the health issue?

 

[Slick_36]

I felt he was being a bit of an attention seeker with his cryptic messages about his health that he'd never go further on. That was wrong of me. Sad news

I think I personally was hoping this was the case because I didn't want it to be true that he was in as bad of health as he was alluding to. Seriously tragic, he didn't seem ready at all for this.

 

[humdizzle]

RIP

life is so fragile

 

[orca]

he is only 38

 

[Luthien]

I was hoping for Rumble at HW just a few months ago Life is crazy

 

[BigTruck]

Life is too short man. Far too short.

Absolutely. Even if you live to 100 it's gone before you know it.

 

[aerius]

Well...this is pretty fucking depressing. I always enjoyed his fights and was hoping he'd have a decent life after retiring, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. RIP.

 

[HOLA]

I'm a registered nurse and the symptoms match from what I've seen in people in liver failure which can happen from numerous things, but I'm just speculating since nothing official has come out.

Sorry to hear about your uncle.

I wonder if the incredible weight fluctuations he went through had anything to do with it. Not just the weight cutting to 170 but he really bulked up and became massive during that break from MMA he had. He was pushing himself to the max in both directions.

 

[wwkirk]

Gone too soon.
RIP

 

[Tugboat]

We were entertained

RIP

 

[AmericanMMA]

Wow that really sucks