
According to his Oct 1st blog entry on his Myspace, former UFC Middleweight Champion Evan Tanner is “Setting a date” to return to fighting. It reads:
“I am setting a date.
I have been drinking like a madman for fifteen years.
I am done with it.
I am setting a date.”
See. I told you he was setting a date……….
For the entire blog entry, click the link:
It’s an…… ummm…….. interesting read.
Tanner has been on the shelf since April 2006 battling alcoholism.





that heavy drinking ages you quick,i think his time has passed him by.
Id like to see Tanner get back in the ufc and mix up with Okami,J-Mac,Terry Martin and others but I think hes passed it.
ah man quiting drinking dont stop drinking beer is the drink from the gods lol i love beer quiting is for losers lets get it on !!!!!
Alcohol dries your body up, and sucks up. Is his fight still alive???
Lol bigjay, I guess we will find out if he still has it, I cant wait id love to see Okami vs Tanner.
Hey big jay ,i can see from your writing that your right no affect at all from drinking!!!!!!!
The time he fought Franklin, I know he never lost, It was a doctor stoppage due to excessive bleeding.
I don’t like that RULE that he had to loose the belt due to excessive bleeding. He still had fight left.
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not sure what you’re trying to say above there bud. to say that i am dumbfounded by this news is an understatement.
http://ufc-fights.com/2008/09/09/evan-tanner-dead/