Acting like that’s a big feat or something. Dudes go to war with cancer and still make it back after dominating overseas. Rumble was a good human being, but just cus he had cancer changes nothing about his mediocre fighting abilities.
At 2:29 when Rumble Johnson told Jon Jones " I know we didn't give the fans the fight they wanted but maybe IN THE NEXT LIFE" is sad because he had to know he was not going to get any better and his end was near. While he was still winning fights in the ring, he was losing the fight for his life, and he knew back then his life was coming to an end, but he still kept it a secret and managed to keep a smile on his face while performing at the top level. He will never be forgotten not just by the mma community but by anyone who was lucky enough to know him or watch him preform. R.I.P Anthony Kewoa Johnson aka Rumble Johnson
Exactly like I may not have known Bonnars name but I remember his face so much from my childhood like timeless to the era like certain songs and movies
@@Reese1882yw Sorry man that’s rough. My brother was in it pretty bad when he was young. He ended up in jail and that’s what worked for him to finally quit. Doesn’t always work though
It's really messed up that a parent would pressure their child into a career of fighting (and potential brain damage), when they themselves want to study and educate themselves for a different career.
@@Ben.SK2346that did not happen but anyway. The reasons haven't been made public by the family yet. At this point, all of us are just making assumptions. Besides, women's mma has zero brain damage. They just don't have the power
My father died the exact way Stephan bonnar did, makes me sweat just thinking about it but Rest In Peace to every beautiful fighter who had the ability to express themselves, god bless everyone
I was on a flight with Corey Hill from Tampa. We visited pretty much the entire trip. We walked into the terminal together and Jens Pulver was standing there to pick him up. It’s an awesome memory.
I know weight bullies won't want to hear this... But if you wanted to be absolutely fair in professional fighting, you should have to weigh 30 minutes before your walk out and after the fight to make sure you're at the agreed/sanctioned weight. If I'm fighting you at the agreed 170lb and when we're in the ring you're 225lb, that's not fair at all. So if you want to be a weight bully and cut 35lbs, cool, do it... But you have to be in the ring as the agreed weight. It would stop A TON of injuries by forcing ppl to stop super dehydrating themselves.
So you expect fighters to do weight cuts up until the moment the walkout to the octagon? Thats just a recipe for disaster, expecting fighters coming out to fight in the midst of a weight cut. Everyone’s weight fluctuates differently. It’s clear that you don’t care about fighter safety, you just care about fighters fighting more evenly fair on a playing field. Boxing has it the worse, where fighters can have hydration clauses, forcing fighters to not blow back up on fight night, which drains the hell out of them for fight night. An infamous strategy that Tank Davis’ team had in written on Ryan Garcia’s contract. If you want it to be on a more even playing field, there should be more weight classes in the UFC. Some fighters struggle to make weight in their current weight class, but can’t move up in weight because they are too small for the division above them.
@@NotaGabeItch The point is to make it so you just fight at a natural weight. Stop cutting weight and fight at your weight. problem solved. If they can get their weight to a certain number to do their bulk cut they can just fight at that number and not do the bulk cut for weigh ins. Its just that simple.
No worse part about being an mma fan than when a fighter dies, it always hurts to hear, especially guys like stephan and rumble who we've followed for years.
I had a chance to meet Rumble in Atlanta a few years back before he passed. He was one of my favorites. He was cool as hell and let me get a photo with him real quick. I will never forget that, he was a solid dude all the way around 💯 💯🔥🔥❤️❤️
RIP fellows thanks for the memories, the exitement, the biting of fingers nails, throwing beer caps and crisps at the TV, for the arguing with my mates over the decisions, just thanks for exitement and the motivation to get of our asses and train
I didn't know Stephan Bonnar named his son Griffin after Forrest!!! That got me right in the feelers!!! R.I.P Legend! I remember watching Anthony "Rumble" Johnson fighting Houston Alexander I think it was at 170lbs!! Both were ripped and after seeing Rumble fight at light heavyweight and Heavyweight always made me wonder how he EVER made 170lbs! R.I.P Legend
Rip , all early passing is tragic but some of these were if there a measurement for their tragic loss of life several were just horrific. Brave warriors all , i salute you .
The fight between Steven Bonner and Forest Griffin got people like in the UFC that didn't even know anything about the UFC before that. That was a turning point and it did a lot for the sport
I support weigh ins being done on the way to the ring for the bout. Honesty works and it is much safer for every fighter in oh so many ways. Solutions always exist, but too many times people are unwilling to entertain the sanity of Occum's Razor.
I feel like an investigation needs to be launched... To say you're allergic to watermelon is one thing, my sister is allergic to watermelon. But it being a poison watermelon like who and where did he get it from?
I notice that mma fighters its like they instinctually try to overcompensate like their such elite fighters, best shaoe of their lives ... And alot of the deaths are immune system complications, rare diseases and heart complications. Its like sometimes your body cant fully express your soul ... Like it really is a limitation but its great to meet others and know and love them while you have one
@16:52 A Jeep Char-re-ok-kia!!! What!!! 😩😂 Get vid though, 1st 3 were some of my favorite fighters growing up, and had no idea about Tanner!!! Another one of my favs. RIP everyone 🕊️
I didn’t know both Anthony Johnson and Stephan Bonnar had passed until some time afterwards. Which is crazy because I followed both of their careers somewhat closely in their primes. But for some reason their deaths weren’t huge news for some reason.
Bonnar fell into opioid addiction due to injury from the sport of MMA and when the doctors cut him off he went to the streets for pain relief physical and mental thats howost if us addicts ended up on the streets in a doctor's office
It was hard enough with the Lees families whole situation, but i never imagined Anthony Johnson died like wth thats horrible. Rest in peace to him but i can't even imagine that happening like idk
Regarding the piece on Justin Eilers, you show a photo of someone at 21:06 that is supposedly Eiler’s killer but you’ve found the photo off of an unrelated man’s obituary page. If I was that man’s family I would ask that you immediately remove and edit the video before reposting.
He got that name for a reason ME.RUMBLE JOHNSON...HE WAS A GREAT FIGHTER I ALWAYS WANTED THE BEST FOR HIM SAD 😢 HE LEFT US TOO EARLY. POV...THEY MADE HIM GIVE UP THAT TITLE AND MADE HIM RETIRE BEFUZZ THEY KNEW HE HAD CANCER ♋ AND THAT BOGUS FELONY KHARGE
I’m really not sure how they would stop the radical weight cutting issue, these fighters put their health on the back burner always and do whatever it takes to get their fights. Like steroids they try and stop them but they always find ways to get away with it. I don’t honestly know if it’s the fame the money or the passion that causes this.
Some of these surprised me. I had heard about a few. All tragic. Especially the young Asian girl that took her own life. The worst by far. May she found what she sought in death.
MMA fighters, too many of them, think that because they are elite fighters, they can start fights anywhere at any time OUTSIDE of the ring or cage. Brothers and sisters -- THERE ARE NO RULES outside of the cage or ring. Your fists are NO GOOD vs weapons. Your black belt in jujitsu, your wrestling, your left hook... ALL THAT STUFF is useless vs a lot of things in this world that can be used to change your religion or end your life once and for all Don't start fights and don't get into fights outside the cage or sanctioned events. That small dude you see ,and you think you can easily stomp him... he may have something to get you to act right in a blink of an eye. You never know what you up against or you don't know if they are coming back for you with revenge to shut your lights out for good. This STILL HAPPENS too many times here in Brazil. Don't repeat history by ignoring it.
“While there were rumors and speculations of drug use…death was due to an accidental fentanyl OD”. So it was drugs. Perhaps you should rephrase that. And people don’t “accidentally” OD on fentanyl. That is addiction.
So many died in the prime of their life from sickness and cancer. I believe it’s in the water. Humans baby’s and dogs all get cancer we all use tap water. Their has to be a connection
Kevin Randelman Rest in Christ 's peace ♡ GOD bless you and your family we LOVE you in Croatia Sven Suton Adriatic coast of Croatia Humble RUMBLE R.I.O. Much LOVE and blessings to our brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus Stay strong in YHWH our Heavenly Father and grounded in His WORD Jesus of Nazareth only TRUE SAVIOR and only WAY to SALVATION
@@The-Black-Militant lol it applies. I've seen it from both sides of the street. I was homeless and then later in life worked with the homeless as a social worker/counselor.
Many of these dudes come from that same upbringing, drug abuse, alcoholism. They chose to not be a victim and just do nothing. Perhaps join a gym to see for yourself before casting stones.
@@brunoparada7404 Ive done my share of martial arts training. You mistook my comment as a.criticism of the fighters, I'm criticizing the phenomenon I see of people who seem to worship and apply some sort of greater importance on the lives and opinions of celebrities. It's something that I have always found bizarre, even from a young age. I remember kids I went to highschool with cutting themselves when Kurt Cobain died, it was stupid to me then and I still find it odd to this day. Don't worry about my opinion either though because I'm just a cynical old punk who is trying to be an amateur comedian and thinks everything is dumb😊
Crazy that Rumble won a fight in Bellator while having cancer. RIP man you were one of the most entertaining fighters to ever step in the octagon.
Steroids gave him that 😢
@@mrtibbz10 ok sure bud
Acting like that’s a big feat or something.
Dudes go to war with cancer and still make it back after dominating overseas.
Rumble was a good human being, but just cus he had cancer changes nothing about his mediocre fighting abilities.
@@PainIsBetterThanHate ironic name for a hater 😂. Getting outta bed when you have late stage cancer is impressive let alone winning an MMA match.
@@bradleybreslin945 it’s not impressive to anyone except weak beta males.
That’s reality.
Clearly we know which you are.
At 2:29 when Rumble Johnson told Jon Jones " I know we didn't give the fans the fight they wanted but maybe IN THE NEXT LIFE" is sad because he had to know he was not going to get any better and his end was near. While he was still winning fights in the ring, he was losing the fight for his life, and he knew back then his life was coming to an end, but he still kept it a secret and managed to keep a smile on his face while performing at the top level. He will never be forgotten not just by the mma community but by anyone who was lucky enough to know him or watch him preform. R.I.P Anthony Kewoa Johnson aka Rumble Johnson
😅
Was this an A.I. generated comment?! 😂
Thumbs up, Well done,
RIP to all Fighters we lost
Cant watch this .
Exactly like I may not have known Bonnars name but I remember his face so much from my childhood like timeless to the era like certain songs and movies
Strickland hit the nail on the head with that comment about Stefan. Very sad people weren’t there for him.
Strickland a clown captain save a hoe, that loves to pillow talk with men about men.
I’m sure he has friends who tried. But drug addiction sometimes wins
@@mlampert7676you're right my stepdad tried to get clean for 20 years then my brother died and his addiction just got worse he passed away in 2021
@@Reese1882yw Sorry man that’s rough. My brother was in it pretty bad when he was young. He ended up in jail and that’s what worked for him to finally quit.
Doesn’t always work though
Rest in Paradise Victoria Lee ❤ I'm so sorry you felt you had to take your life because of pressure 😭
It's really messed up that a parent would pressure their child into a career of fighting (and potential brain damage), when they themselves want to study and educate themselves for a different career.
@@Ben.SK2346 I totally agree.
@@Ben.SK2346that did not happen but anyway. The reasons haven't been made public by the family yet. At this point, all of us are just making assumptions. Besides, women's mma has zero brain damage. They just don't have the power
Fentanyl is bad for your health.
My father died the exact way Stephan bonnar did, makes me sweat just thinking about it but Rest In Peace to every beautiful fighter who had the ability to express themselves, god bless everyone
I was on a flight with Corey Hill from Tampa. We visited pretty much the entire trip. We walked into the terminal together and Jens Pulver was standing there to pick him up. It’s an awesome memory.
You forget one.
R.I.P. Kid Yamamoto
Yeah Kid was a beast!!!
RIP Kid 🪦 💐 😞
This video will bring a grown man to tears, rip to all them that died way too young
RIP every single one of these legends❤ Jones vs Johnson was the greatest fight that never happened
Agreed!
Tony vs khabib
I know weight bullies won't want to hear this... But if you wanted to be absolutely fair in professional fighting, you should have to weigh 30 minutes before your walk out and after the fight to make sure you're at the agreed/sanctioned weight. If I'm fighting you at the agreed 170lb and when we're in the ring you're 225lb, that's not fair at all. So if you want to be a weight bully and cut 35lbs, cool, do it... But you have to be in the ring as the agreed weight.
It would stop A TON of injuries by forcing ppl to stop super dehydrating themselves.
So you expect fighters to do weight cuts up until the moment the walkout to the octagon? Thats just a recipe for disaster, expecting fighters coming out to fight in the midst of a weight cut. Everyone’s weight fluctuates differently. It’s clear that you don’t care about fighter safety, you just care about fighters fighting more evenly fair on a playing field. Boxing has it the worse, where fighters can have hydration clauses, forcing fighters to not blow back up on fight night, which drains the hell out of them for fight night. An infamous strategy that Tank Davis’ team had in written on Ryan Garcia’s contract.
If you want it to be on a more even playing field, there should be more weight classes in the UFC. Some fighters struggle to make weight in their current weight class, but can’t move up in weight because they are too small for the division above them.
@@NotaGabeItch The point is to make it so you just fight at a natural weight. Stop cutting weight and fight at your weight. problem solved. If they can get their weight to a certain number to do their bulk cut they can just fight at that number and not do the bulk cut for weigh ins. Its just that simple.
The entire UFC is a joke.
AMEN
@NohtaGabeItch if you have trouble making that weight... you shouldnt be in that class and move up.
Instead of cheating
To all them warriors R.I.P.
When stephan bonnar and AJ died i never thought i would get over it i wish they would add stephan bonnar to ufc 5
Was just think about that
No worse part about being an mma fan than when a fighter dies, it always hurts to hear, especially guys like stephan and rumble who we've followed for years.
I had a chance to meet Rumble in Atlanta a few years back before he passed. He was one of my favorites. He was cool as hell and let me get a photo with him real quick. I will never forget that, he was a solid dude all the way around 💯 💯🔥🔥❤️❤️
Stricklands Quote is so true and great af
RIP fellows thanks for the memories, the exitement, the biting of fingers nails, throwing beer caps and crisps at the TV, for the arguing with my mates over the decisions, just thanks for exitement and the motivation to get of our asses and train
I remember the Tanner one very well, it was so weird.
Cool video man, RIP all these legends.
Thank you!
I didn't know Stephan Bonnar named his son Griffin after Forrest!!! That got me right in the feelers!!! R.I.P Legend!
I remember watching Anthony "Rumble" Johnson fighting Houston Alexander I think it was at 170lbs!! Both were ripped and after seeing Rumble fight at light heavyweight and Heavyweight always made me wonder how he EVER made 170lbs! R.I.P Legend
Great video! Something you didn’t mention Jimmo’s 7 second KO was the record for fastest KO in the ufc until Masvidal’s knee. RIP to these legends
Rip , all early passing is tragic but some of these were if there a measurement for their tragic loss of life several were just horrific. Brave warriors all , i salute you .
@27:20 Legend has it that sometimes when the wind blows through the leaves just right you can still hear him saying "y'know?" to this very day
RIP beautiful young soul Victoria Lee. She’s the most beautiful female fighter i ever seen. She goes so young.
The fight between Steven Bonner and Forest Griffin got people like in the UFC that didn't even know anything about the UFC before that. That was a turning point and it did a lot for the sport
Victoria had one of the cutest smiles ever…. She seemed so happy
Rumble 🥹 R.I.P young man.
Patrick Smith a UFC legend.. K1 and he was the most versatile fighter of that era. Not giving a mention
Well Done.
I Subbed.
RIP
🤍
RIP Rumble, you were loved
I seriously did t know Bonnar died
Yeah me too
I support weigh ins being done on the way to the ring for the bout. Honesty works and it is much safer for every fighter in oh so many ways. Solutions always exist, but too many times people are unwilling to entertain the sanity of Occum's Razor.
RIP to all the fighters who died too early in life 🖤
The poisoned watermelon is insane. I can't believe I have never heard of that situation.
I feel like an investigation needs to be launched... To say you're allergic to watermelon is one thing, my sister is allergic to watermelon. But it being a poison watermelon like who and where did he get it from?
Elias Theodorou's death hits me hard nowdays..
THE AMERICAN PHYCHO STEPHAN BONNAR!!!!!!!!
I notice that mma fighters its like they instinctually try to overcompensate like their such elite fighters, best shaoe of their lives ... And alot of the deaths are immune system complications, rare diseases and heart complications. Its like sometimes your body cant fully express your soul ... Like it really is a limitation but its great to meet others and know and love them while you have one
8 years for a hit and run leading to someone's death?! Get your shit together Canada!
He never went into the back of the car that was the front and the driver was at fault 😮RIP 🙏 everyone of them 🙏🙏🙏
I remember the Bonnar Griffith fight a really great fight 😊
Rest in peace to all of you guys🙏🙏🙏🙏
So many fighters sacrificed, I mean died naturally, so tragic.
So Sad 😔
Rumble is the hardest hitter in mma history
@16:52 A Jeep Char-re-ok-kia!!! What!!! 😩😂 Get vid though, 1st 3 were some of my favorite fighters growing up, and had no idea about Tanner!!! Another one of my favs. RIP everyone 🕊️
I didn’t know both Anthony Johnson and Stephan Bonnar had passed until some time afterwards. Which is crazy because I followed both of their careers somewhat closely in their primes. But for some reason their deaths weren’t huge news for some reason.
Glad u listened to James Lynch
Rest in peace Rumble ❤
Elias death still hits me hard man. Rip brother
Damn...I literally just shouted out OH SH!T ! watching the bike crash at 16:50 into the video.
Didn't know the Elias guy died. I seen him on a episode if survivorman. Rip
Rumble also cut massive weight so many times that probably contributed to his health.
Shaub says the donor never came, like a heart comes from a volunteer that did a now show to the hospital.
They do need to be delivered and shit happens. Not sticking up for Brenda but it could be what he meant
I was called into the hospital 3 times for no gos before actually getting my transplant. It happens.
Bonnar fell into opioid addiction due to injury from the sport of MMA and when the doctors cut him off he went to the streets for pain relief physical and mental thats howost if us addicts ended up on the streets in a doctor's office
Randleman maybe steroids had a helping hand in his death. Not being cruel with that statement. RIP
I want y'all young ones (age 30 or younger) to check out Evan Tanner's career...dude fought damn near the entire UFC Hall of Fame... absolute beast!
It was hard enough with the Lees families whole situation, but i never imagined Anthony Johnson died like wth thats horrible. Rest in peace to him but i can't even imagine that happening like idk
Regarding the piece on Justin Eilers, you show a photo of someone at 21:06 that is supposedly Eiler’s killer but you’ve found the photo off of an unrelated man’s obituary page. If I was that man’s family I would ask that you immediately remove and edit the video before reposting.
Lord, I know I must eventually come to meet you in person.... But PLEASE don't let "Watermelon" be my cause of death. Amen
He got that name for a reason ME.RUMBLE JOHNSON...HE WAS A GREAT FIGHTER I ALWAYS WANTED THE BEST FOR HIM SAD 😢 HE LEFT US TOO EARLY.
POV...THEY MADE HIM GIVE UP THAT TITLE AND MADE HIM RETIRE BEFUZZ THEY KNEW HE HAD CANCER ♋ AND THAT BOGUS FELONY KHARGE
I’m really not sure how they would stop the radical weight cutting issue, these fighters put their health on the back burner always and do whatever it takes to get their fights. Like steroids they try and stop them but they always find ways to get away with it. I don’t honestly know if it’s the fame the money or the passion that causes this.
Dude learn to narrate better. You end every sentence as if you're done talking and it sounds horrible, could not finish video.
Im almoay sure its AI. Listen to when he said Jeep Cherokee... it said Jeep CHAIR-REE-OH-KIA
Yeah I’m working more on my narrating 😅 I’m sure I’ll get better with time! Thanks for the feedback @crcfail
Had no clue corey was married to Lauren hill
Lets just say i was the last person all of these guys saw when they were alive. I am the Ultimate Fighter Reaper!
R.I.P. Lodune "the vanilla gorilla" Sincaid❤
Some of these surprised me. I had heard about a few. All tragic. Especially the young Asian girl that took her own life. The worst by far. May she found what she sought in death.
Lol, showing that dude on the motorcycle hitting the car head on was pretty unexpected. Pretty sure that's not how it happened 😂
To be fair a lot of people die young That don't fight professionally
Is all the juices UFC gives to their fighter's
Rumble Johnson 💪🙏
MMA fighters, too many of them, think that because they are elite fighters, they can start fights anywhere at any time OUTSIDE of the ring or cage.
Brothers and sisters -- THERE ARE NO RULES outside of the cage or ring. Your fists are NO GOOD vs weapons.
Your black belt in jujitsu, your wrestling, your left hook...
ALL THAT STUFF is useless vs a lot of things in this world that can be used to change your religion or end your life once and for all
Don't start fights and don't get into fights outside the cage or sanctioned events.
That small dude you see ,and you think you can easily stomp him... he may have something to get you to act right in a blink of an eye.
You never know what you up against or you don't know if they are coming back for you with revenge to shut your lights out for good.
This STILL HAPPENS too many times here in Brazil.
Don't repeat history by ignoring it.
I did not know Bonnar passed
Kimbo Slice RIP 🇧🇸✊🏽💔
I really think Jones was afraid to fight rumble Johnson
Cool story
Sad that Victoria Lee's parents forced her to fight. Why?... 😢
Imagine going down to a poisoned watermelon? Life is very strange!
Strange so many young people dying, sad as hell.
Rip all
2016 was a horrible year!
We miss rumble,
U FORGOT THE SPIDER!
“While there were rumors and speculations of drug use…death was due to an accidental fentanyl OD”. So it was drugs. Perhaps you should rephrase that. And people don’t “accidentally” OD on fentanyl. That is addiction.
Actually it happens alot.
Renzo sits in an office with pictures of himself?😄
Rumble vs Yoel Romero could've been a good fight in bellator. Johnson would've beaten Jones
😭😭😭😭😭 why did i watch this
Victoria Lee's case is an example of extremely aweful and toxic parenting!
Why even wieght cut, just fight at your natural wieght, fight as you are, everyone should.
So many died in the prime of their life from sickness and cancer. I believe it’s in the water. Humans baby’s and dogs all get cancer we all use tap water. Their has to be a connection
Yes and the food we eat is also bad
I must have forgot about jimmo that's really disappointing.
Wtf i didnt know Rumble died, damn.
Kevin Randelman Rest in Christ 's peace ♡ GOD bless you and your family
we LOVE you in Croatia
Sven Suton Adriatic coast of Croatia
Humble RUMBLE R.I.O.
Much LOVE and blessings to our brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus Stay strong in YHWH our Heavenly Father and grounded in His WORD Jesus of Nazareth only TRUE SAVIOR and only WAY to SALVATION
The real deal.
Patrick smith died to i heard some bad stuff he did maybe thats why they dont have him on here
Rumble was the man.
Why are so many of these guys dying of pneumonia?
I agree Dana white probably shit himself when Jon Jones and Rumble tied up at the weigh-ins
Forever Rumble Rumble Forever
Break my heart? People that cry about celebrities dying but dont care about the homeless and addicted people in their own city, are seriously weird.
And how would you know that? There's thousands of cities and towns, wouldn't be so quick to make that blanket statement.
@@The-Black-Militant lol it applies. I've seen it from both sides of the street. I was homeless and then later in life worked with the homeless as a social worker/counselor.
Many of these dudes come from that same upbringing, drug abuse, alcoholism. They chose to not be a victim and just do nothing. Perhaps join a gym to see for yourself before casting stones.
@@brunoparada7404 Ive done my share of martial arts training. You mistook my comment as a.criticism of the fighters, I'm criticizing the phenomenon I see of people who seem to worship and apply some sort of greater importance on the lives and opinions of celebrities. It's something that I have always found bizarre, even from a young age. I remember kids I went to highschool with cutting themselves when Kurt Cobain died, it was stupid to me then and I still find it odd to this day. Don't worry about my opinion either though because I'm just a cynical old punk who is trying to be an amateur comedian and thinks everything is dumb😊
People have a fascination with stardom. It doesn’t surprise me they would feel sad when their favorite celebrities die.
💚🌻
i have to say i bet that guy who hit jimo probably was out in two or three years