Former UFC champion Kevin Randleman dies at 44

Former UFC champion Kevin Randleman dies at 44, Former UFC ample best and backstab NCAA best wrestler Kevin Randleman has died at age 44.

Sources told FOX Sports on Thursday that Randleman had been accepted to a San Diego hospital for pneumonia and afterwards anesthetized abroad due to affection failure. He had been active in Las Vegas.

Long afore he was one of the a lot of feared men in the Octagon, Randleman was already a fable on the mats during his years at Ohio State, area he followed in the footsteps of addition UFC icon, Mark Coleman.

Randleman was a angry wrestler who captured two NCAA angry championships and was a three-time All-American.

Once academy was finished, Randleman absitively to chase Coleman into the UFC, area he would anon accretion a acceptability as one of the a lot of able and atomic fighters in the history of the sport.

Randleman debuted in the UFC in 1999, and three fights into his career he was already the ample best of the world. Randleman defeated Pete Williams to win the abandoned appellation and again went on to avert it adjoin Pedro Rizzo in June 2000.

In 2002, Randleman ventured to Japan, area he became a accoutrement in PRIDE Angry Championships, which is area he would absorb the next four years while demography on some of the best antagonism in the world.

One of Randleman's better moments came in a 2004 action adjoin Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, who was a massive admired in the PRIDE ample admirable prix that year. Randleman addled the above kickboxer with a huge bite aboriginal in the aboriginal annular afore finishing the action a few abnormal afterwards with some abandoned arena and pound.

Randleman's win is still advised one of the a lot of abominable moments in the history of the sport.

From there, Randleman bounced aback and alternating amid wins and losses for the butt of his angry career afore his endure bender took abode in 2011.

Numerous fighters, accompany and personalities from about the MMA association beatific out condolences to Randleman's ancestors afterwards account of his casual went accessible on Thursday.

Randleman is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and three children. 

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