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This rather tragic Kimbo Slice story hasn't been mentioned yet.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/08/kimbo-slice-awaiting-heart-transplant-died
I'll preface that I know nothing about UFC or any MMA stuff, beyond the mainstream press headlines - so not a lot at all.
What I am finding interesting here is that this chap got done for steroid abuse, when his job is to beat people as hard as he can - and he's being lauded as a really good bloke. Now I can understand that his is an interesting rags to riches story that the fight game loves to embrace, and that he was a generally good person with a sense of humour and kind nature. But that falls down when you see that he artificially enhanced himself to hit way harder and for longer than his own body could manage. It's a step above taking drugs to run faster, isn't it?
Anyway, it looks like he's suffered the fate of Flo-Jo and numerous pro wrestlers with his heart failure. An awful thing all round.