Kevin Randleman (R.I.P.)

[Buckskin86]

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[Muck]

Former UFC Champion Kevin Randleman dies at 44

Former UFC heavyweight champion and two-time NCAA champion wrestlerKevin Randleman has died at age 44.

Sources told FOX Sports on Thursday that Randleman had been admitted to a San Diego hospital for pneumonia and later passed away due to heart failure. He had been living in Las Vegas.

Long before he was one of the most feared men in the Octagon, Randleman was already a legend on the mats during his years at Ohio State, where he followed in the footsteps of another UFC icon, Mark Coleman.

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

Once college was finished, Randleman decided to follow Coleman into the UFC, where he would soon gain a reputation as one of the most powerful and explosive fighters in the history of the sport.
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[AKAK]

Yeah. Saw a snippet of this on the news last night. I'm not gonna sit here and say I was a huge fan of OSU wrestling or MMA. But being one of my contemporaries at OSU, I was always at least a little curious about how he did, along with Mark Coleman. As such its saddening, probably from a selfish point of view. If Orlando getting elected to the hof made my feel old, this makes you feel very mortal. I never met randleman, but I knew some guys who knew him, and no one was surprised he did well fighting. Let's just put it that way.

 

[Hstead]

Left 4 kids behind, sad sad sad

 

[brodybuck21]

R.I.P.

 

[akronbuck]

RIP Knew him pretty well back in my OSU days cause of my Sandusky roommates and he was so nice all about training I saw him a few times take on a group of young men and it was over in minutes it was like watching a movie

 

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