The MMA world has received some incredibly sad and disheartening news this morning when word arrived that UFC middleweight Josh Samman has reportedly passed after spending five days in a coma in Southern Florida.
The sad news was confirmed by the Tallahassee Democrat today.
Samman’s The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 17 castmate and friend Gilbert Smith posted the following tribute on his Instagram account with the sad news earlier today:
Samman had spent the last five days in a coma after being found unresponsive Friday morning in Tallahassee, Florida. His roommate and friend, MMA announcer Troy Kirkinburg, was pronounced dead on arrival.
The social media world was quick to state heroin was the cause of both men’s deaths, but Samman’s mother clarified the speculation by revealing that no heroin had been found in her son’s system.
According to the Democrat, no foul play was suspected in a report from the HPD, who stated:
“Detectives are investigating. No more information is available at this time.”
Samman was a unique personality in MMA who had been through an extraordinary amount of hardship in his life, including the loss of his girlfriend in a car accident in 2013 and multiple serious injuries that put his MMA career on hold on more than one occasion.
He picked up 2014’s “Knockout of the Year” with a picturesque head kick win over Eddie Gordon at 2014’s UFC 181 and followed it up with a submission win over Caio Magalhaes, but he had dropped his two most recent MMA bouts to Tim Boetsch and Tamdan McCrory.
Our hearts go out to Samman’s family and friends in this trying time.
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