Brawl Sports: Sam Vasquez loses toughest fight

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A very sad day for MMA and fans of MMA. THe one thing Id like to point out is that with a growing sport, your going to have lots of amateurs get involved. It is the MMA community's responsibility to ensure that all combatants are skilled enough to compete. Fighters are getting more and more skilled each day and the level of competition needs to be as close to equal as possible. Steve - Why are ... [link]

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Sammy Vasquez dead at age 35
Published 12/2/2007 by Zach Arnold at FightOpinion.com
Cage Force 12/1 Differ Ariake event results | Home | Sunday news review: Recapping the weekend’s action Sammy Vasquez dead at age 35 By Zach Arnold | December 1, 2007 | Print This The Fight Network is reporting tonight that Houston-area fighter Sammy Vasquez has died. Our condolences go out to the Vasquez family. Luke Thomas comments . MMA Opinion comments . Adam Swift comments . Steve Sievert comments . Topics: Media , Zach Arnold , MMA | | Permalink | ...

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Published 12/3/2007 by Jeff Zillgitt at Sports Scope
Mixed martial arts fighter Sam Vasquez died Friday , weeks after suffering brain injuries and a stroke. In an Oct. 20 fight in Houston , Vasquez was dropped for the second time and didn't get up. The cause of death has not been determined."Vasquez had been hospitalized for more than five weeks after being knocked out in the third round of an Oct. 20 fight against Vince Libardi on the Renegades Extreme Fighting show at Toyota Center. He lost consciousness and suffered a seizure immediately following the knockout and had been in intensive care at St. Joseph Medical Center in ...

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