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Update: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations responds to media inquiries about the death of Sam Vasquez. Steve Sievert has further comments. Luke Thomas asks an important question: Lastly, I would say the relative silence over this matter is startling. Most of the major MMA news and opinion websites are talking about this incident, [...] [link]

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Why Is the Sammy Vasquez Story Important?
Published 12/4/2007 by Luke Thomas <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
As I've stated previously, I find the silence on this issue alarming. Naturally, though, not everyone shares my viewpoint. Another reader at Fight Opinion carries water for the idea that because this incident was inevitable, that makes the actual event itself not overly noteworthy. Notable quote: ...

Discussing The Death Of Sammy Vasquez
Published 12/5/2007 by Ariel Helwani at Jarry Park - The Coliseum Of Combat Sports
... since JarryPark.com’s grand opening several months ago we have always said that we do not consider ourselves a news site. We like to view the site as the Outside the Lines to ESPN’s Sportscenter (on a MUCH smaller scale, of course). Our main problem was that there were a lot of question marks surrounding Vasquez and his injury so we really didn’t know what angle to take. After reading great reaction posts by likes of Zach Arnold at FightOpinion.com and Luke Thomas of Bloodyelbow.com we felt as though there ...

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