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Slome
15-08-2011, 04:40
Shawn Tompkins dead at 37

Reports indicate that MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins has passed away. He was 37 years old. No details on the cause of death. Mike Straka broke the story on Twitter:



(http://twitter.com/#!/MikeStraka/status/102903004151287809)
Guys, it is with great sadness that I report the passing of our great friend & trainer Shawn Tompkins. Details developing. Autopsy pending.

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Tompkins had a short fight career in 2000-2001, losing all four of his professional bouts. He moved on to training fighters full time, taking over the Los Angeles Anacondas from Bas Rutten before moving his team to Xtreme Couture in 2007.
In August 2009, he resigned from Xtreme Couture and moved over to the TapouT Research and Development Training Center.
Tompkins trained Sam Stout, Chris Horodecki, Mark Hominick, Goran Reljic, Vitor Belfort, and Wanderlei Silva at various points during their careers.
Bloody Elbow sends condolences to Tompkins friends and family.


Veteran lightweight John Gunderson today told MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com
(http://www.mmajunkie.com)) that Tompkins "didn't wake up," but he was still unclear on the details surrounding his passing.
Longtime friend and confidant Chris Horodecki said the trainer was in Canada and had spoken to him yesterday but was unaware of the bad news when contacted today.
Additional sources ultimately confirmed the trainer's death with MMAjunkie.com, though details weren't immediately available.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Tompkins

justsomeone
15-08-2011, 04:43
R.I.P.

Slome
15-08-2011, 04:43
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/1743722/20090906065755_Shawn_Tompkins__0007_JPG_large.jpg

Slome
15-08-2011, 04:43
http://cdn1.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/1743740/1077743854_071950ea66_large.jpg

Kemal
15-08-2011, 05:28
RIP

appelsap
15-08-2011, 07:53
RIP heb een vriend van me gesproken die ook door hem getraind werd. Gisteren was hij bij en gala in Canada, waar hij verbleef ivm visa issues voor de VS. Vanochtend is hij niet wakker geworden. Zijn vrouw was achtergebleven in Vegas.
Het was echt een topcoach en ik heb ook buiten het mma mooie dingen met hem meegemaakt. Nogmaals RIP en sterkte aan de familie.

Leventdepevent
15-08-2011, 08:20
rip

Lionheart
15-08-2011, 12:01
RIP

PD_EC
15-08-2011, 12:10
rip

the butcher
15-08-2011, 12:46
R.I.P.

Sadix
15-08-2011, 12:48
ongelooflijk... R.I.P

D1987
15-08-2011, 13:40
RIP

MMAFAN-1122
15-08-2011, 14:35
R.I.P.

fightlove
15-08-2011, 14:39
jeetje echt triest R.I.P.

wrestler_nl
15-08-2011, 18:31
R.I.P

http://www.shogunmma.com/images/shawntompkins.jpg

Naj85
16-08-2011, 03:28
ik las het ook
RIP
vraag me af hoe..

Slome
16-08-2011, 15:15
A social media tribute to renowned Canadian MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins, who died suddenly on Sunday.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2011/08/15/storify_tompkins_tribute/?utm_source=MMA%20lineup%20RSS-Images&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Storify%3A%20Tribute%20to%20Shawn%20To mpkins

Pahlavan
16-08-2011, 15:35
R.I.P

Kemal
16-08-2011, 23:08
Sam Stout: Autopsy Showed Shawn Tompkins Died of Heart Attack

Shawn Tompkins, the renowned mixed martial arts trainer that died on Sunday morning, passed away of a heart attack, according to his brother-in-law, UFC (http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc) fighter Sam Stout (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/sam/stout/520/).

Under Ontario law, privacy exemptions keep autopsy information from public view, but Stout revealed the results of the Monday autopsy to The London Free Press (http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/08/16/18559706.html), an Ontario newspaper.

"I don't know what to say," Stout told the paper. "It's not supposed to be happen to a healthy 37-year-old person. Who would think he had to get checked out for that?"

Stout also told the newspaper that funeral arrangements would be made on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Tompkins' management team, AMR Group, is setting up a Shawn Tompkins Memorial Fund, which is accepting contributions to help Tompkins' widow Emilie with burial costs.

Tompkins shot to fame in the MMA (http://www.mmafighting.com/) world with a core group of three fighters who were also from Ontario: Stout, Mark Hominick (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/mark/hominick/578/) and Chris Horodecki (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/chris/horodecki/993/).

He also spent time training former champions like Randy Couture (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/randy/couture/27/) and Vitor Belfort (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/vitor/belfort/295/).

At the time of his death, the 37-year-old Tompkins was in Ontario working with some of his younger fighters. According to those that were with him, he went to sleep after an event and never woke up.

Slome
17-08-2011, 13:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joT5EOODHzc&feature=player_embedded

Kemal
19-08-2011, 09:31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMiusK4fo6I&feature=player_profilepage

Kemal
19-08-2011, 09:33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3oGyjpBuIg&feature=player_profilepage

Kemal
20-08-2011, 05:46
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvuK_lHm10&feature=player_profilepage

Naj85
20-08-2011, 14:19
hartaanval op 37e.. gewoon een gezonde fitte gozer. of had die al hartproblemen?