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Elias Theodorou, a Canadian mixed martial creator and UFC fighter, has died astatine the property of 34 aft a backstage conflict with liver cancer. Read connected for touching tributes dedicated to the athlete.
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The MMA satellite is mourning the nonaccomplishment of 1 of its stars.
Elias Theodorou, a Canadian mixed martial artist, who also competed for the UFC passim his career, died connected Sept. 11 astatine the property of 34 aft a backstage conflict with liver cancer. Theodorou's rep confirmed the tragic quality to a TSN broadcaster, who shared the connection connected societal media.
"Sadly, a typical of Elias Theodorou has confirmed earlier reports that helium has passed distant astatine property 34," Aaron Bronsteter of The Sports Network successful Canada tweeted. "Theodorou was privately battling Stage 4 liver crab and had lone told a prime radical of radical of his diagnosis."
Theodorou began his MMA vocation successful 2011, earning an awesome 11 consecutive victories earlier competing successful the UFC. Overall, helium fought successful 22 MMA matches successful his career, with his astir caller triumph implicit being a triumph implicit Bryan Baker past December.
In the aboriginal years of his career, Theodorou became a vocal advocator of allowing fighters to usage aesculapian cannabis in-sport.
He made past erstwhile helium became the archetypal nonrecreational jock to vie with a Therapeutic Use Exemption [TUE] for Medical Cannabis successful North America, which helium did successful some Canada and the United States.
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After quality broke of his passing, MMA prima Michael Chiesa honored the 34-year-old's representation by sharing a video to societal media. Explaining that Theodorou was the benignant of person to "give you the garment disconnected his back," Chiesa held up a blazer the precocious UFC prima gave to him erstwhile helium needed a overgarment for a property conference.
"He took his overgarment and gave it to maine and I ne'er got a accidental to springiness it backmost to him," Chiesa shared successful a clip posted to Twitter Sept. 12. "But that's the benignant of feline helium was and portion I'm sad...I person to retrieve I'm precise blessed that I had the relationship I had with him and countless large memories I person with him."
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