{"id":205791,"date":"2016-09-30T11:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=205791"},"modified":"2016-09-30T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:31:00","slug":"report-josh-samman-found-unresponsive-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/josh-samman\/report-josh-samman-found-unresponsive-critical-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Josh Samman found unresponsive, in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tragic news surfaced Friday afternoon that UFC middleweight Josh Samman had been found unresponsive in a South Floridan apartment along with another man, who was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>While details are extremely scarce at the present time, a Reddit user broke the news via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MMA\/comments\/5592i3\/josh_samman_in_the_hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMA section of Reddit:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A friend of mine called me this morning and told me a old co-worker of his was found dead in a south Florida apartment and josh samman was found un responsive with him. He said josh is still in the hospital in critical condition.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Following that, FloCombat reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MMA\/comments\/5592i3\/josh_samman_in_the_hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Edwards confirmed<\/a> that Samman is indeed in the hospital and fighting for his life, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Josh is in a bad way in hospital right now, alive to my knowledge, but in a bad way.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The MMA community was quick to begin pouring out support for Samman via social media, although details are reportedly being kept scarce intentionally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My prayers are with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshSamman\">@JoshSamman<\/a> and his family right now. I&#39;m crushed. Hug your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremybotter\/status\/781910661676662784\">September 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/claydavis83\">@claydavis83<\/a> Yes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremybotter\/status\/781914475259494400\">September 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Samman is currently in the midst of a 2-fight skid inside the Octagon. After his girlfriend passed away in 2013, Samman returned to the Octagon at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-samman-kos-gordon-brutal-head-kick\/\">UFC 181 on December 6th, his girlfriend&#8217;s birthday, where he knocked out Eddie Gordon<\/a> in spectacular fashion. Following that, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/tuf-21-finale-results-magalhaes-spits-blood-on-samman-after-getting-submitted\/\">Samman defeated Caio Magalhaes via submission<\/a> in July of 2015. Unfortunately, following the win over Magalhaes, Samman dropped back to back losses to Tamdan McCrory and Tim Boetsch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tamdan-McCrory.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tamdan-McCrory.png\" alt=\"Tamdan McCrory\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tamdan-McCrory.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tamdan-McCrory-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tamdan-McCrory-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tamdan-McCrory-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We here at BJPenn.com would like to wish Josh Samman the best during this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragic news surfaced Friday afternoon that UFC middleweight Josh Samman had been found unresponsive in a South Floridan apartment along with another man, who was pronounced dead. 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