American fighter Kevin Rendelman: illness, biography and the best battles

Many fans of mixed martial arts this year literally shuddered when they found out that one of the "pioneers" of the MMA - American fighter Kevin Rendelman - had died. The disease brought to the grave of this fighter almost instantly, and this fact became even more horrible to the public. Until now, many of his fans can not get used to the idea that their idol has already left, and now for sure forever. But the memory of him will live a long time, so let's consider his life in as much detail as possible.

Birth

August 10, 1971 was born to Kevin Rendelman. Disease for him in childhood was something unknown, because initially he was healthy and strong. The future champion was born in the state of Ohio, the city of Sandusky. In sports, he was still a student at the university, where he was actively engaged in freestyle wrestling and even twice was the winner of the championship among students.

Sports career in UFC

Kevin Rendelman (illness for him in the early years of performances was a rarity) was one of those who in the forefront was in the best world promotion of the MMA. He acted as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. In 1999, the American fought for the championship title with the Dutchman Basem Ruten, but after all five rounds he still lost the referee's decision. Soon Bas completed his career, and Kevin again became a participant in the battle for the belt. This time he fought with Pete Williams. The fight once again passed the entire distance, but with a positive result for the "Monster" (sports nickname Rendelman).

In the summer of 2000, Kevin defended his title in a fight with the Brazilian Pedro Rizzo, but during the second defense he lost to Randy Couture by knockout. This defeat prompted our hero to move to the category below. In the new division, Kevin began with the defeat of Chuck Liddell. However, in the next battle he was rehabilitated and defeated Renato Sobrell.

Fights in Pride

The Japanese promotion that went into oblivion was for the American something like a swing. He then won, then lost again. Kevin held his first fight in this organization in September 2002. The debut was successful. In the same year, he won two more wins, after which he received the status of an official contender for the title. At that time the champion was Vandreley Silva. But the leadership decided otherwise: it brought Rendelman with Quinton Jackson. In this fight, "Taran" knocked out "Monster" in the seventh minute.

After this fight, Kevin Rendelman (the disease at that time was already giving the first signs) suffered another defeat from Kazushi Sakuraba. After that, the American again returns to heavy weight and takes part in the Grand Prix. In the first battle Kevin met with the favorite - Mirko Filipovich. The result of the fight - the Croat was knocked out already in the second minute.

In the next round of the tournament, Rendelman met with the Russian Emelianenko, who lost by a painful technique at his hand. It was in this fight that Kevin spent just a crazy cast, which is still in many video cuts of mixed martial arts. As it turned out later, Fedor got a broken rib from the fall, but still managed to win the fight.

These losses caused a whole chain of subsequent defeats of the "Monster". The last loss in the promotion he received in October 2006. In the role of his offender was the Brazilian Mauricio Hua.

Performances in Sengoku

For almost a year and a half, Kevin Rendelman was forced to rest from the fighting. The disease, the causes of which - the use of a colossal amount of anabolic and other chemicals, did not allow him to train and act in full force. But, nevertheless, in May 2008 he defeated Ryou Kawamura by unanimous decision. Subsequently, a "Monster" fight was scheduled against Monson, but due to a shoulder injury, Kevin never fought.

In November of the same year, the Sengoku 6 tournament took place, at which the American lost to Bulgarian Stanislav Nedkov a judicial decision.

Switch to Strikeforce

By the time the contract was signed with this fighting organization, Kevin Rendelman's best fights were already over. In the first fight against Mike Whitehead, the American made extremely unconvincing. In the first two five-minute "Monster" definitely lost, in the third attempted to take the initiative in their own hands and even could shake the opponent, but eventually finish off Mike he failed. As a result, one more defeat on points.

In May 2010, Kevin was opposed by Roger Gracie. The Brazilian was able to strangle the American, which summed up the lines of the latter's performances in the battles of the MMA.

Wrestling

Biography Kevin Rendelman says that he was a member of several wrestling fights. His first performance in such shows he held back in 2004 under the auspices of the Japanese organization HUSTLE. In 2009, an American called for a WWE representative from Kofi Kingston.

A family

In the spring of 2009, Kevin officially legalized his relationship with his girlfriend Elizabeth. The couple brought up two children: Kelvin's son and daughter Jasmine.

Conclusion

To the great regret of many people, today there is no longer a man near us by the name of Kevin Rendelman. The disease, the name of which is Staphylococcus aureus, did its pernicious work and simply "ate" the body of the athlete. For many years the internal organs of the fighter slowly ceased to function properly. For the most part, this was because Kevin was taking a lot of these drugs, which are now on the list of banned. But in those days there was no question of any full-fledged doping control, so every fighter survived as he could.

According to the most martial artist, he was often hospitalized, as any abrasion and bruising resulting from training allowed infection to become more active. It goes without saying that this state of affairs could not continue indefinitely. And in the end on February 12, 2016 Kevin was hospitalized with pneumonia, which provoked heart failure. It was she who caused the death of the famous athlete.

The news of death literally exploded the fighting world. Many of his former "colleagues in the shop" expressed their condolences and spoke highly respectfully of Kevin as a man, sincerely regretting that he is no longer with us. Even the head of the UFC, Dana White, said that Rendelman was one of those who made fights without rules the way they are today, and can be considered one of the founders.