Rumors speculated that Even Tanner was to return to the Octagon at UFC 79 later this year, but one of Tanners latest entries on his website "Believe in the power of one" suggests otherwise:

"I haven't written in so long I'm not sure where to start. My stay in Oceanside has been one big misadventure. It's beautiful here. I have met some of  the best people, but it is not my place for now.  I've done nothing but get into trouble. I quit drinking for a while. I was doing so well. I thought I was in control of that vice. I went out with some friends and decided to have a beer. It's been downhill since. I'm drained of money. My friends are worn out with me. I've gotten tickets. I've spent thousands on the boat. I've been in fights, accidentally pushed police officers. I've met beautiful women and hurt their feelings, I sailed out on the ocean, I sank a boat, and I got into a fight with the woman who has been my best friend. She is losing faith in me. I hope we will find our peace soon."

"I have not been training at all, despite what the rumors say. I've signed no fights. I'm so far gone, living on the road, drinking myself into oblivion, that in moments of weakness, I wonder if I can make it back. It's going to be a long road. I started drinking heavily, long before fighting was even a thought in my head. There was a definite reason I began."

"I never wanted to be a fighter. I never dreamed of it. Those I most respected were men of peace. Despite what the general public thinks, I don't train full time or year round. I never have. Throughout my career, if you wish to call it that, I have been a heavy drinker. I've only trained for a month or two at a time when I sign a fight. Sometimes I've put down the alcohol, sometimes I haven't. I think the fights where I haven't are obvious."

Tanners latest entries are certainly worrying, but if Evan Tanner has never trained like a professional fighter, then it is remarkable that he has achieved what he has so far, although in the same breath it saddens me to think what he could have gained by now, and if he is in such a dark place at the moment it's questionable as to where his career as a fighter will go, will he ever enter the Octagon again?

We wish Evan all the best and hope he can find the road back to regaining his UFC title.

In Support of our Friends at fightlinker.com EliteXC get your asses in gear and sign Evan Tanner, or any other people out there who can help the guy out.

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