Shane Del Rosario Loses His Fight For Life
Shane Del Rosario has finally been succumbed from complications due to cardiac arrest and has passed away today, at the tender age of 30.
Struck down in his home on the 26th of last month, Shane has been fighting for his life for the last 13 days and sadly, he lost the battle a few short hours ago.
By way of official announcement, the UFC issued the following statement:
“The Ultimate Fighting Championship mourns the tragic loss of heavyweight competitor Shane Del Rosario, who has passed away at the age of 30. Del Rosario suffered a heart attack on Tuesday, Nov. 26 as a result of what doctors believe to be a congenital heart disorder, according to his manager Jason House.
The entire organization sends its deepest condolences to Shane’s family and friends.”
Shane stood 6’3” and tipped the scale at 250 pounds. He came to MMA from the world of kickboxing, with his discipline being Muay Thai. Shane would go 8 & 1 in that field, scoring all of his victories by way of T/KO.
In 2006, Shane began competing in MMA and to great success. Fighting in five different promotions in five years and finishing his tour in Strikeforce, Shane racked up 11 straight wins and all by finish; 8 T/KOs’ & 3 submissions.
Perhaps and even more impressive than his perfect finishing rate, is the fact that only one of the 11 fighters he faced, Carl Seumanutafa, managed to make it out of the first round. Other than him, every other opponent that Shane stood against was felled in the first.
With his record, performances and blistering finishing rate it was only a question of time before Shane would end up in the UFC and in March of 2012, his MMA dreams were realized. In that month the senior promotion purchased its junior rival Strikeforce and with it, Shane’s contract.
Six weeks later and coming off of a February submission victory over Lavar Johnson, Shane found himself making his UFC debut in May of 2012 against Stipe Miocic, at UFC 146. As the fight would go, Miocic would hand Shane his first professional loss and as meted out by Stipe’s elbows; TKO round two.
The following December Shane was assigned a match with Pat Barry for “The Ultimate Fighter” 16 finale. Unfortunately, Shane fared no better than he did in his first UFC outing and was KO’d by “HD” in the second round of the match.
Sadly and grievously, the Barry fight turned out to be Shane’s last.
The fighter was set to appear at UFC 168 on the 28th of this month to face Dave Herman, but suffered a rib injury in training and scratched form the card on the 21rst of November. Five days later, Shane would slip into cardiac arrest.
As it stands now, the rib injury and the heart attack are not considered related. The doctors currently believe that Shane suffered from a rare and congenital heart disorder, known as Long QT Syndrome.
In closing, LowKick extends our deepest sympathies to Shane’s family, friends, teammates and fans. He was by all accounts a true and great friend, and a compassionate and generous human being. He was full of joy, life and love and he will be deeply missed.
Long live Shane Del Rosario.
God bless his soul.
