breaking news - Elias Theodorou Intense Last Moments Before Death | Try Not To Cry.<br /><br /><br />Elias Theodorou, an outgoing and engaging man who reached a lifelong dream when he made it to the UFC, died Sunday at 34 of Stage 4 liver issues Reporter Aaron Bronsteter of TSN in Canada noted on social media that Theodorou had only shared his diagnosis with a few close friends.<br /><br />A black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Theodorou made it to the UFC on April 16, 2014, when he stopped Sheldon Westcott via strikes in “The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale.”<br /><br />Theodorou began his MMA career with 11 consecutive victories before dropping a decision to Thiago Santos on Dec. 10, 2015, in Las Vegas. <br /><br />He went 8-3 in the UFC and was released after dropping a decision to middleweight contender Derek Brunson.<br /><br />He fought three more times on the regional circuit, winning all of them with two coming by TKO. <br /><br />His final bout was a decision victory over Bryan Baker on Dec. 18, 2021, in Greeley, Colorado, raising his record to 19-3. Tragically, less than 10 months later, he was dead.<br /><br />Theodorou was known for his long hair and rugged good looks. He never took himself too seriously and served as a “ring boy,” for the all-female Invicta Fighting Championship.<br /><br />UFC welterweight contender and television analyst Michael Chiesa was a friend of Theodorou’s and in a video he posted on Twitter, said that Theodorou “was the type of guy who’d give you the shirt off his back.<br /><br />” At that point in his video, Chiesa held up a folded gray sports jacket he said belonged to Chiesa.<br /><br />Chiesa said he was asked on short notice to attend a news conference but didn’t have a collar.<br /><br />“I was telling him this and he was wearing [this sports jacket], with a T-shirt,” Chiesa said. “He took his jacket off and gave it to me. I never got a chance to give it back to him.<br /><br /> That’s the type of guy he was. While I’m sad like a lot of people, he touched a lot of lives and I have to remember I’m very blessed that I had the friendship I had with him.”<br /><br />Theodorou, who was born May 31, 1988, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, was a man of varied interests. <br /><br />He appeared on the third season of “The Amazing Race Canada,” with his then-girlfriend, Max Altamuro.<br /><br />According to “The Amazing Race Wiki,” Theodorou’s motto on the show was “Don’t look dumb on TV and don’t die.”<br /><br /><br />He had a Bachelor of Arts from Humber College in Toronto in Creative Advertising. He was an outspoken advocate for medical cannabis use and on Feb. <br /><br />19, 2020, became the first professional athlete to receive a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for its use when he was granted it by the British Columbia Athletic Commission.<br /><br /> According to his personal website, he was also granted a TUE in May 2021 for the same purpose.<br /><br />#news #covid #india #instagram #love #follow #media #like #breakingnews #trending #viral #music #instagood #politics #coronavirus #noticias #fashion #usa #memes #tv #football #new #bhfyp #sports <br /><br />#Eliastheodorouthespartan<br />#EliasTheodorouUFCdeath<br /><br />
