Josh Samman Has Died

At the young age of 28 years old, the UFC fighter Josh Samman has passed away after a week in a coma in hospital. His manager, Gary Ibarra, stated that the fighter’s family is requesting privacy and will release a statement soon.

Samman was discovered in his apartment by a friend, along with his friend and roommate Troy Kirkingburg. Despite calling 911 and performing CPR his friend could not revive Kirkingburg. Samman was unresponsive and taken to the hospital.

A statement by Samman’s mother was released on FOX Sports stating that no heroin was discovered in his system and the online rumors were wrong – it was not a drug overdose.

Joshua Kaleb “Josh” Samman started his career in the UFC as part of Jon Jones’ team during the 17th season of “The Ultimate Fighter”. He won his first three fights, which included a back-to-back “Performance of the Night” victories over Calo Magalhaes and Eddie Gordon.

The masculine name Josh is a short form of Joshua, which is taken from the Hebrew name Yehoshu’a that means “Yahweh is salvation”. The name was given to one of the spies that was sent into Canaan by Moses in the Old Testament. Joshua succeeded Moses after his death and became the leader of the Israelites. Since the Protestant Reformation, the name has been used as an English name.

Even the name Jesus is taken from a Greek translation of the Aramaic version of Yeshu’a, and this was the true name of Jesus.