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MMA Community Remembers UFC, Strikeforce Veteran Shane Del Rosario

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Despite tragically passing away at just 30 years old, Shane del Rosario had time to make an impact on those around him, as was evidenced by the outpouring of support following the UFC and Strikeforce veteran’s unexpected death.

On Monday, UFC officials announced the heart attack that Del Rosario suffered nearly two weeks earlier had claimed his life. His management team later confirmed the report.

“Official Statement: Shane Del Rosario had a catastrophic cardiovascular collapse at home on Tuesday morning. He was brought to the hospital in full cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated in the emergency room back to a stable heart rhythm and blood pressure. He is currently in the coronary care unit critically ill. Our prayers are with him and his family.”

Del Rosario’s management team previously released a statement saying doctors were looking at the potential that the fighter had a rare heart condition known as Long QT Syndrome that typically goes undetected until there’s a problem.

News of Del Rosario’s passing spread quickly in the MMA community, and many notables took to Twitter to express their sadness and support of those who closest to him.


http://mmajunkie.com/2013/12/mma-community-remembers-ufc-strikeforce-veteran-shane-del-rosario/
 
I had been following this since it happened. Sad to hear he finally passed away. He was way too young to die. RIP
 
Rip...
 
[h=1]Coroner: Del Rosario’s death due to natural causes; cocaine found in system[/h]
By Steven Marrocco December 20, 2013 5:10 pm



UFC heavyweight Shane del Rosario‘s death was due to natural causes, according to medical examiners.
A death certificate issued Wednesday by the Orange County (Calif.) coroner’s office said the 30-year-old fighter suffered brain damage from a lack of oxygen to the brain, an abnormal heart rhythm commonly associated with heart attacks and a congenital heart disorder.
The immediate causes of death were listed as anoxic encephalopathy, ventricular fibrillation and Long QT Syndrome. But the death certificate also listed “other significant conditions contributing to death but not resulting in the underlying cause;” namely cocaine, opiates and THC were present in the fighter’s body.
O.C. Supervising Deputy Coroner Daniel Aikin told MMAjunkie that the drugs were found as part of a routine urine screen by the hospital. The amount of drugs is unknown because an autopsy wasn’t performed.
Del Rosario spent nearly two weeks at Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif. The UFC said he suffered a heart attack on Nov. 26 and announced his death on Dec. 9. The fighter was declared dead, however, six days earlier – at 4:40 p.m. PT Dec. 3, according to his death certificate.
“What we go by is when a neurologist pronounces them brain-dead, when they get a second brain-dead pronouncement,” Aikin said. “The family was not allowing the hospital to remove him from life support.”
Del Rosario’s manager Jason House has said previously the Del Rosario family was interested in starting a charitable foundation to research Long QT Syndrome, an inherited condition which can strike young people and lead to sudden cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation.
House had no comment Friday on the death certificate findings, and trainer Colin Oyama did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Del Rosario was found unconscious Nov. 26 by his roommate, UFC flyweight Ian McCall. Del Rosario’s sudden passing came as a shock to the MMA community.
On Nov. 21, five days before his heart attack, Del Rosario withdrew from a fight with Guto Inocente at UFC 168 when he suffered a rib injury.
Del Rosario (11-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) got his start in MMA in 2006 after fighting in kickboxing and muay Thai. He went 11-0 as a professional and then signed with Strikeforce, where he earned first-round stoppage wins over Lolohea Mahe and Lavar Johnson.
A June 2011 fight with Daniel Cormier was scrapped after he suffered a herniated disc in his back when a drunk driver rammed his car. He didn’t fight again until his UFC debut, which he lost via second-round TKO. After a subsequent loss to Pat Parry, he withdrew from bookings against Dave Herman and Inocente due to injury.
 
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