The MMA community was left in mourning on Sunday after the death of former UFC title challenger Anthony Johnson came to light. Many of his contemporaries, whether it was former rivals or teammates, shared their well-wishes for the late “Rumble.”
What wasn’t immediately revealed was the cause of his death. All everyone knew was that the 38-year-old had been dealing with a serious medical condition in 2021. Recently, his manager Ali Abdelaziz asked for prayers because Johnson was “not doing well.”
But as Yahoo! Sports revealed in a recent report, Johnson died due to organ failure from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare immune disorder.