Condolences to Joe Riggs and family

GeorgeXVX · 09-23-2006, 03:46 PM

Sorry if this is a repost....

But i just found out about Joe Riggs.....

Joe Riggs had to pull out of UFN 7 (Shamrock VS Ortiz)

Joe buried his baby girl last month and his wife was rushed into emergency surgery this evening, according to one of his friends who posted a message from Joe on the mma.tv board.

Jras0001 · 09-23-2006, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgeXVX

Sorry if this is a repost....

But i just found out about Joe Riggs.....

Joe Riggs had to pull out of UFN 7 (Shamrock VS Ortiz)

Joe buried his baby girl last month and his wife was rushed into emergency surgery this evening, according to one of his friends who posted a message from Joe on the mma.tv board.

Any more info than that? Thats horrible that he had all this happen to him. I wish him the best of luck.

GeorgeXVX · 09-23-2006, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jras0001

Any more info than that? Thats horrible that he had all this happen to him. I wish him the best of luck.

not yet.... his daughter was born days after his last fight and died in the beggining of this month and his wife was rushed to the hospital last night and no one has posted any updates that i know of yet.... it sucks... i really like joe riggs a lot... i hope he takes a long enough time off and doesnt rush back into the ring to act like nothings wrong....

SWIBC · 09-23-2006, 06:12 PM

well wishes and sympathy to Joe and his family. I could imagine losing a baby, especially now with a 15 mo. old.

OneBigThrow · 09-23-2006, 06:45 PM

That is ****ing horrible

I was clicking on this thread convincing myself this wouldnt be some sort of bad news, I just want Joe riggs to have his world back on its axis

but this...this is horrible, my condolences

AllAboutTheGame · 09-23-2006, 07:23 PM

that cannot be true~
I drank with him at a bar last night

GeorgeXVX · 09-23-2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AllAboutTheGame

that cannot be true~
I drank with him at a bar last night

thats not funny if your joking and if your not and the information in the post i made before is wrong please confirm somthing cause joe riggs is in my top three favorite fighters right now and i would like to know whats really going on.... not that being my favorite fighter changes how i feel about one loseing a child

angryjonny · 09-23-2006, 08:21 PM

Can you give some solid source on this? I don't want to question you but I find it hard to believe everyone wouldn't be talking about this. I hope this isn't true though because that is horrible if it is.

subgenius · 09-23-2006, 08:44 PM

I did a few searches and came up blank.

We need to confirm this, otherwise it is just rumor.

If it is true, then all our prayers should be with Joe Riggs and his wife. No parent should have to burry their child. And, losing a child is terrible enough, I hope that Riggs' wife is not in danger...

angryjonny · 09-23-2006, 11:35 PM

Here is the thread from UG. It's not anything official yet but it sure does seem it may be true. If so I will be praying for Riggs. I can't even imagine how horrible that would be to go through.

http://www.mma.tv/tuf/index.cfm?FID=1&a=723&TID=894288

King Kameamea · 09-23-2006, 11:46 PM

I hate Riggs but I'm sorry for him anyway.

GeorgeXVX · 09-24-2006, 03:02 AM

i only saw repost of what his "friends" had to say so i cant confirm anything but i know for a fact about the daughter..... which sucks.... i have a 14 year old adobted son and i know i am going to out live him being as he is handicaped mentaly and pysicaly... and that kills me

GeorgeXVX · 09-24-2006, 03:13 AM

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I just got off the phone with Riggs... he wanted to thank everyone for their support and prayers. His wife underwent succesful surgery yesterday and is at home recovering. In the next few days they plan on taking a trip to Cali to get away for a little bit and relax.
Joe wanted me to let everyone know that he will be back soon and that he appreciates everyone's thoughts.

subgenius · 09-24-2006, 10:45 AM

Thank god that his wife is okay.

Godspeed, Joe Riggs.

Rocky12233 · 09-24-2006, 12:27 PM

My thoughts and prayers go out to the Rigg family...

diablerie27 · 09-24-2006, 01:14 PM

that is horrible news. i have a little one too and i would lose it if anything ever happened to him, all the best to riggs and his family...

Mulla · 09-25-2006, 06:29 AM

Thats terrible news, Id heard he had to pull out but that really is tragic

My thoughts and condolences go out to the entire Riggs family

Bomber · 09-29-2006, 11:03 PM

Source: Cindy Ortiz

Joe Riggs had to pull out of UFN 7 (Shamrock VS Ortiz) and some MMA message boards have comments posted that are quite insensitive surrounding his decision.

Joe buried his baby girl last month and his wife was rushed into emergency surgery this evening, according to one of his friends who posted a message from Joe on the mma.tv board.

Whether you are a fan of Joe's or not, he and his family sure could use our thoughts and prayers at this time. Thanks...

Cindy

Bomber · 09-29-2006, 11:08 PM

My daughter had serious heart trouble as a child, and I can't even think of a word to describe how I would have felt if we had lost her. Everything else pales in comparison. My deepest condolences to Joe and his family.

comucazi · 09-30-2006, 12:54 AM

I hope all becomes better.