Young MMA fighter, Shalie Lipp, from Colorado, met her unlucky finish in a horrendous automotive crash on Sunday.
Lipp was behind the wheel of a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, which collided with a 2017 Jeep Cherokee headed eastbound on the I-94 freeway connecting Fargo and Moorhead.
Apparently, Lipp was the one individual in both automotive who wasn’t utilizing the seatbelt, which proved to be deadly for the up-and-coming fighter. She was scheduled to tackle Natalie Gauge at Ignite No Mercy 11 on May 20 for the flyweight title on the Kent Freeman Arena in Detroit Lakes.
In a heartbreaking revelation, Lipp’s mom, who discovered her journal mentioned that the teen would write in her private report “Dana White will know my name’.
UFC boss Dana White, who came to learn of the accident through flyweight fighter Lauren Murphy, posted a picture of Lipp on Instagram with the caption that read “Shalielipp I KNOW YOUR NAME……. RIP”.
White further added “She is a 21-year-old amateur MMA fighter who just passed away in a car accident. She was supposed to fight on May 20th and just got home from training in Thailand. Her mother found her journal and I guess at the end of every entry she would write “Dana White will know my name.” Lauren Murphy referred to as and advised Mick Maynard the story and it broke my coronary heart. My condolences to her household and mates.”
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Lipp had simply returned from a coaching camp in Thailand, the place she had travelled to sharpen her abilities in MMA and Muay Thai.
Eric Sweeney, Lipp’s coach was devasted by his scholar’s premature passing and mentioned “My coronary heart is totally damaged. You have been such an exquisite human, stuffed with promise and drive. One of the few individuals I’ve ever met that was really reaching for greatness. And I’ll always remember you. It is past my thoughts’s capability at this time to suppose that I gained’t see you this week …or ever once more. We have been simply cracking the code.”
