With a career spanning over a decade, Benji Radach‘s legacy can never be reprised. The fighter has fought not only in the UFC but also in Strikeforce, WEC, Bellator, and IFL among other promotions. Out of his 24  battles in his MMA career, Radach has emerged victorious in 16 of them while biting the dust 7 times. As we ͏refl͏ect ͏͏on h͏͏is͏ le͏͏ga͏cy, it is͏ wit͏h ͏s͏adn͏e͏ss that͏͏ we͏ ͏acknowledge the͏ p͏assing of͏͏ the f͏or͏me͏r fighter,͏͏ ͏͏w͏h͏o͏͏se fami͏l͏y ann͏oun͏͏ce͏d ͏his un͏͏fortuna͏te demise͏͏ on Monday.

Benji Radach’s brother took to his socials to announce the demise of the fighter. However, the cause of the death is yet to be ascertained. Radach made his professional MMA debut back in 2001. The fighter started his career with a tremendous 10-fight winning streak before being signed by Dana White and the UFC. Radach made his professional UFC Debut back in 2002. His initial fight under the promotion was against Steve Berger, Radach clinched the victory in 27 seconds, however, the result was overturned to a no-contest after a replay revealed that he had held the fence.

Damon Martin broke the news to the world as he took to his X handle to give a tribute to Radach, “Just learned that UFC and Strikeforce veteran Benji Radach has passed away. Benji was always such a great dude, talked to him many times. Just went back through our last text exchange talking about his wild year in IFL where he fought 6 times in one year. Gone way too soon, “ wrote Martin.

Benji Radach’s first official victory under the UFC banner was against Nick Serra, who was the brother of former welterweight champ Matt Serra, way back in 2002. After squaring off against Serra, ‘Razor’ went into the Octagon against the future lightweight champion, Sean Sherk. The fighter was brutally defeated by Shrek as he was handed the first defeat in his UFC career. Well, during that time, UFC was just a growing phenomenon and was not as big as today. After fighting for various regional leagues, Radach jumped ships to the then-best MMA league International Fight League (IFL) in 2007.

‘Razor’ fought for the initial middleweight championship belt under IFL but he failed to secure it. After fighting under the IFL banner for a good 1 year, Benji Radach again jumped ships to Strikeforce and then finally to Bellator. Benji Radach was just 45 when he took his last breath. The MMA community is shocked by the sudden demise.

MMA Community saddened by the tragic loss of Benji Radach

Although the cause of his death has not yet been disclosed, the UFC community certainly was left in shock and a sense of loss. Former UFC champ Miesha Tate made a heartfelt confession about Radach.

MMA analyst for CBS Sports, Luke Thomas couldn’t believe the news as he took to Martin’s X post to give his initial reaction.

Another fan was shocked he the reason for the sudden demise but sadly the family has yet to reveal more details about it.

Kindness is the virtue of a strong man, a fan highlights the moment when he witnessed Benji Radach’s fight when he was fighting in IFL, and emphasized the kindness of that man. It must be noted that outside of his fight world, Radach was nothing less than a hero as there was once a time when he stopped a robbery back in 2004 when an assailant tried to hold up the restaurant at gunpoint while he was having breakfast with fellow UFC veteran Dennis Hallman. The fighter intervened and immediately neutralized the threat by tackling the robber.

Furthermore, more fans highlighted their experience talking about the fighter.

MMA journalist, James Lynch gave a sad retreat to Benji Radach.

As the MMA community mourns the loss of one of the kindest stars, the reason for the demise is yet to be ascertained. Regardless, we offer our condolences to the family and wish them strength to get through this harsh ordeal.