This is the best MMA related article I've read, ever; update: Thacker says thank you [video]

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    If you haven't read it yet here are some highlights that might convince you to do so...

    -- Thacker talks about how some smoker Muay-Thai fights and a single year of grade school wrestling became his MMA credentials for the show
    -- How show producers were enamored with his accent and eccentric personality and not concerned for his well being
    -- Getting flown out to Vegas to film the show literally the night prior, leaving behind his anxiety and depression medication and suffering from withdrawals
    -- Sparring with Dana White (!!) in order to get licensed
    -- The fallout from "embarrassing Canada" ruining his life
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Thacker has become the full-time caretaker for his ailing parents and sibling. Someone who read the article has started a gofundme to raise $1,000 for him to help him out. Almost at $600 already.

    http://www.gofundme.com/JasonThackerTUF1
     
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    $1,000?

    Nearly $5,500 raised so far.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    $7,700 and counting

    Bas Rutten just gave $100

    They were able to get in touch with Thacker and he is thrilled.
     
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    With a little more media attention this fund has jumped up over $10,000
     
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    The Thacker fund raised just under $13,000. Should be a big help for him and his family.

    In related news, Mark Coleman's GoFundMe, which is apparently still open, has raised about $45,000 for Hammer's hip surgery and aftercare.
     
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    ^ Thacker was going for a Trailer Park Boys parody there at the end but it didn't come off, for anyone wondering.
     

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