It’s with great sadness that we report the death of MMA fighter Ivan Cole.
#Breaking MMA fighter Ivan "J.P." Cole killed himself after reportedly playing Russian roulette in Dallas apartment pic.twitter.com/YCl7xS6KSU
— J.D. Miles (@jdmiles11) June 11, 2016
Cole hadn’t fought since losing his Bellator MMA debut in March of 2015. With a professional record of 2-3, Cole was a young fighter still working his way up the ladder in the MMA world.
The details of his death are still cloudy but we do know that it’s being attributed to a game of Russian Roulette. It is unclear whether he was playing alone or with someone else but nonetheless he’s gone far too soon.