MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter Shalie Lipp lost her life in a car accident just a few weeks before the biggest fight of her career.
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Shalie Lipp, a rising MMA star, died at the age of 21 in a car accident only days before a big fight. The Colorado native was a passenger in a two-car collision on Minnesota’s Interstate 94 on Sunday morning.
According to Minnesota State Patrol, she was traveling in a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu driven by 35-year-old Joseph Trottier of West Fargo when it made contact with a 2017 Jeep Cherokee on the Red River Bridge at approximately 11.30 a.m. Sunday.
According to the collision report, Lipp was the only person in the two vehicles who was not wearing a seatbelt, and everyone else escaped the devastating incident unharmed.
“It is beyond my mind’s capacity today to think that I won’t see you this week …or ever again. We were just cracking the code. Being your friend will change me forever. It already has. Thank you for all of the moments. All of our discussions, both personal and professional. The laughs, the tears, and every emotion in between. I will remember all of them. I am grateful for all of them.”
‘No Mercy’ promoter Jeremy Bjornberg claimed that Lipp was UFC-bound as he paid tribute to her. He also said adding, “She had an amazing work ethic she had only been back a few days from a month of training in Thailand,’ Bjornberg told MMA News. At 19 years old, she started fighting the top fighters in the Midwest. … She was someone everyone knew was going to go somewhere and end up in the UFC.”
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Shalie Lipp, an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) competitor, died in a car crash just a few weeks before the most significant match of her career.
The 21-year-old fighter, who was due to meet Natalie Gauge at Ignite No Mercy 11 at the Kent Freeman Arena in Detroit Lakes on May 20, was engaged in a traffic accident on Minnesota’s Interstate 94 when her automobile collided with another vehicle. Lipp was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision on Moorhead’s Red River Bridge.
The young Colorado boxer, who had a three-win, two-loss amateur record, was in Thailand practicing for her eagerly anticipated match.
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