wrote on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cHe was a fine man & journalist beloved by all his friends & co-workers in the world of sports, boxing, MMA & the UFC. May he RIP.\u201d<\/p>\nGerbasi\u2019s career was defined not only by the volume and quality of his work, but by the kindness with which he carried himself. In a sport often defined by its toughness, he brought heart and humanity, always ensuring that fighters of every level had their stories told.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt didn\u2019t matter if you were in the first fight or the last fight: if you were on the other end of the phone, you had his full attention and he was going to put everything he had into telling a little piece of your story,\u201d UFC.com\u2019s Spencer Kyte wrote. \u201cHe never short-changed anyone, approaching every story as if it were the biggest thing he\u2019d been asked to write, because he knew that for a lot of those athletes, it was.\u201d<\/p>\n
From his editorial work on UFC.com to his authorship of the legendary UFC Encyclopedia in 2011, Gerbasi left a permanent imprint on the sport. Just earlier this month, he released Boxing: The 100 Greatest Fighters, a book already receiving glowing reviews.<\/p>\n
Gerbasi mentored countless journalists, providing guidance and friendship that extended well beyond bylines and deadlines. His words elevated fighters, inspired writers, and connected fans to the humanity at the core of combat sports.<\/p>\n
Everyone at MMAmania.com sends our deepest condolences to Thomas Gerbasi\u2019s family, friends, and colleagues. His voice will be deeply missed, but his legacy will live on in every story told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The combat sports community lost one of its best. Thomas Gerbasi \u2014 UFC.com editorial director, award-winning member of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[80171,80173,49,48,1263,641,80172,638,82,80168,80169,80170,640,702],"class_list":["post-151368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-writers-association-of-america","tag-bruce-buffer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-combat-sports","tag-fighting","tag-longtime-friend","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-thomas-gerbasi","tag-tom-gerbasi","tag-tom-lawlor","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}