Former IFL and one-time UFC fighter Justin Levens and his wife Sarah McLean-Evans were found shot to death in their Laguna Niguel condominium on Wednesday. Authorities are investigating the deaths as a possible murder-suicide.
Levens was 28 years old.
Levens was a three-year veteran of the sport and spent time as a member of the IFL’s Southern California Condors team. He held Ruas Vale Tudo black belt and had two fights in the UFC, consecutive losses to Evan Tanner and Jorge Santiago.
“I worked with Justin for a period, and we remained good friends after,” Ken Pavia, who formerly represented Levens, told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “He loved to compete and was a great fighter. Justin was one of those guys that it seemed suffered from a lot of bad luck in life.
“I think the default setting for a lot of fighters is to have demons inside, and it seems like his demons escaped. It saddens me that Justin succumbed to it. He was an intelligent, charismatic guy and a good kid. In hindsight, you wish you could have done something about it.”
We will continue to update this story as it develops.
