The wife of ex-UFC fighter Corey Hill on Thursday denied a UFC statement that Hill had died earlier in the day.
Late Thursday afternoon Pacific time, the Las Vegas-based UFC announced on its website that Hill had died at 36 years old. Several of HIll's friends and family members had earlier said publicly that he'd died. A number of news sites, including Yahoo Sports, reported that Hill was dead shortly after the UFC release.
But Hill's wife, Lauren, speaking to TMZ, denied he'd died. She told the site her husband "was resting and still alive.