In early June, Troy Mandaloniz went to work doing property maintenance, his day job when not coaching MMA. That morning his cousin and pupil Seth Murashige had informed him that he’d decided to compete at a jiu-jitsu tournament during the UFC Fan Expo the next month. Mandaloniz, who competed on The Ultimate Fighter 6 and fought in the UFC twice several years ago, was to accompany him to Vegas for the event, and to see their fellow Hawaiian B.J. Penn inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Those things were on Mandaloniz’s mind as he drove into work.
Former UFC fighter Troy Mandaloniz survives ladder fall, but now faced with new reality
