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UFC veteran Court McGee has revealed on the anniversary of his life-changing overdose that he died for EIGHT minutes.
Long before the American cage fighter amassed a fanbase and an MMA record of 22-14, he was a helpless heroin addict.
The journeyman has won just one of his last five bouts inside the octagon, the most recent a unanimous decision defeat to Michael Chiesa in June.
But every day is a triumph for the father of three sons and husband to wife Chelsea.
Five years on from his lowest ebb, McGee posted: “On September 9, 2005, I overdosed on heroin and was gone for eight minutes.
“What should have been the end of my story became the beginning of a second chance.
“Today, I carry deep gratitude for recovery – for the breath in my lungs, the strength to live with purpose, and the gift of a life I almost lost.
“Every day sober is proof that hope is stronger than despair’.
“Recovery has given me a second chance at life—one day at a time, one step at a time.
“I’m humbled by the journey, thankful for the people who’ve walked alongside me, and hopeful for anyone still struggling that healing is possible.”
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In 2010, just after McGee had signed with the UFC, he gave a startling insight into how his life unravelled and left him looking like a character from the Hangover movie.
He told KSL: ‘I started hanging out with the wrong people – drinking, partying. It went from that to worse, to drinking every night’.
“It went from that to cocaine and heroin, and then overdose.’
“I took one drink in Vegas and I ended up in Iowa, four days later with no pants on and a long sleeve shirt, looking for meth.”
McGee gave up hope on himself and life, let alone being a professional sportsman.
But the rock bottom he hit, eight minutes into the afterlife, helped him turn everything around.
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He explained: “’I was strung out, the heroin addict, the drunk, the liar, the cheat, the thief.
“That’s who I thought I was.
“I never thought I was going to amount to nothing”.
