Cale Yarbrough

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|weight=185 lb
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|fightingfrom=[[Athens, Georgia]]
|hometown=[[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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'''Cale Yarbrough''' (born [[December 27]], [[1986]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[mixed martial arts|mixed martial arts (MMA)]] fighter. He was a cast member of [[SpikeTV]]'s ''[[The Ultimate Fighter 7]]'', winning his entry and preliminary matches, by defeating John Clarke and Patrick Schultz respectively, and losing to The Ultimate Fighter 7 finalist, [[C.B. Dollaway]]. Yarbrough was picked by the original TUF winner, [[Forrest Griffin]]. Griffin coached on season 7 for the first time.

==Biography==
Yarbrough graduated from [[Wheeler High School]] in 2005 where he was a multiathlete participating in numerous sports such as baseball, basketball, football, and swimming where Yarbrough placed 3rd in the state of Georgia when he was 13. Yarbrough currently attends [[University of Georgia]] where he studies [[psychology]]. Yarbrough took a semester off to participate in the seventh season of ''The Ultimate Fighter''. Cale was given the nickname ''"Aquaman"'' due to his swimming background.

==Mixed Martial Arts==
===Start into Mixed Martial Arts===
After starting school at Kennesaw State, Cale began training at [[Knuckleup Fitness]] with [[Mateo Cutbill]]. After seeing his knack for the sport, Mateo encouraged Cale to pursue MMA full-time. Cale started training with [[Rory Singer]] and [[Adam Singer]] at the [[Hardcore Gym]], after moving to Athens in 2006. Cale's amateur record is 5-0, with every bout ending by TKO. Cale currently holds the ISKA Amateur United States Light Heavyweight Championship belt.<ref>http://www.caleyarbrough.net/bio.php</ref>

===The Ultimate Fighter===
In the first episode Yarbrough fought John Clarke, winning by way of TKO and earning a spot in the Ultimate Fighter house. Yarbrough was chosen by [[UFC]] light heavy weight championship number one contender and former Ultimate fighter Forrest Griffin. Yarbrough would continue on to fight in episode seven against Patrick Schultz after a skin disease on a Contestant demanded a replacement which Schultz took. Yarbrough defeated Patrick Schultz by majority decision. There was controversy over the decision including demands from Rampage Jackson that the fight should go to a third round. This lead to a verbal argument between the coaches ending with Rampage saying he would bet his purse that his fight with Forrest would not go to decision. After verbal taunting of [[C.B. Dollaway]] from Yarbrough, he became the number one recruit's pick to fight in the quarterfinals. C.B. defeated Yarbrough by TKO in the first round.

===UFC Career===
Cale Yarbrough was originally set to make his mixed martial arts debut, against former cast mate [[Dan Cramer]]. They were set to fight at the [[TUF 7]] finale. Cramer was forced out of the fight due to a broken collar bone. Yarbrough was then scheduled to fight fellow Team Griffin member [[Tim Credeur]] in ''The Ultimate Figher 7'' finale, but the bout was canceled by the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]] due to Credeur testing positive for [[Adderall]], a banned prescription [...]. The bout was rescheduled to be on the preliminary card of the UFC event, [[UFC: Silva vs. Irvin]] on July 19th. Yarbrough lost in the first round to veteran Tim Credeur by way of TKO.

===Currently in Mixed Martial Arts===
Yarbrough was set to fight [[Jason Karpel]] at [[MTX Audio II]] on January 10, 2009. Cale's opponent did not receive medical clearance, so Yarbrough was left without a fight.<ref>http://mmajunkie.com/news/13681/tuf-veterans-forbes-yarbrough-find-different-results-at-mtx-audio-ii.mma</ref>

Yarbrough fought on March 27, 2009. He fought [[Justin Hall (fighter)|Justin Hall]] at the [[King of the Cage]] event entitled ''Invincible''.<ref>http://www.aroundtheoctagon.com/?p=1306</ref> Yarbrough won the fight in the second round by knockout.

== MMA record ==
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|align='left'|King of the Cage: Invincible
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|align='center'|2
|align='center'|1:14
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|-align=center
|{{yes2}}Win
|align='center'|1-1
|align='left'|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Anthony Mckee]]
|align='left'|TKO (Corner Stoppage)
|align='left'|Full Throttle
|align='left'|{{dts|link=off|2008|November|8}}
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|3:00
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|align='center'|0-1
|align='left'|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Credeur]]
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|align='left'|[[UFC: Silva vs. Irvin]]
|align='left'|{{dts|link=off|2008|July|19}}
|align='center'|1
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|align='left'|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
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|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.caleyarbrough.net/index.php Official Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/spacemonkey_jcy Official MySpace]
*[http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=TUF.Yarborough_tufTRvsTF TUF Profile]
*[http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=34073 Sherdog.com]
*[http://www.thehardcoregym.net Official Hardcore Gym Website]

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