Tanner won his first championship when he defeated Heath Herring at USWF 7, and went on to successfully defend that title five times. Tanner then won the UFC Middleweight title at UFC 51, stopping David Terrell with strikes in the first round. He holds other notable victories over Heath Herring, Paul Buentello, Robbie Lawler, and back to back wins over Phil Baroni.
Tanner is currently signed to a 4-fight UFC deal.
UFC.com's Thomas Gerbasi has reported that the scheduled bout between TUF 7 participants Tim Credeur and Cale Yarbrough was cancelled after trace amounts of the prescription drug Adderall were found in Credeur's system during a prefight drug test administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. According to Gerbasi, Credeur had informed the NSAC before Friday's weigh-ins that he had been taking the prescription drug up until five days prior.
A favorite to win the entire season from the start, Dollaway was expected by many to overwhelm Sadollah in the finale despite his earlier loss to the fighter out of Richmond, Va. But just as he had done all throughout the tournament, during which the previously 0-0 fighter defeated four fighters in just six weeks with over 20 combined wins between them all, Sadollah exceeded expectations and again forced Dollaway to tap out, earning a six-figure contract with the UFC.
After follow up tests were administered, the results came back Saturday morning still showing those trace amounts. Gerbasi also reports that NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer has stated no disciplinary action will be taken against Credeur because he was up front and honest about the situation. According to Kizer's statements to Gerbasi, Adderall is a banned substance because it has the potential to both increase risk of an athlete having a cardiac episode during competition and potentially enhance their performance.
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Referee Herb Dean expertly observed the hold from only inches away and as soon as Dollaway tapped Sadollah's leg once signifying his submission, he rightly jumped in, stopped the fight and saved Dollaway's extended arm from further damage. The charismatic Sadollah improved his professional record to 2-0 with the win but was initially too overcome with emotion to find something characteristically funny to say.
"Evan Tanner is not among the biggest favorites on the UFC TUF 7 Finale card," points out Gambling911.com's Dan Shapiro. "You have guys like Diego Sanchez set at -500 odds."
Both Tanner and his opponent, Kendall Grove, are fighting for their jobs.
Tanner is a former UFC Middleweight and USWF Heavyweight champion with a professional record of 32 wins and 7 losses. He is also the first American to win the Pancrase Neo-Blood tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
Grove used impressively effective scrappiness in the first two rounds to keep Tanner at bay and hurt with a plethora of both conventional Muay Thai clinch striking and unconventional strikes like one-legged knees and up kicks. In the second round, it appeared that a right hook to the temple and follow-up strikes from Grove would end Tanner's night.
But though the bearded yeoman was down, he proved not yet out as he survived the round. In the third and final round, Tanner managed his best efforts of the fight, landing an effective straight cross to the head of Grove on multiple occasions.
In other action, welterweight Diego Sanchez scored a third-round stoppage win over Luigi Fioravanti, lightweight Spencer Fisher beat Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision, Matt Riddle beat his TUF 7 cast mate Dante Rivera by decision and Dustin Hazelett submitted Josh Burkman with an arm bar. TUF 7's Matt Brown also stopped Matt Arroyo, Andrew McFedries TKO'd Marvin Eastman, Dean Lister submitted Jeremy Horn and Rob Kimmons stopped Rob Yundt with a guillotine choke.
"Evan Tanner is not among the biggest favorites on the UFC TUF 7 Finale card," points out Gambling911.com's Dan Shapiro. "You have guys like Diego Sanchez set at -500 odds."
Both Tanner and his opponent, Kendall Grove, are fighting for their jobs.
Tanner is a former UFC Middleweight and USWF Heavyweight champion with a professional record of 32 wins and 7 losses. He is also the first American to win the Pancrase Neo-Blood tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
Grove used impressively effective scrappiness in the first two rounds to keep Tanner at bay and hurt with a plethora of both conventional Muay Thai clinch striking and unconventional strikes like one-legged knees and up kicks. In the second round, it appeared that a right hook to the temple and follow-up strikes from Grove would end Tanner's night.
But though the bearded yeoman was down, he proved not yet out as he survived the round. In the third and final round, Tanner managed his best efforts of the fight, landing an effective straight cross to the head of Grove on multiple occasions.
In other action, welterweight Diego Sanchez scored a third-round stoppage win over Luigi Fioravanti, lightweight Spencer Fisher beat Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision, Matt Riddle beat his TUF 7 cast mate Dante Rivera by decision and Dustin Hazelett submitted Josh Burkman with an arm bar. TUF 7's Matt Brown also stopped Matt Arroyo, Andrew McFedries TKO'd Marvin Eastman, Dean Lister submitted Jeremy Horn and Rob Kimmons stopped Rob Yundt with a guillotine choke.
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