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[pa99fighter]

Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough booked for TUF7 Finale
by Dann Stupp on Jun 18, 2008 at 11:25 pm ET
Two-time semifinalist Tim Credeur (10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and quarterfinalist Cale Yabrough (0-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will meet in Saturday's live finale of "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest."

Sources close to both fighters alerted MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) of the bout this week.

The two cast members will meet on the undercard of the live finale, which takes place at The Palms Las Vegas and airs live on Spike TV. Former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner meets "TUF3" champ Kendall Grove in the night's main event.

Credeur, one of the season's most veteran fighters, defeated Erik Charles, Matthew Riddle and Dan Cramer to advance to the reality show's semifinal round. However, he was eventually knocked out of the competition when Jesse Taylor defeated him via decision.

Credeur, though, would get one final shot at the finals when Taylor was kicked off the show for vandalizing a limo and harassing guests at a Las Vegas casino on the eve of his trip back home. UFC president Dana White then pitted him against fellow eliminated semifinalist C.B. Dollaway. Despite a solid effort, Credeur ultimately suffered a unanimous-decision loss.

He'll now meet Yarbrough, who defeated John Clarke and Patrick Schultz to advance to the quarterfinals, where he ultimately lost to Dollaway. Yarbrough, a champion swimmer in high school, found MMA via kickboxing. He goes to college and trains out of Georgia.

War Credeur!

[KcMizzou]

If Tim fights at the level we saw tonight... he'll beat the hell out of Cale.

I didn't know he had it in him. He gave CB everything he could handle.

[pa99fighter]

Originally Posted by The Sundance Kid

Damn this should be a great fight.

Credeur via 1st round sub.

[POINDEXTER]

Tim brings it.

[jlruthven84]

I saw Cale fight here in Augusta when he was still an amateur, at LHW. He knocked out the fighter I was covering for a newspaper, a damn good natural HW, with a body kick, so the kid's got some power in his strikes.

I doubt he's got much else, though. If the Tim we saw fight CB shows up against Yarborough, Credeur takes it easily IMO.

[Healzyou]

Tim early 2nd round sub...I think its going to be set up early in the round by strikes. I'm thinking RNC.

[Ifightforaliving]

Originally Posted by Healzyou

Tim early 2nd round sub...I think its going to be set up early in the round by strikes. I'm thinking RNC.

wow really Tim by sub? he is a striker I think its the other way around. TIm doesn't have much of a ground game at all.

[Quintessential Studmuffin]

Originally Posted by Ifightforaliving

wow really Tim by sub? he is a striker I think its the other way around. TIm doesn't have much of a ground game at all.

His ground game isnt that great...but compared to Cales,it's amazing. I'm pretty sure Tim has atleast a few years of solid JJ training under his belt. Which is far more then Cale. Tim takes this in the 2nd via armbar.

[jlruthven84]

Originally Posted by Ifightforaliving

wow really Tim by sub? he is a striker I think its the other way around. TIm doesn't have much of a ground game at all.

Tim's won seven of his ten victories by sub. He threw up several in the fight against CB, but they were all avoided.

[mauladala]

revolutiondojo.com - “Crazy” Tim Credeur

BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU
- BROWN BELT – UNDER WORLD CHAMPION RODRIGO MEDEIROS (CARLSON GRACIE)
- OVER 40 BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIPS
- 5X CALIFORNIA STATE BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU CHAMPION (’98, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02)
- 3X COPA PACIFICA DE JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’98, ’00, ’02)
- 3X US OPEN JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’98, ’99, ’01)
- 2X AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’00, ’01)
- OUANO INTERNATIONAL BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’00)
- PEDRO CARVALHO INLAND EMPIRE JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’02)
- LOS ANGELES GRAPPLING GAMES BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’00, ’01)
- LAS VEGAS GRAPPLING GAMES BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’01)
- MACHADO KING OF THE HILL BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU CHAMPION (’01)

Tim's ground game credentials. He has a pretty good ground game.

Edit: In fact, I would say it's damn good. He's slick as hell with all thos knee bars he went for against CB, thus allowing him to stand back up. He tried to "Frank Mir" (a la Lesnar) CB several times.