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Gilbert Yvel
Name Gilbert Yvel
Nickname The Hurricane
Record 32-12-1 (Wins-Losses-Draws)
Wins 28 (T)KOs (87.50%)
4 Submissions (12.50%)
Losses 3 (T)KOs (25.00%)
2 Submissions (16.67%)
4 Decisions (33.33%)
3 Other (25.00%)
Association Golden Glory
Height 6'2 (188cm)
Weight 225
Birthdate 1976-06-30
City Amsterdam
Country Holland

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UFC 115: Mirko Cro Cop and Gilbert Yvel Swap Opponents

UFC 115: Mirko Cro Cop and Gilbert Yvel Swap Opponents Photo by Josh Hedges. Copyright Zuffa, LLC
Article Posted: February 26th, 2010 | By: Fighters.com Staff | Comments: 0 | Comment Now

UFC heavyweight “Cro Cop” Mirko Filipovic (26-8-2) and “HD” Pat Barry (3-2) will matchup at UFC 115 in Vancouver June 12, according to MMA Scraps Radio.

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UFC's Junior dos Santos is the Future of Heavyweight - Fighters.com's January Heavyweight Rankings

UFC's Junior dos Santos is the Future of Heavyweight - Fighters.com's January Heavyweight Rankings Photo by Josh Hedges. Copyright Zuffa, LLC
Article Posted: January 4th, 2010 | By: Chad Edward | Comments: 0 | Comment Now

Brazilian heavyweight “Cigano” Junior dos Santos (10-1) climbed to the fifth spot in Fighters.com’s December Heavyweight Rankings after knocking out “Hurricane” Gilbert Yvel (33-14-1) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January second.  He’s now just beneath his sensei, fourth-ranked “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1), and just out of the UFC’s big three champions, one of whom has held a portion of the UFC title for the last two years.

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Junior Dos Santos Versus Gilbert Yvel At UFC 108 Proves UFC and M-1 Global Can Do Business

Junior Dos Santos Versus Gilbert Yvel At UFC 108 Proves UFC and M-1 Global Can Do Business Photo by Josh Hedges. Copyright Zuffa, LLC
Article Posted: December 4th, 2009 | By: Chad Edward | Comments: 0 | Comment Now

Following the withdrawal from UFC 108 of “Napão” Gabriel Gonzaga (11-4), Fighters.com’s seventh-ranked heavyweight “Cigano” Junior dos Santos (9-1) has now been matched versus Dutch kickboxer “Hurricane” Gilbert Yvel (33-13-1) in Las Vegas January 2, according to Tatame.

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Yvel v Buentello Earns PPV Nod

Article Posted: July 3rd, 2009 | By: Chad Edward | Comments: 0 | Comment Now

“Hurricane” Gilbert Yvel’s (31-13-1) 2:10 dismantling of “Rock” Pedro Rizzo (16-9) at Fight Force International’s Ultimate Chaos in Biloxi Saturday has earned him a promotion to the pay-per-view broadcast of Affliction M-1 Global’s Trilogy 1 August in Anaheim.

Yvel will fight “Headhunter” Paul Buentello (27-9), who was originally scheduled to fight “Maine-iac” Tim Sylvia (24-5).

Buentello is coming off a third round TKO of “Baby Fedor” Kiril Sidellnikov (5-3) at Affliction’s Day of Reckoning in Anaheim 24 January.

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Gilbert Yvel to Co-Headline M-1 Challenge with Emelianenko

Article Posted: October 28th, 2008 | By: Chad Edward | Comments: 0 | Comment Now

Emelianenko photo courtesy of M-1 Global.Heavyweight “Hurricaine” Gilbert Yvel (30-12-1) will fight in the co-main event at M-1 Challenge 9 in St. Petersburg 21 November versus an opponent to be named soon, Fighters.com learned from M-1’s Russian division today.

M-1 told Fighters.com that Yvel will not rematch Red Devil heavyweight Roman Zentsov (17-12), who knocked Yvel out in a 2006 PRIDE fight.

The event will be lead by the return of Fighters.com’s tenth-ranked heavyweight Aleksander Emelianenko (12-3) after the commission debacle before Affliction’s debut in Anaheim, east of Los Angeles, 19 July.  Emelianenko will fight Korean Sang Soo Lee (9-4).

The event will also feature a team format with bouts between Russia’s Red Devil team versus Korea and Russia’s Legion team versus Holland.

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