Rani Yahya

Rani Yahya

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fightingfrom=Lake Forest, California
hometown=Brasilia, Brazil
fightstyle=Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
wins=11
losses=4
draws=
(t)ko=
submissions=10
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Rani Yahya (born September 12, 1984 in Brasilia, Brazil) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter and mixed martial artist (MMA). Yahya won the 66 kg division of the prestigious Abu Dhabi submission grappling tournament in April 2007. He currently fights in both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions of the American-based MMA organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Yahya has a professional mixed martial arts record of 11 wins and three losses.

Yahya's made his WEC debut against former TKO featherweight champion Mark Hominick at "" in Las Vegas on May 3, 2007. Yahya defeated Hominick in the first round with a rear naked choke submission hold.

He recently fought Chase Beebe for the WEC bantamweight championship at "WEC 30" on September 5, 2007. Yahya lost the fight via unanimous decision. His last fight was a KO loss to Norifumi Yamamoto at K-1 - Premium 2007 Dynamite!! on December 31, 2007.

MMA record

External links

* [http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=657 WEC profile]
*Sherdog|id=10425|name=Rani Yahya


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