Yahya was expected to face Aljamain Sterling on December 9, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 123. He won the fight via a kimura submission in the first round. Yahya faced Henry Briones on August 5, 2017, at UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. He lost the back-and-forth fight via unanimous decision. Yahya faced Joe Soto on March 11, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 106. Yahya faced Michinori Tanaka on September 24, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 95. Yahya won the fight via submission in the third round. Yahya next faced touted promotional newcomer Matthew Lopez on July 13, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 91. Yahya/Kanehara eventually took place on July 15, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 71. The issue lead to a major altering of the card as multiple fights were postponed. State Department which produces travel visas. However, as the event approached, several international fighters experienced travel restrictions due to technical issues within the Bureau of Consular Affairs division of the U.S. Yahya was expected to face Masanori Kanehara on June 27, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 70. Yahya won via submission in the second round. The rescheduled rematch with Bedford eventually took place on September 13, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 51. However, Yahya was forced out of the bout and replaced by Cody Gibson. Ī rematch with Bedford was expected to take place on June 28, 2014, at UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. The bout ended in a No Contest as an accidental clash of heads rendered Yahya unable to protect himself, forcing a referee stoppage at 0:39 of round 1. Yahya faced Johnny Bedford in a bantamweight bout on April 11, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 39. Yahya faced promotional newcomer Tom Niinimäki on November 30, 2013, at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. Yahya next faced Josh Clopton on August 3, 2013, at UFC 163. Yahya faced promotional newcomer Mizuto Hirota on March 3, 2013, at UFC on Fuel TV 8. Yahya was victorious, defeating Grispi in the first round with a north–south choke. Yahya fought Josh Grispi on August 4, 2012, at UFC on Fox: Shogun vs. Yahya was expected to face Jonathan Brookins on February 15, 2012, at UFC on Fuel TV 1, but was forced out of the bout with an injury. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Yahya next faced Chad Mendes on August 6, 2011, at UFC 133. Yahya was expected to face Dustin Poirier on June 11, 2011, at UFC 131, but had to pull out of the bout due to injury. Yahya won the fight via unanimous decision. However, Jung was forced from the card with an injury. Yahya was expected to face Chan Sung Jung on January 22, 2011, at UFC Fight Night 23. As part of the merger, all WEC fighters were brought over to compete in the 2 new weight divisions. On October 28, 2010, World Extreme Cagefighting merged with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Yahya faced Takeya Mizugaki on April 24, 2010, at WEC 48. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round. Yahya fought Joseph Benavidez on December 19, 2009, at WEC 45. Yahya submitted Hosman with a north–south choke in the first round and earned his third consecutive Submission of the Night bonus. Yahya was scheduled to fight Kenji Osawa on August 9, 2009, at WEC 42, but due to a foot injury suffered by Osawa, he was replaced by John Hosman. He won via Submission in the first round and earned the Submission of the Night bônus. Yahya fought former WEC Bantamweight Champion Eddie Wineland on the undercard of WEC 40 on April 5, 2009. On November 5, 2008, at WEC 36, Yahya fought Yoshiro Maeda and won via Submission in the first round and earned the Submission of the Night bônus. He fought and lost to Chase Beebe via unanimous decision for the WEC bantamweight championship at WEC 30 on September 5, 2007, and earned Fight of the Night bonus. Yahya defeated Hominick in the first round with a rear naked choke. Yahya made his WEC debut against former TKO Major League MMA featherweight champion Mark Hominick at WEC 28 on May 3, 2007. Mixed martial arts career World Extreme Cagefighting He trained judo, taekwondo and karate in his childhood, finding Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 11. Yahya was born to a Syrian father and Brazilian mother. He currently fights in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He won the 66 kg division of the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in April 2007. Rani Ahmad Yahya (born September 12, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and BJJ practitioner. 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Athaíde Junior
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