29 Facts About Gilbert Yvel

Gilbert Ramon Yvel was born on 30 June 1976 and is a Dutch professional mixed martial artist.

Gilbert Yvel was born in the Netherlands to parents of Surinamese and Haitian descent.

Gilbert Yvel was raised as an orphan in the neighborhood of the Bijlmermeer in Amsterdam.

Gilbert Yvel came into contact with kickboxing and MMA through his brother, and after only two years of training he made his debut at 17 years of age, representing Vos Gym.

Gilbert Yvel was off to a flying start winning his first 9 fights, primarily fighting for the Fighting Network RINGS promotion, initially only in events hosted by its Dutch brand.

Gilbert Yvel had actually met his biological mother for the first time two days before the fight.

Gilbert Yvel would follow with a participation representing RINGS Holland in the Russian tournament Pankration European Championship, where he would face RINGS Russia fighter Karimula Barkalaev.

Gilbert Yvel got a victory over teammate Valentijn Overeem by TKO, as well as a high level one over RINGS England chief Lee Hasdell.

Meanwhile, while Schilt still won the earlier stand-up exchanges, Gilbert Yvel eventually took over and bloodied Schilt's eye with punches and a possible eye gouge which was dismissed by the referee.

The bout was declared no contest, but as Gilbert Yvel had lost a point while Kohsaka hadn't lost any of them, the Japanese was controversially declared winner by points.

Gilbert Yvel eliminated karate champion Tariel Bitsadze by armbar on the first round, and went to avenge his defeat to Kohsaka in the second, stopping him by a cut caused by a grazing punch.

The American controlled the wrestling and seemed to have an armbar locked, but Gilbert Yvel rolled out of it and utilized a strategy consistent on trying to strike between takedown and takedown.

Again, Gilbert Yvel was taken down and positionally controlled on the mat, but he resisted successfully Tamura's scarce submission attempts and knocked him out via strikes.

Gilbert Yvel won the title, but was forced to vacate it shortly after due to signing up with PRIDE.

In 2008 Gilbert Yvel signed a three-fight deal with Affliction Entertainment, his first and only fight on the contract was against Josh Barnett at Affliction's 24 January 2009 "Day of Reckoning" event in Anaheim, California before Affliction abandoned MMA promotion.

Gilbert Yvel was scheduled to fight Chris Gathers at Affliction: Trilogy, a fight which never materialized due to the folding of the promotion.

Gilbert Yvel lost the fight, with Herb Dean stopping the fight at 2:07 in the first round due to strikes.

Gilbert Yvel protested the stoppage but congratulated Dos Santos for winning the fight moments later.

Gilbert Yvel next faced Ben Rothwell at UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin.

Gilbert Yvel then faced Jon Madsen on 23 October 2010 at UFC 121, replacing an injured Todd Duffee.

Gilbert Yvel was released from his UFC contract after the loss.

Gilbert Yvel was scheduled to face former King of the Cage champion Tony Lopez in a PRIDE rules bout at Colosseo Championship Fighting 6: Bushido on 23 July 2011.

Gilbert Yvel cut down to 205-pounds to compete in the Light-Heavyweight division for Resurrection Fighting Alliance.

Gilbert Yvel was scheduled to fight against fellow UFC veteran and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion Marcio Cruz on 2 November 2012 at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gilbert Yvel announced his retirement in an interview with Ground and Pound TV.

Gilbert Yvel has fought two kickboxing matches, losing to Ray Sefo and beating Yuji Sakuragi.

Gilbert Yvel has acquired, through a number of instances, a lingering reputation in the MMA community for his temper and poor sportsmanship in the ring earlier in his career.

Gilbert Yvel was disqualified in this match, as well, although the official reason given was for grabbing the ropes.

Gilbert Yvel refused the attempts by the referee to get the fighters to resume the clinched position away from ropes, swatting the referee's hand away when he attempted to guide the fighters back together.