Career
Background and early career
Cabral currently trains with team Nova Uniao alongside fighters such as Wagnney Fabiano, UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo, and Renan Barão. Cabral made his professional Mobile Marketing Association debut fighting in Luxembourg in December 2007. Over the next four years, he quickly amassed an undefeated record of 10-0.
All of his wins have come via submission with Cabral never having been into the third round in any of his fights.
DREAM
In 2011, Cabral signed with DREAM to compete in their welterweight division. In his debut, he faced Kazushi Sakuraba at Dream.17.
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Cabral made his official UFC debut at UFC Fight Night: Maia versus Shields, where he defeated David Mitchell by unanimous decision.
In his second fight for the promotion, Cabral faced Zak Cummings at UFC Fight Night: Brown versus
Silva. Despite controlling Cummings on the ground for a large portion of the fight, Cabral lost the fight by unanimous decision. Cabral returned on October 25, 2014 at UFC 179, where he faced Naoyuki Kotani.
Cabral was expected to face Mairbek Taisumov on January 24, 2015 at UFC on Fox 14.
However, Cabral was pulled from the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Anthony Christodoulou. Cabral was expected to face K.J. Noons on May 30, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 67. However, Cabral was forced out of the bout after contracting Dengue Fever and replaced by Alex Oliveira.
Cabral faced Johnny Case on November 7, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 77.
He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Cabral is expected to face Reza Madadi on May 8, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 87.
Yan Cabral changed his residence to Barcelona in 2015 and he opened a new gym in Barcelona (Spain) in January of 2016 called Templum. There he is teaching bjj and mma every day.
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