Tim Credeur (born July 9, 1977) is an American retired

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

. He was a cast member of

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's ''

The Ultimate Fighter 7 ''The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest'' was the seventh season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) produced reality television series ''The Ultimate Fighter'', and premiered on April 2, 2008 on Spike, after '' UFC Fight N ...

'' and was defeated by fellow cast member

Jesse Taylor Jesse Taylor (born January 2, 1983) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) and 10th Planet Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt fighter who last competed in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor from 2006 to 2023, he wa ...

in the semi-finals. He was then brought back into the competition following the disqualification of Taylor. He fought C.B. Dollaway for a spot in the finals and lost to Dollaway via decision.

Mixed martial arts career

The Ultimate Fighter 7

Tim is a member of Louisiana's Gladiator Academy and appeared on "The Ultimate Fighter" series. Tim advanced to the semifinals with victories over Erik Charles,

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, and

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(all by submission). During the show's semi-final fight between him and

, Taylor won by unanimous decision after 3 rounds. However, after Taylor was removed from the finale for disciplinary reasons, Credeur fought C.B. Dollaway to determine who would match up against

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in the show's live finale. Tim lost the match by unanimous decision after 3 rounds, though the match was very closely contested.

UFC career

He was scheduled to fight fellow Team Forrest member Cale Yarbrough at the TUF 7 finale. However, Tim admitted to using the prescription drug

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five days prior to the event; Adderall is a drug banned by the

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. A drug test was performed and the prescription drug was still in Tim's system. As a result, the match was cancelled. As Tim admitted to the recent use of the drug and he did not fight, there was no disciplinary action taken against him; his bout with Yarbrough was rescheduled for the UFC's July 19 show, UFC: Silva vs. Irvin. This time the match did happen and Tim won by TKO at 1:54 of round 1. Tim took on

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at UFC: Fight For The Troops, Tim beat Loughran, due to Loughran withdrawing at the end of round two. His next fight would be against

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at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann which he won by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 3:45 of round 2, giving him his third consecutive victory in the UFC. Tim fought on the

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card against former middleweight title contender

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. Tim lost the fight by unanimous decision after winning the first round but losing the second and third. The fight was shown live and free on the main card. The fight earned Fight of the Night. Credeur was scheduled to face

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, but was replaced by fellow TUF castmate and UFC newcomer Gerald Harris after being forced off the card with an injury. Credeur was scheduled to face

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on May 8, 2010 at

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, but was forced off the card with another injury. He was replaced by

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. Credeur later revealed that he was forced out of the scheduled UFC 113 bout due to an abnormality found during a brain scan. Credeur faced

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on June 4, 2011 at

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. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round. Credeur was expected to face

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on October 29, 2011 at

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. However, Creduer was forced out of the bout and replaced by promotional newcomer Dustin Jacoby. In 2013 Credeur quietly retired from fighting to focus on teaching and coaching in his MMA gym in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Personal life

Credeur and his wife Mamie had their first child, a daughter, on January 4, 2011.

Championships and accomplishments

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**UFC.com Awards ***2009: Ranked #9 Loss of the Year & Ranked #3 Fight of the Year

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C. B. Dollaway C. B. Dollaway (born August 10, 1983) is an American retired mixed martial artist who fought in the Light Heavyweight (MMA), Light Heavyweight division. A professional from 2006 to 2019, he formerly fought in the UFC and was a finalist on SpikeT ...

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References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Credeur, Tim 1977 births Living people American male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists from Louisiana Middleweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing judo Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Cajun sportspeople American male judoka Sportspeople from Lafayette, Louisiana Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters