Emmanuel Yarborough
Encyclopedia
Emanuel 'Manny' Yarborough (born September 5, 1964 in Rahway
, New Jersey
) is an amateur sumo
wrestler and mixed martial arts
(MMA) competitor, also having competed in judo
, wrestling
, and American football
. He is 6 ft 8 in (2.03 metres) tall and has weighed up to 800+ lb (273 kg). He holds the Guinness World Record for the largest athlete. Emanuel wears a size 21 shoe. He was the 1995 World Amateur Sumo Champion and is considered to be one of the most famous sumo wrestlers outside Japan
. He competed in UFC 3
, a mixed martial arts competition, losing to the much smaller Keith Hackney
, who has since taken the nickname "The Giant Killer". He also appeared in PRIDE Fighting Championships, losing to 169 lb Daiju Takase
. He achieved All American status in the Heavyweight class in 1983 Division II and 1986 Division I.
film Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi
and has appeared on several talk shows, as well as in a commercial for Motorola
. He has also appeared on the HBO drama Oz
as an inmate named Clarence Seroy
.
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 1-2
|
Daiju Takase
| Submission (punches)
| PRIDE 3
|
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 3:22
| Tokyo, Japan
|
|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 1-1
| Tatsuaki Nakano
| Submission (smother)
| Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX
|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1:17
| Yokohama, Japan
|
|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 0-1
|
Keith Hackney
| TKO (punches)
| UFC 3
|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1:59
| Charlotte, North Carolina
, United States
|
Rahway, New Jersey
Rahway is a city in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area, being 15 miles southwest of Manhattan and five miles west of Staten Island...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
) is an amateur sumo
Sumo
is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...
wrestler and mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
(MMA) competitor, also having competed in judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
, and American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
. He is 6 ft 8 in (2.03 metres) tall and has weighed up to 800+ lb (273 kg). He holds the Guinness World Record for the largest athlete. Emanuel wears a size 21 shoe. He was the 1995 World Amateur Sumo Champion and is considered to be one of the most famous sumo wrestlers outside Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He competed in UFC 3
UFC 3
UFC 3: The American Dream was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 9, 1994, at Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video.-History:UFC 3 used an...
, a mixed martial arts competition, losing to the much smaller Keith Hackney
Keith Hackney
Keith Hackney , is a retired American mixed martial arts fighter. He competed in two Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments.-Biography:...
, who has since taken the nickname "The Giant Killer". He also appeared in PRIDE Fighting Championships, losing to 169 lb Daiju Takase
Daiju Takase
Daiju Takase is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought as a middleweight and welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship...
Football and professional wrestling
Yarborough was recruited for wrestling and football at Morgan State UniversityMorgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
. He achieved All American status in the Heavyweight class in 1983 Division II and 1986 Division I.
Acting
He appeared in a 1997 BollywoodBollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi
Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi
Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi is a 1997 Bollywood comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It features Akshay Kumar and Juhi Chawla. This film proved the comedy timing of Akshay Kumar who was known at that time for only action hero or romantic roles...
and has appeared on several talk shows, as well as in a commercial for Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
. He has also appeared on the HBO drama Oz
Oz (TV series)
Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
as an inmate named Clarence Seroy
Clarence Seroy
Clarence Seroy is a fictional character played by Emmanuel Yarborough on the HBO drama Oz.Prisoner #02S243. Convicted March 24, 2002 - 40 counts of arson in the first degree...
.
Mixed martial arts record
|-| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 1-2
|
Daiju TakaseDaiju Takase
Daiju Takase is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought as a middleweight and welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship...
| Submission (punches)
| PRIDE 3
PRIDE 3
Pride 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by KRS-Pride on June 24, 1998 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The English language commentary for this event was provided by Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten....
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 3:22
| Tokyo, Japan
|
|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 1-1
|
Tatsuaki Nakano| Submission (smother)
| Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX
|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1:17
| Yokohama, Japan
|
|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 0-1
|
Keith HackneyKeith Hackney
Keith Hackney , is a retired American mixed martial arts fighter. He competed in two Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments.-Biography:...
| TKO (punches)
| UFC 3
UFC 3
UFC 3: The American Dream was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 9, 1994, at Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video.-History:UFC 3 used an...
|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1:59
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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