C.B. Dollaway
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Clarence Byron Dollaway is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 mixed martial artist
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...

. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7 making it to the finale where he was defeated by an armbar from Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah is an American professional mixed martial artist of Iranian and Irish descent. He was the winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 7....

.

Early life

Dollaway graduated from Northmor High School in Mount Gilead, Ohio
Mount Gilead, Ohio
Mount Gilead is a village in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.Mount Gilead's population was 3,290 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Morrow County and the center of population of Ohio. The village was established in 1832, eight years after white settlers arrived in the region...

 where he was a state champion wrestler in the 171 lb weight class. After high school Dollaway attended Colby Community College
Colby Community College
Colby Community College is an institution located in Colby, Kansas, United States, established in 1964. It has an indoor swimming pool, Baseball field, softball field, wrestling room, gym , a non-profit classic rock radio station , and a clock tower. Their school colors are blue and white, and...

 in Colby, Kansas
Colby, Kansas
Colby is a city in and the county seat of Thomas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,387.-History:...

. While at Colby, Dollaway won the JUCO National Championships. Soon after, Dollaway moved to Tempe, Arizona
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...

 to attend Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

 where he earned a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in sociology and justice studies. Wrestling since the age of five, Dollaway continued the sport at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

, earning All-American status in 2006, taking 5th place in the 184 lb. bracket as a tenth seed.

Dollaway recently left Arizona Combat Sports
Arizona Combat Sports
Arizona Combat Sports is a mixed martial arts training organization, founded by Todd Lally and Trevor Lally, based in Tempe, Arizona. Its training facility features a boxing ring, an MMA octagon, a grappling room and a pro shop...

 to train at Power MMA and Fitness with The Ultimate Fighter 8 Light Heavyweight winner Ryan Bader
Ryan Bader
Ryan DuWayne Bader is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. On December 13, 2008, Bader defeated Vinicius Magalhães to win a contract with the UFC and the title of The Ultimate Fighter...

.

The Ultimate Fighter

Dollaway appeared on the seventh season
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest was the seventh season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, and premiered on April 2, 2008 on Spike TV, after UFC Fight Night 13...

 of the reality television series, The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship , and soon to be shown on FX. The show features unknown, professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as...

. He earned a spot on the show when he defeated David Baggett by TKO. Rampage Jackson won the initial coin toss and decided to pick the first fighter, Dollaway. Dollaway did not have his first fight until the last preliminary fight, going up against Nick Klein. Dollaway defeated Klein by guillotine choke in the second round. Dollaway then went on to fight Cale Yarbrough
Cale Yarbrough
John Cale Yarbrough is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7. Yarbrough is a competitor for the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions...

 in the quarter-finals. Dollaway won the fight by TKO in the first round. Dollaway's next opponent was the future winner of the show Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah is an American professional mixed martial artist of Iranian and Irish descent. He was the winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 7....

, Sadollah won by an armbar submission in the third round. After Jesse Taylor
Jesse Taylor
Jesse Marcus Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, winning his entry, preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final matches, and then became the only fighter to ever be removed from finals due to events that occurred...

 was forced out of the show, Dana White needed someone to fight Sadollah in the finale. Dollaway and Tim Credeur
Tim Credeur
Timothy Wallace Credeur II is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7 and was defeated by fellow cast member Jesse Taylor in the semi-finals. He was then brought back into the competition following the disqualification of Taylor. He fought C.B...

 fought to see who would be in the finale. After three rounds, Dollaway won by unanimous decision. Sadollah defeated Dollaway for the second time by armbar to win the show. Although it appeared that Dollaway had tapped, shortly after the fight he proclaimed he did not in fact tap, which Joe Rogan disputed.

UFC career

Following up on his loss at The Ultimate Finale, where he was runner-up, he was offered a fight against fighter Jesse Taylor
Jesse Taylor
Jesse Marcus Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, winning his entry, preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final matches, and then became the only fighter to ever be removed from finals due to events that occurred...

 at UFC: Silva vs. Irvin
UFC: Silva vs. Irvin
UFC Live: Silva vs. Irvin referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 14 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 19, 2008 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event marked Anderson "The Spider" Silva's first foray into the Light...

 where he won by Peruvian necktie in the first round. This was the first time in UFC history this submission was successfully used and earned Dollaway submission of the night.

At UFC 92
UFC 92
UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 27, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

, Dollaway returned to action, for his eighth fight of 2008, against Mike Massenzio
Mike Massenzio
Mike Vito Massenzio is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He wrestled in New Jersey and was a two-time high school state champion in 2000 and 2001 at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Additionally in 2001,...

, a fighter who he had formerly defeated in his Junior College wrestling career. Dollaway defeated Massenzio by TKO due to punches at 3:01 of the first round. After being stunned by a Massenzio punch and nearly being caught in a guillotine choke, Dollaway secured top position, took Massenzio's back and punished his opponent with punches until the referee halted the bout. After the stoppage Dollaway celebrated with a howl similar to that of his coach on The Ultimate Fighter, Quinton Jackson
Quinton Jackson
Quinton Ramone Jackson ;, also known as Rampage Jackson, is an American mixed martial artist and actor. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jackson rose to prominence in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships where he was noted for his powerful body slams including a knockout victory over...

. Massenzio later stated that Dollaway tapped out during their match.

Dollaway had his fourth fight for the UFC taking on Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Lawlor is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts:...

 at UFC 100
UFC 100
UFC 100 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

 on the preliminary card. In the beginning of the bout, Dollaway shot for a take down but was quickly countered via guillotine choke. Lawlor tightly locked the hold, moments later, Lawlor looked up to the ref stating Dollaway had passed out, ending the bout 55 seconds into the first round.

He was scheduled to fight Dan Miller
Dan Miller (fighter)
Daniel James Miller is an American Middleweight mixed martial artist signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the older brother of fellow MMA fighter Jim Miller.-Martial arts background:...

 on September 16, 2009 at UFC Fight Night 19, but Miller got an infection and had to withdraw. Newcomer Jay Silva
Jay Silva
Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

 was named as his replacement who he dominated, winning by unanimous decision.

Dollaway next faced Goran Reljic
Goran Reljic
Goran Reljić is a Croatian professional mixed martial artist. Reljić was recently released from the Ultimate Fighting Championship after fighting in their middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.-Mixed martial arts career:...

 on February 21, 2010 at UFC 110
UFC 110
UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, 21 February 2010 in Sydney, Australia, at the Acer Arena. The event marked the UFC's first trip to Australia. The main card was scheduled for 2:00 pm Sunday in Sydney to cater...

. Dollaway was able to win via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 29–28.

Dollaway faced Joe Doerksen
Joe Doerksen
Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...

 on September 25, 2010 at UFC 119
UFC 119
UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 25, 2010, at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The event was the first that the UFC hosted in Indiana.-Background:...

. Dollaway defeated Doerksen by modified guillotine choke at 2:47 of the opening frame. In this bout, Dollaway showed good patience, refusing to let go of the one arm in guillotine choke hold, but also not tiring out his arms. Then a scrambled ensued, with Dollaway switching to a modified guillotine choke and getting a submission. He was awarded his second Submission of the Night award for this submission victory.

Dollaway faced Mark Muñoz
Mark Munoz
Mark Muñoz is an American mixed martial artist of Filipino descent currently fighting in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.Muñoz is known for his wrestling ability and his relentless ground-and-pound...

 on March 3, 2011 at UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 3, 2011, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The event was broadcast on Versus in the U.S. and Rogers Sportsnet One in Canada...

  and lost by knockout for the first time in his career at only 54 seconds of the first round.

Dollaway was defeated via second round TKO by Jared Hamman
Jared Hamman
Jared Hamman is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is known for being able to take mass amounts of punishment, UFC Commentator Joe Rogan has described Hamman as having a "rubber chin".-Biography:Prior to beginning his...

 on August 14, 2011 at UFC on Versus 5
UFC on Versus 5
UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 14, 2011, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The event was the first that the UFC has hosted in Wisconsin...

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Mixed martial arts record

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| Loss
|align=center| 11-4
| Jared Hamman
Jared Hamman
Jared Hamman is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is known for being able to take mass amounts of punishment, UFC Commentator Joe Rogan has described Hamman as having a "rubber chin".-Biography:Prior to beginning his...


| TKO (punches)
| UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 3:38
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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, 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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| Loss
|align=center| 11–3
| Mark Muñoz
Mark Munoz
Mark Muñoz is an American mixed martial artist of Filipino descent currently fighting in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.Muñoz is known for his wrestling ability and his relentless ground-and-pound...


| KO (punches)
| UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 3, 2011, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The event was broadcast on Versus in the U.S. and Rogers Sportsnet One in Canada...


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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:54
|Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


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| Win
|align=center| 11–2
| Joe Doerksen
Joe Doerksen
Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...


| Submission (guillotine choke)
| UFC 119
UFC 119
UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 25, 2010, at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The event was the first that the UFC hosted in Indiana.-Background:...


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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:13
|Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
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, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 10–2
| Goran Reljic
Goran Reljic
Goran Reljić is a Croatian professional mixed martial artist. Reljić was recently released from the Ultimate Fighting Championship after fighting in their middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.-Mixed martial arts career:...


| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 110
UFC 110
UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, 21 February 2010 in Sydney, Australia, at the Acer Arena. The event marked the UFC's first trip to Australia. The main card was scheduled for 2:00 pm Sunday in Sydney to cater...


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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Sydney, Australia
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 9–2
| Jay Silva
Jay Silva
Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...


| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard
UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard
UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 19, was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 16, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.-Background :...


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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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, 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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| Loss
|align=center| 8–2
| Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Lawlor is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts:...


| Technical Submission (guillotine choke)
| UFC 100
UFC 100
UFC 100 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...


|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:55
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


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| Win
|align=center| 8–1
| Mike Massenzio
Mike Massenzio
Mike Vito Massenzio is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He wrestled in New Jersey and was a two-time high school state champion in 2000 and 2001 at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Additionally in 2001,...


| TKO (punches)
| UFC 92
UFC 92
UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 27, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...


|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:01
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, 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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| Win
|align=center| 7–1
| Jesse Taylor
Jesse Taylor
Jesse Marcus Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, winning his entry, preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final matches, and then became the only fighter to ever be removed from finals due to events that occurred...


| Submission (Peruvian necktie)
| UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:58
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, 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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| Loss
|align=center| 6–1
| Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah is an American professional mixed martial artist of Iranian and Irish descent. He was the winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 7....


| Submission (armbar)
| The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:02
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 6–0
| Bill Smallwood
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| SE: Vale Tudo
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| N/A
|Mexico
Mexico
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| Win
|align=center| 5–0
| Hans Marrero
| TKO (knee and punches)
| HDNet Fights 1
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:07
|Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
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| Win
|align=center| 4–0
| Joe Bunch
| TKO (punches)
| IFO: Wiuff vs. Salmon
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 4:31
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 3–0
| George Hartman
| Decision (unanimous)
| Rage in the Cage 94
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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 3:00
|Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
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| Win
|align=center| 2–0
| Levi LaLonde
| TKO (punches)
| WFC: Desert Storm
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:40
|Camp Verde, Arizona
Camp Verde, Arizona
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, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 1–0
| Chuck Pablo
| TKO (slam)
| Cage Fighting Federation
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|align=center| N/A
|align=center| N/A
|Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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