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<\/a>SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014<\/p>\nJevontea “Go Ready” Yarbrough, a Miami native and professional MMA fighter out of Savannah, Ga., is chasing his dream of success in the sport, driven by his lifelong passion for athletics and an undefeated record. <\/p>\n
“That’s why they call me, Go Ready. Been calling me that since I was a little boy,” Yarbrough said. <\/p>\n
Yarbrough grew up as an athlete in Miami, Florida, starting with football as a child before discovering his first love: wrestling. <\/p>\n
“Once I started wrestling, like I said, we just went full speed ahead,” Yarbrough said. <\/p>\n
Wrestling became a staple in his life, taking him to college and helping him through one of his darkest times. <\/p>\n
“I had a real hard time, my sophomore year in college, when I lost one of my first cousins,” Yarbrough said. “He was very close to me.”<\/p>\n
Despite the pain, Yarbrough found motivation in sports, earning recognition as a two-time All-American. <\/p>\n
“Sports definitely kept me busy,” he said. “Definitely, kept me on the streets.”<\/p>\n
After his collegiate career, Yarbrough wasn\u2019t ready to leave athletics behind. He transitioned to a new pursuit: professional MMA fighting. <\/p>\n
Reflecting on his debut victory, Yarbrough said, “We were just planning that right hand now all the time.” <\/p>\n
In the final 25 seconds of the fight, that right hand landed, securing a knockout victory. <\/p>\n
Now, the undefeated fighter is preparing for his next challenge. <\/p>\n
“July 11th,” Yarbrough replied when asked when is his next fight. “It should be exciting times and a fun training camp. We are doing everything we need to do here at Championships Training Center.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MMA fighter Jevontea Yarbrough prepares for his next big challenge SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014 Jevontea “Go Ready” Yarbrough, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,2976,786,5140,785,33372,58705,85],"class_list":["post-756415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighter","tag-fighting","tag-miami","tag-mma","tag-professional","tag-savannah","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}