Cole Miller

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Cole Beanpole Miller
Statistics
Nickname Magrino
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg)
Nationality Flag of the United States American
Born April 26, 1984 (1984-04-26) (age 24)
Fighting out of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Town of birth Augusta, Georgia
Team/Association American Top Team
Fighting style brazilian jiu jitsu, boxing
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 13
  By knockout 3
  By submission 8
Losses 2
Draws 0

Jeremiah Cole Miller known as Cole Miller (born April 26, 1984 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the featherweight and lightweight divisions. He is the WKA Mixed Martial Arts Lightweight Champion. He trains at the American Top Team academy in Coconut Creek, Florida under Ricardo Liborio. Miller recently made his featherweight debut in Shooto, being defeated by Shooto World Champion Takeshi Inoue by unanimous decision, while taking the fight on short notice.

Before giving it up to train for MMA full time, Miller was a standout baseball player at Mount de Sales Academy (Georgia) in Macon, Georgia where he was raised. He was also a member of Macon-based Team Praxis, before moving on to American Top Team. Cole's younger brother, Micah, is also a professional mixed martial artist with the WEC promotion.

Cole Miller was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5 show, featuring lightweights. He was a member of Jens Pulver's Team. Cole won his preliminary fight on the show against Alan Berube by Triangle Choke in the first round. Cole was defeated by Joe Lauzon in the quarter-finals.

Since then, Cole was able to win his bout on the Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale against Andy Wang. Later he moved on to beat Leonard Garcia at UFC: Ultimate Fight Night 11. His winning streak came to a hault when he lost to Jeremy Stephens by TKO in the 2nd round.

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13-3-0 (wins-losses-draws)
Result Opponent Method Event Title Date Round Time
Loss Jeremy Stephens TKO (Strikes) UFC Fight Night 12 1/23/2008 2 4:44
Win Leonard Garcia Decision (Unanimous) UFC Fight Night 11 09/19/2007 3 5:00
Win Andy Wang TKO (Strikes) The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale 06/23/2007 1 1:10
Win Josh Sauder Decision (Split) LOF 10 - Unbreakable 11/3/2006 3 5:00
Win John Strawn Submission (Armbar) AFC 19 - Absolute Fighting Championships 19 10/21/2006 1 2:21
Loss Takeshi Inoue Decision (Unanimous) Shooto 2006 - 7/21 in Korakuen Hall 07/21/2006 3 5:00
Win Saul Mitchell Submission (Triangle Choke) DFC 1 - Diesel Fighting Championships 1 06/30/2006 1 3:19
Win Joe Germain Submission (Guillotine Choke) FT 7 - Full Throttle 7 06/10/2006 1 0:36
Win Vince Libardi Submission (Guillotine Choke) IFF 1- International Freestyle Fighting 1 05/6/2006 1 0:16
Win Dwayne Shelton Submission (Rear Naked Choke) CSC- River City Rumble 02/18/2006 3 3:48
Win Jarrett Becks Submission (Guillotine Choke) FT 6- Full Throttle 6 02/11/2006 1 1:01
Win David Love TKO NACC- North American Combat Challenge 2 12/17/2005 1 1:26
Loss Josh Odom Decision (Majority) FT 5- Full Throttle 5 11/4/2005 3 5:00
Win Tim Honeycutt KO FT 4- Full Throttle 4 09/9/2005 1 0:23
Win Chris Mickle Submission (Triangle Choke) FT 3- Full Throttle 3 07/15/2005 1 1:39
Win Harris Norwood Submission (Triangle Choke) FT 2- Full Throttle 2 06/3/2005 1 3:14

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