Emanuel Yarbrough Dies; World"s Largest Athlete Was 51

UFC 3 fighter Emanuel Yarbrough has died. Dubbed the world’s largest athlete, he passed away Monday, December 21, at age 51.

“The UFC sends its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Emanuel Yarbrough,” officials from the organization said.

He passed away in Richmond, Virginia, though the cause of death has not been revealed. His manager also said in a statement:

“Emanuel’s passion was to travel. Even though it was not an easy task for him, it never stopped him from following his dreams.”

“He was to be the subject of a new reality show,” the manager added.

Yarbrough “would have continued to bring smiles to all those who had the opportunity to be blessed by his infectious, compassionate, loving presence.”

“He will be missed by his millions of fans around the world, friends and family. Emanuel constantly demonstrated the need to help the obese, particularly children.”

“And he traveled the world to bring awareness to obesity.”

Yarbrough was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest living athlete at 6’8″ and over 800 pounds.

Prior to joining the UFC, he dabbled in other sports such as football and ventured into sumo wrestling among other pursuits.

Yarbrough joined UFC in its early days before it was a global juggernaut, losing in the third ever Ultimate Fighting Championship match. 

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Makayla Yarbrough: Dating Scott Disick for Some Reason!

The Lord has allegedly found a new lady.

According to Star Magazine, 22-year old model Makayla Yarbrough is now dating Scott Disick. We’re still awaiting word on why she would want to do this.

Disick, of course, has three children with Kourtney Kardashian and was with the reality star for nine years.

But she finally kicked his often-drunk rear end to the curb in July after photos surfaced of Disick getting way too cozy with an ex-girlfriend named Chloe Bartoli.

Scott has remained mostly quiet since the split, though he has maintained party hosting appearances in various nightclubs.

And that’s supposedly where Yarbrough comes in.

“They met during one of Scott’s Las Vegas appearances a few weeks ago, and they’ve been partying together every since,” an insider tells Star. “She’s already inserted herself into Scott’s life in a big way.”

Photos of Makayla Yarbrough and Disick briefly appeared on social media, but were quickly taken down.

This is because Disick “doesn’t want Kourtney to find out he’s seeing someone,” the insider adds. “He’s trying to ensure Makayla stays behind-the-scenes.”

He may want to tell the Utah native to stop “bragging to all of her friends about sleeping with him” in that case, which the tabloid also claims has been taking place.

Another recent report claims Disick is completely lost without Kardashian, going from one career opportunity to another because he lacks “focus.”

Perhaps if Scott had focused less on partying and more on being a good father/boyfriend back in the day, this would not be an issue for him at the moment.

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