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- ↑ "Tyron Woodley vs. Tarec Saffiedine Heads Strikeforce Challengers 13". MMAWeekly.com. 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Andrei Arlovski-Devin Cole Booked for Inaugural World Series of Fighting Headliner in Las Vegas". Sherdog.com. September 25, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Cole and his wife, the former Lyndsey Bourdon, a 2000 graduate of Phoenix High, lived in Medford up until this past September, when it became apparent that a move to Portland was needed to help Cole take the next step as a pro fighter. "I'm really thankful for her leaving the security of somewhere she's lived all her life so I can follow my dreams," says Cole, who will be married two years come June.
- ↑ Loretta Hunt. "Cole Pleads to Assault, Sexual Harassment".
- ↑ "Jackson County Jail booking report for Devin Duaine Cole". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ↑ Sherdog.com article on Cole's arrest.
- ↑ MMAJunkie.com Staff. "Devin Cole says 2008 incident kept him from UFC on FOX 4 fight with Travis Browne".
