UFC 122 Card Revealed: MMA
On Nov. 13 at the Konig Pilsener Arena in Germany, UFC 122 will feature a welterweight bout between German fighter Peter Sobotta and The Ultimate Fighter” Season 7 winner Amir Sadollah in “Okami vs. Marquardt”, the UFC announced this week.
On Thursday, the UFC unveiled the entire 11-fight lineup for the event.
Sadollah last appeared at UFC 114 in May, when he was beaten in a unanimous decision against undefeated South Korean judoka Dong Hyun Kim at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Sadollah is considered a late starter in mixed Martial Arts. with impressive wins over Phil Baroni, Bellator Fighting Championships veteran Brad Blackburn and Lions Den Scottsdale scrapper C.B. Dollaway, the 30-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. fighter has worked his way up the UFC rankings.
According to Sherdog.com, based at Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts in Las Vegas, Sadollah has never lost back-to-back fights.
Sabotta, 23, has not competed since UFC 115 in June and he will be trying to rebound from consecutive defeats, when at the GM Place in Vancouver, Canada, he dropped a unanimous decision to “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 9 winner James Wilks.
Sobotta, a two-time national champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, has delivered all eight of his wins by knockout, technical knockout or submission. In 11 professional appearances, he has been finished only once.
A showdown pairing the world-ranked Yushin Okami and the former middleweight King of Pancrase Nate Marquardt will headline UFC 122, along with a middleweight duel between the resurgent Jorge Rivera and American Top Team’s Alessio Sakara.
Here is the rest of the card:
Nate Marquardt vs. Yushin Okami
Alessio Sakara vs. Jorge Rivera
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Goran Reljic
Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobotta
Dennis Siver vs. Andre Winner
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Jason Brilz
Rob Kimmons vs. Kyle Noke
Karlos Vemola vs. Seth Petruzelli
Duane Ludwig vs. Nick Osipczak
Kris McCray vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Pascal Krauss vs. Kenny Robertson