A shot at the UFC middleweight championship is at stake on Saturday, November 13, (free on Spike TV via tape delay) as 185-pound contenders Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt and Yushin Okami collide in Oberhausen to decide the division’s next challenger. The middleweight pair headline UFC 122, when the Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation returns to Germany.
In the co-main event, hot-streaking middleweights Alessio Sakara and Jorge Rivera meet at the crossroads of their careers, the victor assured bigger opportunities in 2011.
Main card:
Nate Marquardt (30-9-2) vs. Yushin Okami (25-5)
Jorge Rivera (19-7) vs. Alessio Sakara (15-7)
Dennis Siver (16-7) vs. Andre Winner (11-4-1)
Amir Sadollah (3-2) vs. Peter Sobotta (8-3)
Krzysztof Soszynski (21-10-1) vs. Goran Reljic (8-2)
Preliminary card:
Jason Brilz (18-3-1) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (24-5)
Pascal Krauss (9-0) vs. Kenny Robertson (10-0)
Duane Ludwig (19-11) vs. Nick Osipczak (5-2)
Kyle Noke (17-4-1) vs. Rob Kimmons (23-5)
Seth Petruzelli (12-5) vs. Karlos Vemola (7-1) [at 205]
Kris McCray (5-1) vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha (8-0)