| UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 13, 2010 | |||
| Venue | König Pilsener Arena | |||
| City | Oberhausen, Germany | |||
| Attendance | 8,421[1] | |||
| Total gate | $600,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on November 13, 2010 atKönig Pilsener Arena inOberhausen, Germany.[2] This event aired on the same day, viatape delay, onSpike TV in theU.S.[3]
This was theUFC's second event inGermany and second in continentalEurope. The sport has been met with severe criticism by German media, which led to the banning of minors from the first GermanUFC event (UFC 99).[4]
The sport itself was actually banned from broadcast altogether inGermany in March 2010 due to the "extent of violence [being] shown to be unacceptable."[5][6][7] Regardless,UFC combated the opposition, after stating: "Not getting TV isn't going to stop us; we're going to keep going. We can't get into Ontario; we're opening an office there. It doesn't bother us."[7]
Vitor Belfort was set to faceYushin Okami in the main event, with the winner receiving amiddleweight title shot. However, on September 21, 2010, Belfort withdrew from the fight to faceAnderson Silva.Nate Marquardt ended up fightingYushin Okami in the main event, which would still determine the next #1 contender.[8]
Vladimir Matyushenko was scheduled to faceJason Brilz at this event, but Brilz was forced off the card on October 6 with a back injury and replaced byAlexandre Ferreira.[9] The Matyushenko/Brilz matchup was rescheduled forUFC 129 in April 2011.
Pascal Krauss was expected to make his promotional debut against fellow newcomerKenny Robertson,[10] but Robertson was forced from the card with an injury on October 13.[11] Mark Scanlon replaced Robertson.
An illness forcedAlessio Sakara out of his co-main event bout withJorge Rivera while the preliminary fights were taking place. The fight was scrapped from the card.[12] As a result, theLudwig vs.Osipczak bout was promoted to first fight on the main card.
The event averaged 2.2 million viewers onSpike TV which drew a higher average rating thanUFC 120 which drew 1.9 million viewers.[13]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Nate Marquardt | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Dennis Siver | def. | Andre Winner | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:37 | |
| Welterweight | Amir Sadollah | def. | Peter Sobotta | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Krzysztof Soszynski | def. | Goran Reljic | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Duane Ludwig | def. | Nick Osipczak | Decision (split) (28–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Vladimir Matyushenko | def. | Alexandre Ferreira | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 2:20 | |
| Welterweight | Pascal Krauss | def. | Mark Scanlon | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Kyle Noke | def. | Rob Kimmons | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:33 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Karlos Vemola | def. | Seth Petruzelli | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:46 | |
| Welterweight | Carlos Eduardo Rocha | def. | Kris McCray | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 2:21 | |
Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.[14]
