The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed to the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany Saturday for UFC 122 Marquardt vs. Okami.
The lead fight saw Nate Marquardt fighting Yushin Okami in a middleweight title eliminator bout. As always if you don’t want to know the results scroll down the page to see the video.
Japan’s Okami defeated Marquardt via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) to earn himself a middleweight title shot in 2011 after surviving a couple of submission attempts from Marquardt in the first.
Okami will fight the winner of the fight between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort in February.
UFC 122 Results
Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout: Kris McCray vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
- Rocha defeated McCray via submission (kneebar) at 2:36 of round 1. This bout aired on the live broadcast after Petruzelli/Vemola and on Spike following the Siver/Winner fight.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Karlos Vemola
- Vemola defeated Petruzelli via TKO (punches) at 3:46 of round 1. This bout aired on the live broadcast after Marquardt/Okami and on Spike following the Sadollah/Sobotta fight.
- Middleweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Rob Kimmons
- Noke defeated Kimmons via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:33 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Pascal Krauss vs. Mark Scanlon
- Krauss defeated Scanlon via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexandre Ferreira
- Matyushenko defeated Ferreira via TKO (elbows) at 2:20 of round 1. This bout aired last on the live broadcast after McCray/Rocha.
Main card
- Welterweight bout: Duane Ludwig vs. Nick Osipczak
- Ludwig defeated Osipczak via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Goran Reljic
- Soszynski defeated Reljic via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobotta
- Sadollah defeated Sobotta via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Lightweight bout: Dennis Siver vs. Andre Winner
- Siver defeated Winner via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:37 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Yushin Okami
- Okami deafeated Marquardt via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).
UFC 122 Video
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