Yushin Okami (Photo: heraldsun.com.au)
UFC 122: Marquardt
vs. Okami – Oberhausen, Germany – Konig Pilsener Arena - Nov. 13, 2010
Yushin “Thunder” Okami emerged as the next contender for
Anderson Silva’s middleweight title at UFC 122.
Okami won a unanimous decision over Nate Marquardt, busting
him open in the third round en route to victory. Okami would get his title shot
nine months later at UFC 134.
In the co-main event, Germany’s own Dennis Siver defeated
Andre Winner with a rear naked choke at the 3:37 mark.
UFC 122 aired on tape delay, drawing an average of 2.2
million viewers on Spike TV.
TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah defeated Peter Sobotta by
unanimous decision; while “The Polish Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski won in
the same fashion over Goran Reljic of Croatia.
Duane “Bang” Ludwig kicked off the TV show with a split decision
over Nick Osipczak.
Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko beat Alexandre Ferreira by
TKO with elbows and punches at the 2:20 mark.
German fighter Pascal Krauss won his UFC debut, improving to
10-0 overall with a unanimous decision over Mark Scanlon.
Kyle Noke improved to 2-0 in the Octagon, beating Rob
Kimmons with a rear naked choke in Round 2.
On the pre-show, Karlos Vemola of the Czech Republic beat
Seth Petruzelli by TKO in 3 minutes, 46 seconds. Carlos Eduardo Rocha beat Kris
McCray by submission to a kneebar at the 2:21 mark.
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