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UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami is an upcoming Mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 13, 2010 at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. This event will air on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S.
Official fight card
Main card
* Middleweight bout: United States Nate Marquardt vs. Japan Yushin Okami
* Middleweight bout: United States Jorge Rivera vs. Italy Alessio Sakara
* Lightweight bout: Germany Dennis Siver vs. England Andre Winner
* Welterweight bout: United States Amir Sadollah vs. Germany Peter Sobotta
* Light Heavyweight bout: Poland Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Croatia Goran Reljic
Preliminary card
* Middleweight bout: Australia Kyle Noke vs. United States Rob Kimmons
* Light Heavyweight bout: Belarus Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Brazil Alexandre Ferreira
* Welterweight bout: Germany Pascal Krauss vs. England Mark Scanlon
* Welterweight bout: United States Duane Ludwig vs. England Nick Osipczak
* Light Heavyweight bout: United States Seth Petruzelli vs. Czech Republic Karlos Vemola
* Welterweight bout: United States Kris McCray vs. Brazil Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Background
This will be the UFC's second event in Germany and second in mainland Europe. The sport has been met with severe criticism by German media, which led to the banning of minors from the first German UFC event (UFC 99).
The sport itself was actually banned from broadcast altogether in Germany in March 2010 due to the "extent of violence [being] shown to be unacceptable." Regardless, UFC plans to combat 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."
Vitor Belfort was set to face Yushin Okami in the main event, with the winner receiving a middleweight title shot. However, on September 21, 2010, Belfort withdrew with what was first said to be an injury. It was later reported that Belfort pulled out of the fight to face Anderson Silva. Nate Marquardt will now face Yushin Okami in the main event in what is expected to be a title eliminator bout.
Vladimir Matyushenko was scheduled to face Jason Brilz at this event, but Brilz was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Alexandre Ferreira.
Pascal Krauss was expected to make his promotional debut against fellow newcomer Kenny Robertson, but Robertson was forced from the card with an injury. Mark Scanlon will replace Robertson.
