Press Release
With November now underway, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) plans to kick off a UFC-filled month with a week full of fights absolutely free, leading up to UFC 122: MARQUARDT vs. OKAMI in Oberhausen, Germany, free on Spike this Saturday.
UFC 122 boasts 22 fighters representing 14 different countries fighting in Germany. Get to know its international headliners by seeing some of their past fights for free on UFCLive.com:
Nate Marquardt (US) vs. Demian Maia from UFC 102
Yushin Okami (Japan) vs. Evan Tanner from UFC 82
Jorge Rivera (US) vs. Kendall Grove from UFC 80
Alessio Sakara (Italy) vs. Joe Vedepo from UFN 15
Krzysztof Soszynski (Canada and Poland) vs. Shane Primm from the TUF 8 Finale
Wednesday night’s all-new TUF brings not just one but two fights as the quarterfinals get underway. Judo expert Sako Chivitchian of Team Koscheck takes on Team GSP’s rising star, Jonathan Brookins. In the second fight skilled pupil Nam Phan faces Koscheck’s trash-talking nemesis, Cody McKenzie. See them on Spike at 10 pm ET/PT.
As always, fans in the US and Canada can watch all past seasons of TUF — including full fights and finales — on Spike’s UltimateFighter.com. With eight TUF alumni on the UFC 122 card, you’ve got hours of past bouts to catch up on.
Plus, see the future stars of UFC as the WEC holds its penultimate event on Thursday, November 11th before merging with the UFC in 2011. WEC: Faber vs. Mizugaki will be broadcast live at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT on Versus in the US, on The Score in Canada and on UFCLive.com around the world. Order the online broadcast by Friday evening and you can see the unaired prelims for free.
Want to watch the unaired prelims from UFC 122? Order the broadcast from UFCLive.com before 9 pm ET/6 pm on Saturday and you get access to all of the unseen fights for free!
About UFC® 122:
A pair of middleweights will battle for a chance at a title shot at UFC 122: MARQUARDT vs. OKAMI when the UFC makes its second trip to Germany. Nate “The Great” Marquardt is coming off a dominating first round knockout of Rousimar Palhares and has also defeated top contenders Martin Kampmann and Demian Maia in his last five fights. Before Marquardt gets another crack at the title, he’ll have to get through Yushin “Thunder” Okami. Putting together a stellar 9-2 record in the Octagon®, Okami holds wins over Mike Swick, Alan Belcher and Mark Munoz in the UFC, but is still awaiting an elusive title shot. With the winner of this matchup already dubbed as the top middleweight contender, Marquardt and Okami are sure to have the fight of their lives in hunt of a championship.
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