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Nate Marquardt was one win away from realizing his goal of fighting Anderson Silva for the middleweight title again. All he had to do was beat Chael Sonnen at UFC 109.
Of course, things didn’t go as planned for Marquardt, who lost to Sonnen via unanimous decision.
That loss hasn’t necessarily knocked Marquardt all the way down the 185-pound ladder (Sonnen’s performance at UFC 117 might have softened the blow in the eyes of MMA pundits), but in order to remain in the mix, he must get by Rousimar Palhares at UFC Fight Night 22 on Sept. 15.
And believe it or not, Marquardt is walking into this fight with the memory of his loss to Sonnen firmly cemented in his mind.
“I guess I’m still not over the heartbreak or whatever,” Marquardt said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “It still bothers me, but I’m definitely looking forward to my next fight and I feel I’ve learned my lessons from that fight. I expect to go into this fight and execute my game plan, and I think that’s one of the biggest mistakes that I made against Chael.”