OBERHAUSEN, Germany – UFC middleweight contender Yushin Okami didn’t
exactly bring the thunder, but the durable Japanese brute did outmatch
the highly respected Nate Marquardt over the course of their 15-minute
affair.
In a contest arranged to determine the next challenger to the UFC’s
middleweight crown, Okami stifled Marquardt for three rounds and was
awarded a unanimous-decision victory.
The bout served as the main event for Saturday’s “UFC 122: Marquardt vs.
Okami,” which took place Saturday at Konig Pilsener Arena in
Oberhausen, Germany, and aired via same-day tape delay in the U.S.