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Nate Marquardt and Yushin Okami have both been promised that the winner of their UFC 122 main event will earn a chance to fight for the middleweight championship. They’ve both been here before, and they’ve both watched golden opportunities fall by the wayside. If you subscribe to the belief that you only get so many chances to do something great in life, you should have a good idea of their seize-the-moment mindsets going into this No. 1 contenders fight.
Particularly over the last 2-3 years, it’s become a real concern for fighters that they not only win, but win big, a factor that both Marquardt and Okami spoke about in the lead-up to their bout in Oberhausen, Germany. But combine the golden carrot being dangled in front of them with their previous histories and sprinkle in the inevitable style clash, and it seems quite possible that the fans will be in for a more entertaining ride than some expect.