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Just a few months ago, Martin Kampmann fought in arguably the most important match of his career. The UFC had just signed reigning Strikeforce middleweight champ Jake Shields, who was in the midst of a 14-fight win streak, and given him to Kampmann. Shields had already been earmarked for a UFC welterweight title shot, and all he’d have to do is win a single fight.
The Danish fighter nearly foiled the plan. Kampmann frustrated Shields, out-landed him over the three rounds, managed a knockdown, and tried three submissions to Shields’ zero, but when the final decision came, it went in Shields’ favor.
To the UFC’s credit, they didn’t penalize Kampmann (17-4) for the controversial loss, giving him another high-profile fight, this time against Diego Sanchez at UFC on Versus 3.