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UFC 122 (Somewhat) Live Blog

Without giving away too much of tonight’s tape-delayed UFC 122 decisionfest show that went down in Germany today, we will tell you that the guaranteed slugfest between Jorge Rivera and Alessio Sakara got yanked from the main card of the event due to S…

Without giving away too much of tonight’s tape-delayed UFC 122 decisionfest show that went down in Germany today, we will tell you that the guaranteed slugfest between Jorge Rivera and Alessio Sakara got yanked from the main card of the event due to Sakara pulling out of the bout today because of illness.

We’ll be "live" tonight at 9:00 pm ET to give those of you who don’t have cable, who are too cheap to go to a bar or who think we’re really your friends and want to hang out on a Saturday night a rundown of the action via the Spike TV re-broadcast.

Check out the preliminary card results and main card play-by-play after the jump:

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Landslide Alert: 80 Percent of Pros Pick Marquardt Over Okami

("I feel like famous comedian, how you say, Lodney Dangelfierd." Propers: UFC.com)
Man, this does not portend good things for Yushin Okami at UFC 122 tonight. Where most odds makers and journalists see Okami’s alleged No. 1 contender ba…


("I feel like famous comedian, how you say, Lodney Dangelfierd." Propers: UFC.com)

Man, this does not portend good things for Yushin Okami at UFC 122 tonight. Where most odds makers and journalists see Okami’s alleged No. 1 contender battle with Nate Marquardt shaping up as a fairly close fight, the professional fighters surveyed as part of Sherdog’s super-scientific recurring “Pros Pick” piece appear to think Nate the Great has this in the bag. Of the 48 fighters contacted 40 see Marquardt getting the win, with just four pulling the lever for Okami and four undecided. That’s 83.3 percent for Marquardt, which for the record makes this survey only slightly less lopsided than the one conducted for Randy Couture vs. James Toney at UFC 118, when just three of 54 polled fighters tabbed Toney (92.5 percent for Couture).

The numbers become even more lopsided once you consider that one of the guys picking Okami is Team Quest training partner Matt Lindland, and even he is hedging his bet – in classic Lindland style — by pre-supposing a conspiracy against Okami on the part of the ringside officials.

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UFC 122: Preview and Predictions

Filed under: UFCThe UFC is back in Germany and back on Spike TV Saturday, with a fight card that doesn’t look particularly strong on paper, but should produce some fairly entertaining scraps — and will produce the next title contender in the middlewei…

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The UFC is back in Germany and back on Spike TV Saturday, with a fight card that doesn’t look particularly strong on paper, but should produce some fairly entertaining scraps — and will produce the next title contender in the middleweight division.

What: UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami

When: Saturday, the main card begins at 3 PM ET and will be broadcast on tape delay on Spike TV at 9 PM ET.

Where: König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany

Predictions on the five televised fights below.

UFC 122 Weigh-In Video

Filed under: UFCAll 22 fighters who will step into the Octagon on Saturday at UFC 122 will first step on the scale Friday, and if you can’t be there in person at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, you can watch it live right here at …

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All 22 fighters who will step into the Octagon on Saturday at UFC 122 will first step on the scale Friday, and if you can’t be there in person at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, you can watch it live right here at MMAFighting.com.

In the main event, middleweights Nate Marquardt and Yushin Okami will each need to make 186 pounds.

The weigh-in starts at 10 AM ET and the video is below.

UFC 122 Weigh-In Results

Filed under: UFCMMAFighting.com has UFC 122 weigh-in results of the pre-fight event from the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany.

All 22 competitors successfully made weight with Marc Ratner overseeing the festivities.

The weigh-in resul…

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MMAFighting.com has UFC 122 weigh-in results of the pre-fight event from the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany.

All 22 competitors successfully made weight with Marc Ratner overseeing the festivities.

The weigh-in results are below.

UFC 122 Main Event Breakdown: Nate Marquardt vs. Yushin Okami

Filed under: UFCNate 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 opportunit…

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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.