UFC 122 Germany to air for free on Spike on November 13th

[SPX]

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Congrats to all the guys on Okami and Siver. Good plays.

[SPX]

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Sherdog scored it for Okami. Junkie scored it a draw.

[Ludo]

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Karlos Vemola is a fucking beast...

[poopoo333]

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Ended up +3.7u.

Vemola is a bull

[Svino]

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Vemola is always crazy-aggressive right out of the gate.

[Ludo]

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I have a feeling he's going to rip someone's leg off one of these days. Jesus fuck!

[SPX]

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Holy shit.

[Ludo]

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I don't think I've ever seen the Silverback take that kind of beating before. I realize he's nowhere near top tier or anything but holy shit he got manhandled from bell to bell.

[SPX]

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I don't think I've ever seen the Silverback take that kind of beating before. I realize he's nowhere near top tier or anything but holy shit he got manhandled from bell to bell.

It was crazy. It will be interesting to see how this guy ends up doing against some of the UFC's better LHWs.

[Ludo]

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That was a sick kneebar.

[poopoo333]

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Nice, we get to watch a lot of prelims

[Svino]

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I wonder what the FotN will be.

[poopoo333]

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Vemola earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" award, Siver picked up the "Submission of the Night" bonus, and Krauss and Scanlon shared "Fight of the Night" honors.

[MMA_scientist]

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congrats guys. I have had a good haul this weekend too... went 2-0 on MFC, and 2-0 here. Really regret not pulling the trigger on Okami by decision though.

[poopoo333]

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OBERHAUSEN, Germany - UFC president Dana White is very happy with the Germans who fought on UFC 122's card; they delivered exciting fights and did not succumb to hometown pressure at Saturday night's event in Oberhausen, Germany.

He does not share the same overall sentiment about the evening's main event.

White had some particularly harsh words for headliner Nate Marquardt (30-10-2 MMA, 9-4 UFC), who saw a second shot at the title slip through his hands with a unanimous decision loss to Yushin Okami (26-5 MMA, 10-2 UFC).

"He is a choker," White bluntly told reporters following the UFC 122 post-event press conference. "He choked tonight."

Okami's win earned him a shot at the winner of an upcoming fight between reigning middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva and challenger Vitor Belfort, which takes place Feb. 5 at UFC 126.

But the 8,421 fans at Konig Pilsener Arena were largely indifferent to the fight, which often lacked decisive exchanges both standing and on the ground. Okami, though, came out ahead on all judges' scorecards with two judges who awarded him the fight two rounds to one and one who gave him all three.

At the post-event podium, a marked-up Marquardt said he landed the more significant shots in the later rounds and thought he had done enough to win the fight.

White was perplexed with that assessment, and he placed blame squarely at the feet of a key figure in Marquardt's coaching staff.

"Marquardt is such a talented guy, and what I'm seeing is stuff from the Greg Jackson camp," he said. "This camp continuously - when these guys fight, their corner is either telling them they're ahead or they're winning.

"I mean, Nate Marquardt sat here tonight and said that he thought he won the fight. Where the [expletive] is his corner? You go into the last round and you're getting outstruck by a wrestler, and you think you won the fight? And this is consistent with the Greg Jackson camp."

Marquardt often works with Jackson's camp alongside such fighters as Georges St-Pierre, Rashad Evans and Shane Carwin, among countless others.

This past Saturday, though, Marquardt was cornered by his primary trainer, Trevor Wittman, who heads the Jackson-affiliated gym Grudge Training Center in Denver.

White dismissed the idea that Marquardt could succumb to the pressure of Saturday's opportunity.

"Listen, [Marquardt and Okami] are both professionals who have been around for a long time," he said. "The first time I ever saw Nate Marquardt fight was 10 years ago, when we first bought the UFC. (I saw him) up in Northern California. He was the King of Pancrase back in Japan. This dude has been in the game for a long time.

"You already blew a title shot once; you're in a fight for the title shot again in the third round, and you're not throwing any punches or kicks? It has nothing to do with pressure. You're ... professional, and you're going to go after it in the last round to get your title shot."

It's not the first time White has gone on the offensive against fighters he perceives as tentative in key situations. Following August's UFC 118 event, White criticized co-main draw and two-time lightweight contender Kenny Florian as a fighter who falls short when the chips are down.

"Listen - you couldn't meet a nicer guy than Nate Marquardt," White said. "He's a great guy. Nice kid - choked tonight."

Marquardt remained upbeat despite another setback, though he was not privy to White's words, which came after the official press conference ended.

"I'm still one of the best, and I'm going to get back in there and be the champ one day," Marquardt said.