UFC 122 Nate Marquardt -vs- Yushin Okami by Brian Michelino

     
      Saturday November 13th is UFC 122 in Germany, which means the UFC will
be free live on spike. Typically these free spike cards have a week
line up but this time that’s not the case. The Main event looks strong
in clash for a number one contender spot two string middleweights will
meet in the octagon. Yushin Okami was out preformed in his last title
eliminator when he was out classed by Rich Franklin; Marquardt is also
in the same boat when he fell short against a determined Chael Sonnen.
These fighters have fought against top tier opponents and they know
what it will take to become the champ, this fight should be high
energy and very exciting.
       Okami has been criticized for being a boring fighter, Okami is the
type of fighter that likes to make is opponents work to beat him, and
Nate will be glad to try and take it to Okami. Nate Marquardt is
rarely in a boring fight and has a style that makes me believe this
fight is going to be very exciting despite Okami’s particular fight
style. Okami has been training with Team Quest for this fight most
likely trying to take a page out of the Chael Sonnen game plan to beat
Nate. Though I think this was probably a smart move for Yushin I
believe Nate has a significant advantage in one particular area, and
that is in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu game.
       Nate’s a very dangerous Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black belt and I believe
that though Okami is no slouch on the ground he won’t have the
training to be able to keep up with Nate on the floor. Nate knows how
to use BJJ to advance his position without risking it, in the past
like in his last fight he was fighting a more dangerous BJJ expert but
I believe when Nate is better on the ground then his opponent this is
when he’ll be at his best. I believe Nate’s strategy will be to strike
Okami from the distance and then take him to the floor where he will
advance his position scoring from the top. I’m looking for Nate to
take a unanimous decision on the 13th, what do you guys think is going
to happen?