Jump to content

Amir Sadollah

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 24.131.134.44 (talk) at 04:34, 27 March 2011. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Amir Sadollah
Born (1980-08-27) August 27, 1980 (age 44)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
NationalityUnited States American
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Division170 (2009–present)
185 (2008)
Reach75 in (190 cm)
StyleSambo, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fighting out ofRichmond, Virginia
TeamThrowdown Training Center & Xtreme Couture
Years active2008–present (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total7
Wins5
By knockout0
By submission2
By decision3
Losses2
By knockout1
By decision1
Draws0
Amateur record
Total3
Wins3
By knockout1
By submission2
By decision1
Losses0
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Amir Sadollah (Persian: امیر ﺳﻌدالله) (born August 27, 1980) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was the winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 7.

Early career

Sadollah was born in Brooklyn, New York but raised in Richmond, Virginia in an Iranian and Irish family. Following his graduation from J.R. Tucker High School he attended J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. Amir began mixed martial arts as a way to stay in shape. He began to take the sport more seriously after working as a surgical technologist at VCU Healthsystems and seeing similarities in the personalities of surgeons and fighters.

Sadollah's amateur record of 4–0 included a decision win, a knockout and two submissions.[1][2] Sadollah was one of the 52 successful candidates out of 250 applicants at the October 2007, International Fight League draft in Chicago.[3] He impressed Dana White and producers enough to earn a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete on The Ultimate Fighter. Amir went on to win the tournament and the title of the Ultimate Fighter. He is currently a member of Throwdown Training Center together with friend and coach Forrest Griffin. Amir also spends a lot of time over in Holland training at Calmaro Gym together with his Dutch striking coach Marco van den Broek.

He holds a black belt in Sambo and a white belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under.Cameron Diffley.[4]

The Ultimate Fighter

Sadollah came on to the show with no professional record in MMA, and went on to win the competition. Sadollah defeated Steve Byrnes by tapout due to an armbar to win the elimination bout and get into the house.

Sadollah was the second pick for Team Forrest and fourth overall. His first preliminary fight was against Team Rampage's Gerald Harris. Sadollah defeated Harris via Tko due to strikes. Sadollah's quarter-final match was against fellow Team Forrest member and friend, Matt Brown. After a close back and forth fight, Sadollah eventually defeated Brown via tapout due to a triangle choke.

Sadollah's semi-final match was against Team Rampage's number one pick, C.B. Dollaway. After being put on his back for almost he whole fight, Sadollah locked up and armbar in the last minute of the last round to be the winner by tapout. He was then set to face fellow Team Forrest member, Jesse Taylor at the finale to crown the winner of the tournament. But due to Taylor's antics after taping the show, he was kicked out of the tournament and replaced by C.B. Dollaway, who had fought Tim Credeur for the spot.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On the season finale of TUF 7, Amir earned a victory over C.B. Dollaway with an armbar in the first round, securing his title of The Ultimate Fighter and providing him with a six-figure UFC contract.

Sadollah's second UFC fight was scheduled to be against Nick Catone at UFC 91. However, due to a leg infection, Sadollah withdrew from the match.[5] A replacement for Sadollah could not be found so the match was scrubbed from the card. The match was rescheduled for February 7, 2009 at UFC Fight Night 17.[6] On January 23, Sadollah was again forced to withdraw from the fight, this time due to a broken clavicle.[7]

Sadollah made his post-Ultimate Fighter Debut at UFC 101 on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia (at the Wachovia Center) against Johny Hendricks.[8] In the opening seconds of the first round, Hendricks blocked a high head kick from Sadollah and countered with an uppercut knocking Sadollah to his knees. Hendricks continued to land punches until referee Dan Miragliotta pulled him off and ended the fight 29 seconds into the first round. Some have criticized Miragliotta for stopping the fight too early, as Sadollah seemed to be trying to get up, but Miragliotta defended his stoppage saying Sadollah was "out of it" and "still looked glassy eyed and asked me what happened." [9]

Sadollah defeated newly re-signed welterweight Phil Baroni at UFC 106. During the fight Sadollah showed a superior Muay Thai clinch and precision kicks.[10]

Sadollah defeated Brad Blackburn on January 11, 2010, at UFC Fight Night 20 via unanimous decision. During the bout Sadollah utilized great head and body kicks along with knees in the clinch and a solid ground game.[11]

Sadollah faced Korean judoka, Dong Hyun Kim, at UFC 114.[12] Kim took down Sadollah in all three rounds, dominating Sadollah with superior Judo and Wrestling. Kim won the fight by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring it 30-27 for Kim.[12]

Sadollah then faced Peter Sobotta at UFC 122. Amir would win the fight via unanimous decision.[13] Sadollah once again demonstrated his impressive muay thai to earn the decision win.

Sadollah was expected to face Duane Ludwig on March 26, 2011 at UFC Fight Night 24.[14] However, Ludwig was injured and was briefly replaced by TUF 9 winner, James Wilks.[15] Wilks was then forced out as well and replaced by DaMarques Johnson.[16] After a back and forth first round, Sadollah began to punish the tired Johnson in the second round. Sadollah would then go on to gain dominant position and land strikes on Johnson until Johnson was forced to tap to strikes.

Mixed Martial Arts record

Professional record breakdown
7 matches 5 wins 2 losses
By knockout 0 1
By submission 2 0
By decision 3 1
Draws 0
Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 5-2 United States DaMarques Johnson Submission (Elbows) UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis March 26, 2011 2 3:27 United States Seattle, Washington, USA
Win 4-2 Germany Peter Sobotta Decision (Unanimous) UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami November 13, 2010 3 5:00 Germany Oberhausen, Germany
Loss 3-2 South Korea Dong Hyun Kim Decision (Unanimous) UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans May 29, 2010 3 5:00 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win 3–1 United States Brad Blackburn Decision (Unanimous) UFC Fight Night 20: Maynard vs. Diaz January 11, 2010 3 5:00 United States Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Win 2–1 United States Phil Baroni Decision (Unanimous) UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 November 21, 2009 3 5:00 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss 1–1 United States Johny Hendricks TKO (Punches) UFC 101: Declaration August 8, 2009 1 0:29 United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Welterweight Debut
Win 1–0 United States C.B. Dollaway Submission (Armbar) The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale June 21, 2008 1 3:02 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Won The Ultimate Fighter 7

References

  1. ^ MMA WIZ Database
  2. ^ Full Contact Fighter Database
  3. ^ Stupp, Dann (2008-01-28). "Amir Sadollah Likely Chosen for "The Ultimate Fighter 7"". Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  4. ^ http://www.ufc.com/AmirSadollah
  5. ^ Gerbasi, Thomas (2008-11-11). "Leg Infection Forces Sadollah from UFC 91 Card". UFC.com. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  6. ^ Martin, Damon (2008-11-24). "SADOLLAH VS CATONE REBOOKED FOR FEBRUARY 7". Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  7. ^ Martin, Damon (2008-01-23). "AMIR SADOLLAH INJURED, OFF UFC FIGHT NIGHT FEB 7". Retrieved 2008-01-23.
  8. ^ Amir Sadollah set to face Johny Hendricks at UFC 101 in August
  9. ^ Miragliotta Defends Stoppage
  10. ^ "Phil Baroni makes UFC return against welterweight Amir Sadollah at UFC 106". Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  11. ^ "UFC Fight Night 20 recap". mmajunkie. January 12, 2010.
  12. ^ a b http://www.vancouversun.com/preliminary+action+Stuns+Sadollah+Escudero+routs+Lauzon/3088565/story.html - UFC 114 preliminary action: Kim "Stuns" Sadollah, Escudero routs Lauzon
  13. ^ "Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobotta targeted for UFC 122 in Germany". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  14. ^ "Amir Sadollah vs. Duane "Bang" Ludwig on tap for UFC Fight Night 24". mmajunkie.com. December 30, 2010.
  15. ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/22722/injured-ludwig-out-at-ufc-fight-night-24-wilks-now-faces-sadollah.mma
  16. ^ "UFC Fight Night 24: Amir Sadollah vs DaMarques Johnson booked with James Wilks out". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2011-03-13.

Template:The Ultimate Fighter 7

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Amir_Sadollah&oldid=420928336"