TUF 7 Winner Amir Sadollah To Return At UFC 91
Amir Sadollah (1-0), the winner of “The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest”, will return to the octagon at UFC 91 on November 15th in Portland, Oregon.
An opponent for the fight has not yet been determined.
Sadollah announced the bout at Combat Sports Challenge 26 on Saturday in Virginia, according to The Fight Network.
Following four-straight victories on The Ultimate Fighter 7 over Steve Byrnes, Gerald Harris, Matt Brown, and CB Dollaway, Sadollah was to take on Jesse Taylor in the final bout of the season. Taylor was ultimately kicked off the show, however, and Dollaway took his place on the finale. In their rematch Sadollah became the Ultimate Fighter 7 champion with a first-round submission of Dollaway in his professional debut at the TUF 7 Finale in June.
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Yes! we love Amir in VA.
great fighter. was a shock that he won the show, but he proved he belonged.
He has some sick submissions in his game and with the proper training could be a big factor in the future.
I he gets a noticeable name so they can keep building him up like forreset griffen
I’m anxious to see what Amir can do and where he goes in MMA.
Here is where the journey begins. Good Luck Amir!
ADMIR VS KENDAL GROOVE
Amir v anyone I just want to see the kid fight, he might be only 1-0 but he has heart and can pull off an armbar or triangle outta no where… If he were to fight Kendall I see it as a Muay Thai match then when Amir gets tired of that he will pull off a sub for the win
yeah but u gotta admit that would be cool
I like Amir, he a tough, goofy kid willing to take a bit of a beating. He really does remind me of Forrest Griffin in that regard. And I think like Forrest in 90% of Amir’s fights he will be considered the underdog. For instance you guys said Amir Vs. Kendall. My 1st thought was Kendall is to long and could pick him apart.But you can never underestimate a kid like this. So I will be looking forward to see what this kid can do.
Anzstar_inc my first thought when Chavezz said Grove v Amir was when Riggs ko’d Grove in Hawaii, I’m pretty sure it was the Diesel but I dunno anyways I thought could Amir ko Grove that would be awesome to see
Chavez,
Your Amir/Kendall comment made me think of something.( a little far fetched) As a fan, I want more live fight nights on spike to bridge the gap between PPVs. It would be a great way to start by having a fight night with all former TUF fighters still in the UFC on one card. Evans, Diaz, Hammill, Stevenson, War Machine, Leben, Bisping, Dana White and every other fighter still in the UFC…….
What ever happened to brinbging a fighter along slowly? It seems like everybody wants to take a guy with potential and put hin in with a fighter that’s a lot more advanced. Grove has lost recently, but he has more experience than Amir. I’d like to see a guy with some potential be brought along slowly so he can learn as he goes and have a chance to be a champion.
DolfanG, as long as they don’t bring him along in a Kimbo~esque way I’m all for it the only problem is, this is the UFC hell Amir is probably the only 1-0 guy in the orginization, sooo who should he fight?
Dolfan,
The UFC is not really the place to learn as you go. I believe the UFC is taking chances on young talent in the hopes they develope another Roger Huerta or better. The great thing about MMA and the UFC specifically is that fighters don’t give a F–K who is put in front of them. Everyone is willing to fight whoever/whenever….much different than the world of boxing. Even after his first UFC win Diaz wanted someone more experienced and better. After every win, Diaz wants the next bigger and better fighter. That is the attitude most of the UFC fighters have and that is why it’s such a great sport.
Matt Riddle is 1-0 at 185 in UFC
Davis Avellan is 2-0 in WEC
Jake Rosholt is 4-0 in WEC
Eric Schambari is 7-1 in WEC
Danillo Villefort is 8-2 in WEC
I mean I had to look that up, but why can’t the promoters pay attention to stuff like that and match guys up?
I agree with Diaz… but should a fighter with 2 or 3 wins be fighting for a champioship or even fighting the number one contender? It’s ridiculous.
The UFC is a meat factory. They don’t care about the individual fighters unless they can make money off of them. But if they screw up a guy’s record in the beginning, then later on in his career he’s not as marketable as he could have been. Let Lesnat get a few losses and then who’ll want to pay big money to see him fight. He’ll be put in the same catagory as Tim Silvia.
Rhino fought Irvin the first time with 3 fights to his credit and it was a champioship fight. Brian Stan had 4 fights when he fought Rhino for the championship. Cantwell is the champion now at 4-1. I know it’s the WEC and not the UFC, but with Lesnar on deck to fight Couture, if Lesnar wins, wouldn’t he be the champion since Couture is currently the champion?
DolfanG, nice look up thx for that, I had forgot about Matt Riddle but isn’t Amir’s overall MMA record 1-0? I don’t know but I just don’t think they should put him in with the likes of Jeremy Horn or Nate Marquat (spelling is wrong) who should Amir face I don’t know it should be interesting to see
Help me out… why am I wrong about this?
Amir is actually listed as 2-0, but only one fight in the UFC. I don’t know who the other fight was with.
It seems to me that the UFC is a place where you learn as you go… again using Lesnar as an example, but to have guys like that with such potential fighting guys they shouldn’t be fighting too soon in their careers is only hurting that earning potential. It works in boxing and they make big money. It would also work in MMA. At least that’s my opinion, for what that’s worth.
The WEC allows people to fight for the championship early in their carrers because in the LHW division is thin hince why the MW and LHW are going to be moved to the UFC…. And if the carrer #’s of certain fighters get messed up by fighting the best talent owell thos fighters can always be marketed as a UFC vet ie Wes Simms, Elvis “rock and rumble” Sinosic, the Shammy brothers, Tank fricken Abbot, Pedro Rizzo ect
Dolfan,
You’re definitely right about fighter’s records not speaking much for their status……it’s just the way the business is run….MONEY MONEY MONEY. I see nothing wrong in matching up some of the fighters you listed above but it’s probably not as marketable as putting them against more popular names…..even if it means a big difference in experience.
I don’t think Griffin was thrown into the deep end of the pool while he was learning to swim and look at him now.
I realize that MMA is different from boxing as the fighters in MMA belong to a certain promotion and boxers are sanctioned for championships as they come up… if that makes any sense… I know people have talked about a fighter’s record and asked if he was worth paying $50 to see on PPV. Ruin a guy’s record to soon and he’ll be just another Wes Sims or any of the rest that were mentioned.
Dolfan,
You’re right about Griffin but he is a big name and a draw. It was that way since his start in the UFC when he fought Bonnar. Griffin was the name. He has still fought very stiff competition along the way and paid his dues.
Allow me to bang the Lesnar drum one more time… Let’s say he fights Randy and losses. Then he would be 2-2. Who would he fight next?… The loser of Mir and Nog? After that fight he might then be 2-3. Would he have as much PPV marketability at 2-3 as he would have at 4-1?
I agree with you KOuch, but Griffin didn’t fight Ortiz in his 3rd fight.. or Rua in his 2nd fight. he has paid his dues by fighting a tougher guy each time, but he didn’t jump the shark and fight the top guy right away.
Excuse me4 for a minute… I live in South Florida and I’m watching Gustov on The Weather Channel. They’re trying to build that storm up by showing bent tree limbs and broken styrofoam… It cracks me up.
Sorry to get off subject…
Dolfan,
C’mon man….You’re being a negative nancy as far as Lesnar goes. You are just going off, “what if’s” regarding him losing. Let the guy fight and we will see. There is no doubt he will have very little marketability if he has a losing record but that goes for everyone. Besides, I think Lesnar has no reason to lose to Randy. Lesnar is the stronger youth of the two. Experience will be the big difference but that does not give Randy an easy win by any means. Look at it from Randy’s side:
He’s been out a long time now doing Scoprion King movies that had to take away from his training and he has not fought. His first fight back he is taking on a BEAST who is the strongest guy in the UFC. Randy can have all the experience in the world but how to approach a guy like Brock is the question? Rear naked/guillotine choke, leg/ankle/foot submissions seem the only way Randy can win other than hitting and running to win by decision. This is a dangerous match for Randy….actually I think it’s a terrible match for Randy. Not Randy of the past…..Randy NOW!
Back to the topic, Griffin had about 8 fights before he went to the UFC. He fought Ortiz in his 12th professional fight (I think). So he did work his way up and look where it got him.
DolfanG, if Lesnar lost to Randy he would be 2-2 yes but there is no way that he would fight the loser of Big Nog v Mir (we have already seen that fight, Lesnar loss due to a knee bar) the would put him against that Sanchez kid that CC beat or Justin McCully some scrub like that, I think that UFC is showing that if u take a guy that is learning MMA u can test him against the best and stick with him Lesnar hasn’t been fed anyone easy and that’s a huge middle finger to EliteXC/ProElite, Kimbo and all that
I understand that KOuch, but what about guys like Nog? Shouldn’t they be in line ahead of Lesnar? It seems like the whole thing is upside down. The top contenders that have worked and fought their way up and earned a title shot are being passed up by guys that are still learning as they go… No matter how you look at it, Lesnar is still a beginner. I’m just saying things should be done in the right order and the money will keep flowing. Do things out of order and you paint yourself into a corner. of course I’m using “what ifs’.., I prefer to call it “Looking ahead”, but whatever it takes…
DolfanG back off topic I’m driving to the south almost to Louisianna this week how bad is the storm plus before I get there I will be in Dallas, then Tulsa (I truly dislike Oklahoma, people are nice and such but ehh nevermind) but is it a crazy bad storm?
FR,
What is your job that requires you so much travel?
FR702, good point… If Lesnar does lose to Randy and then he fights some scrubs, how long would it take for him to re-build his credibility to be a PPV quality fighter?
I’m just asking… I don’t think Lesnar deserves to be fighting for the title nor do I think Amir should be fighting a guy that has 16 wins in his next match. But, that’s me.
The storm isn’t that bad at all
Dolfan,
What ifs/looking ahead…… I like that one. You definitely bring up a good point. I still remember my feeling of disbeliefe when Nate Quarry got his shot against Franklin…..you make a very valid point but like I said before, it comes down to money and if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Maybe the UFC is putting their backs against the wall but only time will tell. Brock is a beginner who will embarrass the greatness that Randy is/was.
There’s not that much water with it. Tropical Storm Fay caused Lake Okeechobee to rise by over 2 feet. This storm hasn’t caused much problem at all with water and I haven’t seen much wind damage either. It’ll start to weaken soon so we’ll know more when they can see what’s left in its wake.
I guess my whole line of thinking is based on Randy winning, but if Lesnar wins, then it’s all water under the bridge, I suppose.
Maybe if Lesnar starts to fall behind Randy, somebody will throw a folding chair into the ring or give Lesnar a ladder or something to help him make up the difference.
Dolfan,
Good way to look at it. I understand Lesnar needs to prove himself. I just feel that he is being underrated because he was a WWE superstar and his great college wrestling career has gone completely unnoticed. Lesnar is a very strong athlete with no where to go but up.
DolfanG, thx man it is much appreciated
KOuch, I run a family distributor ship and I’m always traveling up and down Cali doing sales or service calls or whatever, now for me going cross country I have some meetings and such with people in the industry plus my sis live in Oklahoma hince why I’m going there
Its a legit business been around for 40years my grandfather started it and I’m trying to one day completely take it over
Right KOuch… no doubt abou that at all… and don’t overlook his WWF days either. The stuff may be scripted, but they train hard to be able to do that. Brock Lesnar is a big beast and a force, no doubt. The fight with Randy could go either way… Lesnar’s brute force and wrestiling could do the job as Randy isn’t as skilled in Jits as Mir is and Randy isn’t the puncher that Liddell is. It looks like Randy will want to take the fight to the mat and that would be into the strength of Lesnar too.
FR,
Very nice. Where is your actual home? California? I live in San Bruno where the San Francisco airport really is…..in case you’ve ever been through. There are quite a feww MMA shows around here on a near regular basis….if your timing works out right you could have some very good entertainment.
I live in Fresno (woooo, no it sucks but we are coming up whatever that means) I’m always up in Stockton (been trying to find the Diaz brothers but I think daylight scares them) Sacramento, Woodlake or land whatever, then up around Oregon probably 2-3 times amonth I need to go to San Fran and Oakland (A’s have been my team since I was a pup) and I really would like to go to MMA up there forsure, I was suppose to go to the last StrikeForce but it fell through, the other cool thing is I often go to the central coast 1-3 times a month which allows me to swing by THE PIT in Arroyo Grande and hang out in SLO often having beers with MMA fighters, plus I use to bartend in Fresno that’s where I first met Chuck, Kos (who is a dick for real), Antonio, and Hack
NICE!!! I loved the A’s when I was little. Now I am a Giants season ticket holder but I’ll never forget Canseco, McGwire, Steinbach, Eckersley, Henderson….I’ll stop before I take up the whole page….Ahhh…
I HATE KOS! That whole hose on Leben thing during TUF 1 pissed me off. Nothing in this world will ever make me feel bad for KOS. If a car hit him and sent him flying into a vehicle with AIDs infected blood spewing into his mouth, I’d feel nothing! I really dislike the guy. It seems most people do. The crappy part for Kos is that he is not even the guy people love to hate…..he is just a homo who everyone hates.
Oh yeah one other thing……Billy Beane is a f-ing GENIUS! Great GM! I wish he were the Giants GM.
KOuch, c’mon buddy… get off the fence! Either you like Kos or you don’t… which way is it? And why wouldn’t you feel bad about a car hitting him? The guy would have Kos crap all over his hood… Who would want a car like that?
I remember when Eckersley threw that stupid curve ball and then watched it sail over the fence… What was he thinking?
I’ve never been on the fence. I’ve always disliked him and hope he gets hurt or loses every fight. I was very disappointed in GSP for not causing more damage. Diego also let me down big time in his fight against Kos. Kos crap all over his hood…..LOL…..nasty! It would be full of supplements and cat.
KOuch, Rickey Henly Henderson is my favorite player and I met him when I was like 12 and he was super gracious and super nice to me, he might be arrogant and such but he is super nice to his fans, he was driving a purple mercedes and he wore a all purple suit down to his socks it was simply priceless
I think the Kos thing might been seen as fighter bashing hahaha, out of all MMA fighters I have ever met he was the rudest mouthy little guy… That whole I’m UFC fighter thing that what’s his as$ did, Kos did it in my bar during his TUF season and Chuck was like hey shut up it was cool then Dwayne Zinkin (Zinkin entertainment) took Kos out of the bar Kos looked sad because he pissed Chuck off…
Kos looked sad? I thought he was an empty barrell of no emotion…… So Kos got booted out of your bar? very nice.
it was kinda cool to see him brought down to reality
I want to see Kos vs Leben again….. I know what happened in the past and I am very aware of both fighter’s skill set. I truly believe Leben has matured and worked way harder in his training to become a better fighter than Kos. Mostly because Leben had way more room for improvement since both were introduced to the masses. I feel Leben has a bigger heart and desire to be great than Kos. Kos reminds me of a very talented fighter who lolly gags around never improving much because he feels too comfortable with his current reputation and status. Kos has not shown much or any improvement in my eyes. His fight against Diego was terrible and he was completely dominated by GSP….unfortunately not hurt bad enough. I think deep down I just have wishful thinking that Leben will KO the F–K out of Kos on day.
I sure wish I could figure out whether you like Kos or not… I just can’t tell… If Leben and Kos fought again, I think it would go badly for Leben. It looks to me like Leben is too locked in on his stand-up. Maybe he’s not as confident on the mat. Kos has really improved his stand-up. It looks like Kos would be at least even if not ahead standing and way ahead on the mat, but maybe they’ll fight again and we’ll all see.
Unfortunately Leben and Kos won’t be fighting anytime soon different weight classes and all
That didn’t stop Silvia and Irvin… what a superfight that was…
I think Leben has improved physically and mentally. He moved to Hawaii to go down a new path in his fighting career and I truly believe it is for the better. Leben is becoming a new fighter. He is not the immature guy he was on TUF 1. He wants to be better and is working hard to do it. He even said his loss to Anderson made him realize he could not go very far fighting the way he was previously.
I saw his last fight on TV against Terry Martin… He took quite a few really hard shots to the noodle before he landed one of his own. Terry Martin is a strong guy, but he’s no Anderson Silvia. Leben looked better in his attitude, but he still kept it as a stand-up fight. I’d love to see some skills on the mat from Leben. I’d love to see him submit somebody using good jits.
Dolfan,
Leben does have a cast iron chin. Martin would have won that fight if he had “killer instinct.” Instead of going for the kill when he had Leben set up for the KO, he show boated with a lion’s roar and look what happened…. Leben came back swingin for the fences and BOOM! Good night Mr. Martin.
Leben does have a strong chin… no doubt. But, how’s his jits? If he plans to continue in MMA and someday be the champ, he’ll have to go through Silvia. He’ll have to do more than try to break Silvia’s knuckles with his chin. I hope he does get some world class jits. I would love to see a rematch between the 2 of them.
I see Anderson Silva being the most dominant champion in MMA history by the end of his career. It is just my prediction, feeling and vision. Nothing against Fedor but he is still fairly unknown to the masses. I don’t understand how either. Anyway, as a result of reputation and fame….I see Silva being an equivelent to Ali, Tyson, Marciano…etc. Silva is great, in the top promotion in the world of MMA and apparently unstoppable.
We’ll have to wait and see. There’s certainly no one in the middleweights right now that can beat him. I don’t see GSP beating him, but if he keeps fighting in the light heavys, I do see Rampage beating him for sure and W. Silva too.
Dolfan,
Rampage and Wandy definitely “COULD” but speed is a factor. I think if Rampage went to the ground he’d be in bigger trouble than people realize. The Axe Murderer…..he’s one of my favortes and I having nothing to comment on when it comes to him losing…… I think Silva can beat ANYONE in the UFC…..the majority very easily too. He is something else.
hell yeah amir rules can’t think of whos hes guna fight tho any ideas?
i think he should fight kendall!!
it could be interesting…
and i think this guy can actually be one of the better tuf alumni!!
KOuch
The problem Silva would have with Rampage is getting him to the mat. That guy is so tough and strong. I think he’s way too strong for Silva. He’s in there with W. Silva. Anderson is a great middle weight for sure, but he better avoid those guys or he’ll know how Franklin felt and Leben felt.
i like amir and all but cb was whooping him until that armbar and i really dont know if amir can compete with some of the ufc’s talent yet….hopefully they dont put him against matt riddle….cause i think riddle would rape him
Gunslinger,
Rape? I don’t know man….. Riddle is a wreslter so I think he might just take Amir down for the G&P should that ever happen. I’m not sure about sexually assaulting him though. Maybe if he lost and was bitter for revenge that could be a possibility….. In all seriousness I think Amir is going to become a very good fighter. Right now he just needs to get with the right team. He is very very very rough around the edges but has still preformed very well. Nothing will surprise me with Amir.
ya amir needs to go to xtreme couture…they would turn him into a star
Rosholt is a beast. One hell of a wrestler. I like Amir alot. I really thought it was C.B. Dollaway’s tourney to win. Boy was I wrong!
yea amir was a shocker!!!
that would be interesting to see him in couture’s camp!!!!
they would transform him into a better overall fighter..
i think gun is right…
anir has potential…but it will be tough for him @ first….
the mw divsion has a bunch of alright fighters…and only a couple great fighters…
i see him struggling against many of those alriiight fighters…
like herman…grove…nate marq & quarry..
but in the end he will get nowhere in the mw div…
silva is going to reign supreme for a while!!!!
amir should drop to 170 i think that would suit him better, amir is going to be like forrest people r going to doubt him an hes guna suprise them,
rhymeskill15
i think grove is to much of a big step for amir (there i go doubtin him already) ide like to see him take onsome1 like jason day or alessio sakara
john..yea i was thinking about that after i posted it…
i think day would be perfect..sakara would also be a bit too much for amir…
yeah sakara has got good hands and a good chance of catching amir but amir has some good leg kicks an would be alot faster then him but it would defo be a tough first fight.
i just shhocked me that he won it wasnt a suprise in the 2nd fight though the frst fight i thought was amazing this was the first time when i get my favorite person on the show and won normally all my favorite guys lose in ultimate fighter
im glad hes gonna fight at 91 hopfully it will be a good card with lokking forward to see amir
amir vs someone brock vs randy joe vs KENFLO!
well i would give amir someone ok not super good then i would have him fight grove