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''UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 13, 2010 at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami )〕 This event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spike TV to air UFC 122 via same-day delay from Germany )〕 ==Background== This was the UFC's second event in Germany and second in continental Europe. The sport has been met with severe criticism by German media, which led to the banning of minors from the first German UFC event (UFC 99).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC rep: UFC returning to Germany in 2010 )〕 The sport itself was actually banned from broadcast altogether in Germany in March 2010 due to the "extent of violence () shown to be unacceptable."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Switzerland bans violent video games; Germany bans MMA on TV )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC plans return trip to Germany )〕 Regardless, UFC combated the opposition, after stating: "Not getting TV isn't going to stop us; we're going to keep going. We can't get into Ontario; we're opening an office there. It doesn't bother us."〔 Vitor Belfort was set to face Yushin Okami in the main event, with the winner receiving a middleweight title shot. However, on September 21, 2010, Belfort withdrew from the fight to face Anderson Silva. Nate Marquardt ended up fighting Yushin Okami in the main event, which would still determine the next #1 contender.〔(UFC 122 to Determine Title Shot )〕 Vladimir Matyushenko was scheduled to face Jason Brilz at this event, but Brilz was forced off the card on October 6 with a back injury and replaced by Alexandre Ferreira.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Injury forces Brilz out of UFC 122, Matyushenko expected to meet Ferreira )〕 The Matyushenko/Brilz matchup was rescheduled for UFC 129 in April 2011. Pascal Krauss was expected to make his promotional debut against fellow newcomer Kenny Robertson, but Robertson was forced from the card with an injury on October 13.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 122 prelims lose newcomer Kenny Robertson due to injury )〕 Mark Scanlon replaced Robertson. An illness forced Alessio Sakara out of his co-main event bout with Jorge Rivera while the preliminary fights were taking place. The fight was scrapped from the card. As a result, the Ludwig vs. Osipczak bout was promoted to first fight on the main card. The event averaged 2.2 million viewers on Spike TV which drew a higher average rating than UFC 120 which drew 1.9 million viewers. 〔http://mmajunkie.com/news/21427/ufc-122-on-spike-tv-draws-average-audience-of-2-2-million-viewers.mma〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UFC 122」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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