Marquardt replaces Sonnen and faces Akiyama at UFC-128

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After the process suffered by Chael Sonnen and the suspension of his contract with Ultimate (remember here), the confrontation before Yoshihiro akiyama had been postponed. But the UFC organization worked quickly and the Japanese already has a new opponent defined. The Japanese athlete will measure strength against the experienced Nate marquardt at UFC-128, an event that takes place on March 19, in Newark, in the United States.

This will be the opportunity for both athletes to try to rehabilitate themselves in the organization, as both fighters are coming off defeats. Akiyama to Michael Bisping at UFC-120 and Marquardt for Yushin Okami at UFC-122.

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UFC-128 will also feature the participation of five Brazilians and in the main fight, Mauricio Shogun will defend his light heavyweight belt against Rashad evans. Check out the full event card (subject to change)

Main Card
Mauricio “Shogun
” vs. Rashad evans
Urijah faber vs. Eddie Wineland
Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani

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Preliminary Card
Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub
Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike pyle
Nick Catone vs. Dan Miller
Luiz cane vs. Carlos Vemola

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