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Amir Sadollah Dropping to Welterweight After Disappointing 0-0 Stretch in the UFC


(Sad Amir is sad. Fan art courtesy of myspace.com/ammmir.

In a new interview with MMA Junkie, TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah stated that a move down to 170 pounds is "definitely…in my future," as soon as he recovers from his latest injury. After winning the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter last June by submitting CB Dollaway via armbar in the finale — which also happened to be Sadollah’s professional MMA debut — he had to pull out of UFC 91 in November due to a leg injury. Sadollah became officially cursed when he had to drop out of last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 17 show because of a shoulder injury. As he explains:

"It was about two or three weeks before the fight, and I had just been training. It was just kind of a random, weird thing. I just got dropped right exactly on my shoulder in a weird spot. It dislocated my clavicle and gave me a couple other internal shoulder injuries. I actually just got out of surgery on it yesterday…They looked around with the scope and kind of checked out what injuries were there and what they needed to repair and what I could get away with just with rehab. It looks like I’ll be able to just rehab it and get back in there."

Unfortunately, he doesn’t know exactly when that will be:

"I still have my follow-up with my doc. I talked to him after surgery, but I was pretty groggy…I don’t want to start making promises. Every time I make a fight it gets canceled. I’m not going to tell anyone until the day of the fight and just say, ‘Alright, I’m fighting.’"

It’s unclear whether Sadollah will take a fight at middleweight before making his planned drop to welterweight. For now, he’s just focused on getting healthy. Poor guy…even Jesse "Mongo" Taylor seems to be doing better than this kid.

Comments

  1. Anonymous Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:12


    pirst fost
  2. young hairy and german Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:13


    pecond sost!
  3. BuckWild Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:13


    ***** Anti Fir** What bad luck when you've finally got your foot in the door!
  4. young hairy and german Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:16


    wow i would be so pissed if i were him awesome
  5. Anonymous Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:16


    Second!
  6. Jugger Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:22


    Hold on? Why is he leaving "the weakest division in the UFC" to go fight in the "shark tank that is the WW division"? That doesn't make any sense.
  7. Anonymous Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:25


    nobody cares about this guy
  8. Anonymous Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:14


    I forgot about this fucking guy. If he never fights again who will give a shit.
  9. Dru Down Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:17


    I've officially given up on Amir. The guy has Dave Terrell syndrome. I'm assuming that he feels as though training with bigger, stronger guys is leading to injuries- hence the drop in weight- but it just makes it look like he has no direction. I predict he will become the least distiguished TUF winner to date (to the relief of Mac Danzig.)
  10. Dru Down Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:19


    And can we get an IP ban on Y,H, & G? This ain't some Chigago Manual charity organization mf'er!
  11. beforeskin Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:22


    I agree, ban that idiot.
  12. Sheps Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:27


    I feel sorry for him, fuck an injury
  13. mayhem420 Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:34


    @young hairy and german What you doing a report for school? I was going to read the whole thing but I feel asleep....zzzzzzzz
  14. KimboSlicesofPie Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:37


    tl:dr not street certified.
  15. Your Teacher Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 02:17


    Do your own fucking work, you swarthy kraut!
  16. skidding Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 02:32


    @Young hairy and german What message does Stockton, California send to its travelers?
  17. Dagnut Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 03:07


    Amir has been unlucky...you seen the guy fight he has plenty of heart...people are so fickle. Give him a chance.
  18. razzle469 Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 03:17


    Injuries suck for everyone. But to depend on your physical fitness for a livelihood and then get injured .... that really sucks. Hopefully third fight lucky for him.
  19. Anonymous Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 03:32


    I'd rather have my Nut Sack ripped off then watch one of this guy's fights again or hear him talk.
  20. Aaron Says:

    Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:33


    I wanna see this motherfucker fight. I wanna see what he can bring against tough opponents.
  21. Anonymous Says:

    Fri, 02/13/09 - 06:53


    I don't give a fuck what he can bring against tough or weak opponents. The guy is long forgotten already.
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