Although it has not been officially announced, the UFC is set to return to Germany on Nov. 13. UFC 1222 will take place at the Konig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. In the U.S. the card will be aired on tape delay on Spike TV. This week the card has started to come together.
TUF champion Amir Sadollah will return to the UFC against Peter Sobotta. The German fighter makes his home in Baligen, which is less than five hours from Oberhausen. Both fighters will be looking for a win. At UFC 114, Sadollah dropped a decision to Dong Hyun Kim. Sobotta will still be looking for his first win in the promotion after coming out on the wrong end of decisions against Paul Taylor and James Wilks. German language website groundandpound.de was the first outlet to report the match up.
A light heavyweight match up between Krzystof Soszynski and Goran Reljic is also expected for the card. After beginning his UFC career with three-straight win, Soszynski has failed off and dropped two of three. In his last fight, Stephan Bonnar stopped Soszynski in the second round. Reljic spent almost two years away from the sport with a series of injuries. He returned in February, but dropped a decision to C.B. Dollaway. At UFC 116, Kendall Grove used his superior to grappling to take a split decision. Multiple media sources including MMAJunkie have reported this match up.
On Tuesday, groundandpound.de also reported that German welterweight Pascal Krauss has signed with the promotion to make his debut at UFC 122. Dennis Siver is also expected to participate on the card.