The UFC has put the finishing touches on its Nov. 13 event, scheduled for the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. After officially announcing the second show on German soil would be headlined by a title eliminator between former light heavyweight champion
Vitor Belfort and
Yushin Okami, the promotion booked a duo of welterweight bouts to round out the 11-fight card.
Making their respective debuts will be German standout
Pascal Krauss and Central Illinois Combat Club product
Kenny Robertson. Both fighters are undefeated in their respective professional careers and come from a grappling background. Cage Warriors welterweight champion Krauss was signed in August to take the promotion’s German contingent to three. Robertson, a training partner of former Bodog Fight champion
Nick Thompson, recently defeated “The Ultimate Fighter 6” cast member
John Kolosci under the Bellator banner.
In the second 170-pound tilt, the runner-up of the most recent TUF season,
Kris McCray, returns from his defeat at the hands of
Court McGee to take on Zuffa’s latest Brazilian import
Carlos Eduardo Rocha. The 29-year-old Darcio Lira black belt has been a regular feature on the German domestic scene for the past three years and sports a perfect record of 8-0 with seven of his wins coming by way of submission. Both McCray and Rocha will drop down from middleweight to make their debuts inside the Octagon.
The complete fight card for the Spike TV-televised event:
Vitor Belfort vs.
Yushin Okami
Dennis Siver vs.
Andre Winner
Jorge Rivera vs.
Alessio Sakara
Peter Sobotta vs.
Amir Sadollah
Vladimir Matyushenko vs.
Jason Brilz
Krzysztof Soszynski vs.
Goran Reljic
Pascal Krauss vs.
Kenny Robertson
Kris McCray vs.
Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Kyle Noke vs.
Rob Kimmons
Seth Petruzelli vs.
Karlos Vemola
Nick Osipczak vs.
Duane Ludwig
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