Amir Sadollah

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	Name	Amir Sadollah
	Nickname	N/A
	Association	Xtreme Couture
	Weight Class	Welterweight
	Height	5' 11" (180 cm)
	Style	Sambo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai
	Birth Date	August 27, 1980
	Fighting Out Of	Richmond, Virginia, USA
	Nationality	American

Amir Sadollah is an American mixed martial artist. He was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Jackson vs. Team Forrest as a Middleweight. After having two bouts with Nick Catone cancelled due to injuries, Sadollah dropped down to Welterweight and has competed at that weight for the remainder of his career.

Professional Record

Record	6 - 4 - 0 (Win – Loss – Draw)
Wins	0 (T)KOs 2 Submissions 4 Decisions
Losses	1 (T)KOs 0 Submissions 3 Decisions

Result	Opponent	Method	Event Title	Date	Round	Time	Notes

Loss	Dan Hardy	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC on FUEL TV 5: Struve vs. Miocic	9/29/2012	3	5:00
Win	Jorge Lopez	Decision (Split)	UFC on FUEL TV 3: Poirier vs. Jung	5/15/2012	3	5:00
Loss	Duane Ludwig	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC on Versus 5: Hardy vs Lytle	8/14/2011	3	5:00
Win	DaMarques Johnson	Submission (Elbows)	UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis	3/26/2011	2	3:27
Win	Peter Sobotta	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami	11/13/2010	3	5:00
Loss	Dong Hyun Kim	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans	5/29/2010	3	5:00	Bout featured live on SpikeTV.
Win	Brad Blackburn	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC Fight Night 20: Maynard vs. Diaz	1/11/2010	3	5:00
Win	Phil Baroni	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II	11/21/2009	3	5:00
Loss	Johny Hendricks	TKO (Punches)	UFC 101: Declaration	8/08/2009	1	0:29	Welterweight
Win	C.B. Dollaway	Submission (Armbar)	The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale	6/21/2008	1	3:02	Won TUF 7 Middleweight Tournament

Biography

Amir Sadollah was born in Brooklyn, New York but raised in Richmond, Virginia in an Iranian and Irish family. Following his graduation from J.R. Tucker High School he attended J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. Amir began mixed martial arts as a way to stay in shape. He began to take the sport more seriously after working as a surgical technologist at VCU Healthsystems and seeing similarities in the personalities of surgeons and fighters.

Sadollah's amateur record of 4-0 included a decision win, a knockout and two submissions. Sadollah was one of the 52 successful candidates out of 250 applicants at the October, 2007, International Fight League draft in Chicago. He impressed Dana White and producers enough to earn a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete on The Ultimate Fighter. Amir went on to win the tournament and the title of the Ultimate Fighter. He is currently a member of Xtreme Couture together with friend and coach Forrest Griffin.

Mixed Martial Arts Career

The Ultimate Fighter

Amir Sadollah came onto The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Jackson vs. Team Forrest with no professional record in MMA. Sadollah showed that he was tough enough to be on the show after defeating Steve Byrnes by armlock. Amir got his spot in the house because of the win and became the second pick for Team Forrest.

In the seventh episode, Amir went up against skilled wrestler Gerald Harris and won the fight by TKO in the second round. Amir went on to fight "The Immortal" Matt Brown in the quarterfinals. He defeated Brown by Triangle Choke in Round 2. Amir then moved onto the semi-finals where he was to face C.B. Dollaway. In the third round, Sadollah put Dollaway in an armbar and Dollaway immediately tapped. This meant that Amir would fight in the finale for a shot at becoming the next Ultimate Fighter.

Sadollah's original opponent for the finale was Jesse Taylor. However, Taylor was removed from the finale due to improper behavior in the days after the show finished taping. C.B. Dollaway defeated Tim Credeur in a match to decide who would replace Taylor in the finale and fight Amir.

UFC Career

On the season finale of TUF 7, Amir earned a victory over C.B. Dollaway with another armbar in the first round, securing his title of The Ultimate Fighter and providing him with a six-figure UFC contract.

Sadollah's second UFC fight was scheduled to be against Nick Catone at UFC 91. However, due to a leg infection, Sadollah withdrew from the match. A replacement for Sadollah could not be found so the match was scrubbed from the card. The match was rescheduled for February 7th, 2009 at UFC Fight Night 17: Lauzon vs. Stephens. On January 23, Sadollah was, again, forced to withdraw from the fight due, this time to a broken clavicle.

He decided that he would then drop down a weight class to compete at Welterweight. He made his Welterweight debut at UFC 101: Declaration against former NCAA champion Johny Hendricks. The fight ended in a controversial stoppage where many believe it was stopped too early. Sadollah was stopped at 29 seconds of the first round after receiving a flurry of punches that ultimately knocked him down.

In hopes to rebound from his first career loss, Sadollah was set to face Phil Baroni, in what would be Baroni's return to the UFC after a four year absence from the promotion. The bout took place on November 21, 2009 at UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II, and Sadollah would go on to defeat Baroni via Decision (Unanimous).

Sadollah returned to action on January 10, 2010 at UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax, Virginia, where he faced off against Brad Blackburn. The two began a stand-up battle, with Sadollah gaining the upper hand, catching Blackburn quite a few times, though he was never able to get a stoppage, as he continued to take the fight to the mat when his opponent was rocked. His much improved stand-up earned Sadollah his second career win as a Welterweight, by Decision (Unanimous).

He was next scheduled to return at UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans on May 29, 2010 where he faced off against Dong Hyun Kim. Kim scored takedowns with ease, easily transitioned to dominant ground positions, and kept a steady stream of ground and pound directed at Sadollah. In fact, after one such takedown, Kim successfully pinned one of Sadollah's arms across his own neck and used the opening to pound his opponent with punches and forearm strikes to close out a dominant second round. In the end, Kim took all three rounds for the 30-27 Decision (Unanimous) win.

Sadollah then faced Peter Sobotta at UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami. Sadollah would win the fight via unanimous decision..

Sadollah was expected to face Duane Ludwig on March 26, 2011 at UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis. Ludwig, however, was injured and was replaced by James Wilks, who was then replaced by DaMarques Johnson. After a back and forth first round, Sadollah was more aggressive and forced Johnson to exchange against the cage early in the second round having success with a flurry of a strikes. Sadollah would then earn a takedown and go on to gain dominant position, unleashing a steady stream of ground and pound until tying Johnson's forearm around his head and neck and proceeding to punish him with elbows from his free arm, forcing a tap to strikes.

Sadollah did then meet Ludwig at UFC on Versus 5: Hardy vs Lytle, losing by unanimous decision.

Sadollah was expected to face Jorge Lopez at UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit, but was forced out of the bout with an injury.