According to Inside Fights, sources close to both camps have revealed that Ultimate Fighter season 7 winner Amir Sadollah (1-1) will square off against "The New York Badass" Phil Baroni (13-11) at UFC 106 in Las Vegas on November 21st.
Phil Baroni makes UFC return against welterweight Amir Sadollah at UFC 106
In his first UFC fight since UFC 51 in 2005, Phil Baroni (13-11 MMA, 3-5 UFC) takes on "The Ultimate Fighter 7" winner and fellow welterweight Amir Sadollah (1-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in November at UFC 106.Bout agreements have not been signed, but verbal agreements were secured in the past week, a source close to one of the competitors told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
UFC 106 takes place Nov. 21 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view.
It's not known if the fight, first reported a possibility by Inside Fights, will be part of the televised main card. UFC 106 is headlined by UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin.
In his most recent UFC outting, Baroni suffered a submission loss to Pete Sell. It was the fourth consecutive loss for Baroni, who burst onto the UFC scene in 2001 with a series of devastating knockouts and a 3-1 record.
Since he was initially released by the organization in 2005, Baroni has fought all over the world with organizations such as PRIDE, Strikeforce, ICON Sport, EliteXC, Cage Rage and Palace Fighting Championships. After a three-fight losing streak in 2008, which included an EliteXC defeat to Joey Villesenor in the first U.S. network-televised MMA event, Baroni dropped to welterweight and pieced together a three-fight win streak. However, the streak was snapped in June with unanimous-decision loss to Joe Riggs in Strikeforce.
Strikeforce announced last month that the "New York Bad Ass" had been dropped from the organization. The UFC announced it had signed him days later.
Sadollah, meanwhile, looks to rebound from a 29-second TKO loss to Johny Hendricks at UFC 101. Although some claimed the bout was stopped early, Sadollah was on his knees and hands and taking repeated blows without defending himself before the referee's stoppage.
It was Sadollah's first fight since his win over C.B. Dollaway for the "TUF 7" title in June 2008. That bout also marked Sadollah's professional MMA debut.
The latest rumored (and impressive) UFC 106 card now includes:
- Champ Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (for UFC heavyweight title)*
- Mark Coleman vs. Tito Ortiz*
- Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida*
- Ricardo Almeida vs. Jon Fitch*
- Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan*
- Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah*
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