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  - BELCHER VS SAKARA ON TAP FOR UFC 99 IN GERMANY
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - by Tom Hamlin - MMAWeekly.com
A middleweight tilt between American Top Team fighter Alessio Sakara and Roufusport fighter Alan Belcher appears set to take place at UFC 99 in Germany.
Sources close to both camps said the fighters have agreed to the June 13 fight. Bout agreements should be signed shortly.
Belcher, 24, is returning following a come-from-behind win against highly touted import Denis Kang. On the road to dropping two rounds during their UFC 93 encounter, Belcher took advantage of a lapse in Kang’s technique, submitting him with a guillotine choke after he shot for a takedown and left his neck exposed.
Since making his debut at UFC 62, the Muay Thai specialist has gone 5-3 in UFC competition, with the Kang win bringing his second pair of consecutive victories in roughly three years of competition. Belcher carries an overall professional record of 14-5.
Sakara, a 27-year-old native of Rome, Italy, is coming off a blistering knockout of newcomer Joe Vedepo at UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer last September. Always down for a brawl, the fighter has lived by the sword and died by the sword, with his last six appearances ending by KO or TKO. Of those six, he carries three wins paired by as many losses, with a submission loss to Dean Lister and no contest against Ron Faircloth marking the first of his nine UFC appearances. Overall, he carries a professional record of 17-7 with the no contest.
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