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Alessio Sakara Bio
Alessio Sakara (born September 2, 1981) is an Italian mixed martial artist and boxer, who currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Middleweight Division. Sakara is also a Former World Junior Boxing Contender. He holds notable wins over Elvis Sinosic, Thales Leites, James Irvin.
Background
Sakara was born in Rome on September 2, 1981. When Sakara was five he began to play soccer as a midfielder. Sakara began training in boxing at the age of 11, and at 18 he began training with Roberto Almeida in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Before becoming a mixed martial arts fighter Sakara competed both as an amateur and professional boxer.
In 2008 he signed with American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida. Due to his boxing background, Sakara is primarily a striker.
UFC career
Sakara was on the Undercard at UFC 55: Fury fighting against Ron Faircloth. The bout was ruled a No Contest due to an inside leg kick to Sakara's groin. Sakara was part of UFC 80 in Newcastle, England, where he won via TKO in the first round against veteran James Lee. Following his victory over Lee, Sakara announced that he would be moving down to the middleweight division. Sakara lost by TKO to middleweight Chris Leben at UFC 82.
At UFC Fight Night 15 Sakara defeated Joe Vedepo in the first round with a head kick, which earning him Knockout of the Night honors.
Sakara then defeated Thales Leites via split decision at UFC 101.
Sakara was scheduled to face Rousimar Palhares on December 5, 2009 at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, but had to withdraw after suffering an undisclosed injury while training. He was replaced by Lucio Linhares.
Sakara defeated James Irvin via first round TKO on March 21, 2010 at UFC LIVE: Vera vs. Jones Since moving to train with American Top Team, Sakara has gone 4–1 in the UFC.
Sakara was forced to pull out of his fight at UFC 116 with Nate Marquardt due to the death of his father.
Sakara was then scheduled to face Jorge Rivera on August 28, 2010 at UFC 118, but Rivera pulled out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Gerald Harris. Sakara was then forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Joe Vedepo.
His bout with Rivera had been rescheduled and was expected to take place on November 13, 2010 at UFC 122, but the fight was cancelled, Sakara intended on competing despite experiencing flu-like symptoms, but the bout was terminated due to Sakara vomiting backstage.
Sakara was expected to face Maiquel Falcão on March 3, 2011 at the UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann event. However, Falcão was injured while training and replaced by Rafael Natal. Then in early February, Natal pulled out of the bout due to a knee injury, and was replaced by promotional newcomer Chris Weidman. Sakara lost a unanimous decision after getting repeatedly taken down and controlled by Weidman's wrestling.
The bout between Sakara and Rivera had been rescheduled again for August 6, 2011 at UFC 133, but Sakara was forced out of the bout after tearing the ACL in his knee while training and was replaced by Constantinos Philippou.
Sakara is expected to face Brian Stann on April 14, 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV 2.
Personal life
Sakara is married. The couple has two sons, named Leonidas and Marcus Valerian.
Mixed martial arts record
Professional boxing record
External links
- Professional MMA record for Alessio Sakara from Sherdog
- Official UFC Profile
- Professional boxing record for Alessio Sakara from BoxRec
- Official website
- American Top Team
- facts for Sakara relation to egyptian Sakari
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