30 Facts About Amir Sadollah

Amir Ali Sadollah is a retired American mixed martial artist, formerly with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Amir Sadollah was the winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 7.

Amir Sadollah has fought exclusively within the confines of the UFC Octagon since the beginning of his MMA career, making him one of the few fighters who have done so.

Amir Sadollah began mixed martial arts as a way to stay in shape.

Amir Sadollah 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.

Amir Sadollah trained under Brian Crenshaw, Fred Corritone and Dwayne "Diesel" Shelton.

Amir Sadollah was one of the 32 successful candidates out of 250 applicants at the October 2007, International Fight League draft in Chicago.

Amir Sadollah impressed Dana White and producers enough to earn a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, to compete on The Ultimate Fighter.

Amir Sadollah went on to win the tournament and the title of the Ultimate Fighter.

Amir Sadollah is currently a member of Throwdown Training Center together with friend and coach Forrest Griffin.

Amir Sadollah holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Cameron Diffley.

Amir Sadollah came on to the show with no professional record in MMA, and went on to win the competition.

Amir Sadollah defeated Steve Byrnes by tapout due to an armbar to win the elimination bout and get into the house.

Amir Sadollah was the second pick for Team Forrest and fourth overall.

Amir Sadollah was then set to face fellow Team Forrest member, Jesse Taylor at the finale to crown the winner of the tournament.

However, due to a leg infection, Amir Sadollah withdrew from the match.

Amir Sadollah made his post-Ultimate Fighter Debut at UFC 101 on August 8,2009, in Philadelphia against Johny Hendricks.

Amir Sadollah defeated newly re-signed welterweight Phil Baroni at UFC 106.

Amir Sadollah defeated Brad Blackburn on January 11,2010, at UFC Fight Night 20 via unanimous decision.

Amir Sadollah faced Korean judoka, Dong Hyun Kim, at UFC 114.

Amir Sadollah demonstrated his impressive Muay Thai to earn the decision win.

Amir Sadollah was expected to face Duane Ludwig on March 26,2011, at UFC Fight Night 24.

Amir Sadollah lost to Duane Ludwig via unanimous decision on August 14,2011, at UFC on Versus 5.

Amir Sadollah was expected to face Jorge Lopez on February 4,2012, at UFC 143.

However, Amir Sadollah was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Matt Riddle.

Amir Sadollah lost via unanimous decision to Dan Hardy on September 29,2012, at UFC on Fuel TV 5.

Amir Sadollah was expected to face Stephen Thompson on May 25,2013, at UFC 160.

However, Amir Sadollah pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Nah-Shon Burrell.

However, Amir Sadollah was pulled from the pairing with Musoke in favor of a bout with Yoshihiro Akiyama on September 20,2014, at UFC Fight Night 52.

Amir Sadollah lost the fight via unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.