UFC fighters Kris "Savage" McCray and Carlos Eduardo Rocha have been scheduled to fight at UFC 122 on November 13th in Oberhausen, Germany. McCray who was born and raised in Germany can more or less considering this a homecoming fight. Rocha hails from Fortaleza, Brazil and has gone 8-0 fighting professionally in Germany. McCray who started his career at middleweight will be moving down to 170lbs for the match. McCray joins a list of current German fighters such as Dennis Siver, and Peter Sobotta. When I lasted interviewed Kris prior to his TUF 11 finale, I asked him how he felt about being an ambassador of the sport to a country where MMA is viewed negatively he replied:
At the time of the interview the Bavarian Regulatory Authority in Germany Banned a major German channel known as Sports1 or Deutsche Sportfernsehen (DSF) from airing the UFC in Munich which is located in the Southern region of Germany. UFC 122 will be the second event put on in Germany by the UFC. UFC: 99 was held in Cologne.
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