Leg Infection Forces Sadollah from UFC 91 Card

A leg infection has forced The Ultimate Fighter season seven winner Amir Sadollah to withdraw from his UFC 91 bout against Nick Catone this Saturday. After an exhaustive search for a replacement, the middleweight matchup will not be replaced on the card, but the welterweight showdown between rising stars Dustin Hazelett and Tamdan McCrory will be bounced to the pay-per-view portion of Saturday’s event.

As important as it was for Sadollah to get his UFC career going, it also marked the UFC debut of our favorite bowling alley bartender's stepson, Nick Catone. As the main contributer to the website, I feel it's appropriate to take an informal approach to this post.

Stephanie is our bartender at the bowling alley and I've known her for close to 9 years. Over that time, she has kept me up to date on her stepson Nick Catone. Nick was an outstanding wrestler in New Jersey in the early 2000's and Stephanie would update everyone on which tournament he was participating in and what place he took. Nick fell into the same trap that a lot of wrestlers fall into. There's just no career for a wrestler like there is in the major sports. In the major sports, half educated beasts skim their way through college until their big pay comes on draft day. Even the most uneducated, criminal minded person still gets paid millions for playing major sports.

Unfortunately for wrestlers, they actually have to study in college because not much money is put into the wrestling programs simply due to there being no future in it. There's just no professional wrestling league. Of course there's the fake, high flying, soap opera that's called 'pro wrestling' but that's not quite what these athletes are accustomed to. I'm not saying pro wrestlers aren't athletes but it's not the professional level of amateur wrestling.

So that brings us to Nick Catone. He had no where else to go after his wrestling career was over. That is of course until MMA became popular which he's been involved in for about 3 years. He's put together a decent amateur MMA record and was obviously recognized enough by the UFC to be put on the card.

Catone's road may be less traveled than Sadollah's but it doesn't make him any less deserving. I'm sure the fight was put together for Sadollah to get his first UFC win and to put together a name for himself since he won TUF but Nick Catone had other plans. It's a shame he won't get a chance to fight this weekend but we're gonna be following his UFC career as it progresses. There's also no way you could assume Sadollah was going to walk through Catone and it'll be exciting to see both of these young guys get their careers started. Catone has a 4 fight deal and is in fighting shape so it's pretty safe to assume that he'll be put on an upcoming Fight Night or the next UFC event.

Nick Catone may be an unknown but they were all unknowns in the beginning. We're gonna pay a little more attention to this local boy because he has a ton of talent, and because Stephanie is our favorite bartender. It may have been a blessing that Sadollah had to pull out of the fight.

Any news on Nick Catone will be reported right here on this website. We will certainly have inside information.