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Now in a much better position, Marquardt went to work with elbows and punches that sliced up the face of Araujo, who was rocking a gnarly crimson mask. The round ended, and Araujo looked worse for wear as he sustained two separate cuts above and below his eyes. A bloodied and battered Araujo was still in the fight, though. He pressed forward and kept hitting Marquardt with those right hands until another one got through and put his opponent down again.

This time, Araujo unloaded on Marquardt and forced the referee to step in. The Brazilian earned a second-round technical knockout over the seasoned veteran in arguably the most impressive win of his professional career. Think about that. Nate Marquardt, after ruining a main event, using steroids and multiple faux pas in the cage, is getting his first title fight since being knocked out by Anderson Silva in Consider fighters like Gerald Harris and Thales Leites who were ejected from the UFC with winning records Harris at , and Leites at for putting on some emphasis on some boring fights and you simply have to question where the UFC's priorities are.

Once again, there is no question here about Marquardt's skills. He was a top middleweight for years and is probably a top welterweight right now.

Regardless, he is almost receiving a promotion after what should have been fireable offense and make no mistake, he was not really fired. While the UFC punishes fighters frequently for all manners of offenses, it is high time to go after somebody that deserves it. When this will happen remains a mystery but one thing is sure: it apparently takes a stronger offense than sabotaging a card or violating PED rules for the UFC to take action.

Even though UFC president Dana White was trying to send a message by cutting Marquardt, bringing him back to fight for a title speaks a lot louder than any of the punishments or lack thereof he has received. Enjoy our content? The former Strikeforce welterweight champion suffered his first defeat since returning to competition a few months back.

Valdir Araujo, bleeding all over the place, floors Marquardt with a combination then drops hammers for the TKO. Wild fight XMMA3 pic. Marquardt, 42, retired in late after the second stint of his UFC career came to an end. In , he told MMA Junkie he planned on making a comeback. It has been less than 48 hours since Charlie Brenneman mounted one of the biggest upsets of the year against Rick Story.

Of course, Brenneman was a late replacement for Nate Marquardt, who was scratched from the bout minutes before weigh-ins for the event. During the interview, Marquardt and his manager made a focused attempt to make the chronology of the circumstances very clear.

First, Marquardt began with explaining the medical condition to led to this whole fiasco. At that point, Marquardt went to his primary care physician to figure out what the problem was.

The NJSACB allowed Marquardt to fight, but required him to see an endocrinologist after the fight to prove his need for the testosterone treatment.