Yundt Announces Fight Versus Sakara

UFC middleweight Rob Yundt (6-1) of Alaska announced in a MySpace bulletin Wednesday that he’s signed to fight Roman “Legionarius” Alessio Sakara (12-7) at 21 June’s TUF finale.

Yundt said, “I’m gonna be the reason the UFC sends his ass packing after I whoop his ass!”

Yundt lost his Octagon premier in February to “Cachorrao” Ricardo Almeida (9-2) by first-round guillotine choke submission.

Despite ups and downs, Sakara has been a UFC fixture the passed three years.

“Legionarius” dropped to 185-pounds in March, but was TKO’d by “Crippler” Chris Leben (18-4) in his division debut.

Yundt was originally told he would fight a TUF 7 cast member.

“That’s not the case anymore,” Yundt said.

The Alaskan told Fighters.com on 5 May that he had been training with ninth-ranked light heavyweight “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (15-5-1) at Big Bear.

“I’m training hard and feel great.  I’ve been in Big Bear with Tito for four of the last six weeks and am heading back Sunday for another two weeks.  I’ll be ready for sure.”