Amir Ali Sadollah[1] (Persian: امیرعلی ﺳﻌدالله, born August 27, 1980) is a retired American mixed martial artist, formerly with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Sadollah was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in Richmond, Virginia, to an Iranian father and an Irish-American mother.

Following his graduation from John Randolph Tucker High School he attended J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.

He 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.

Dwayne helped fine tune Amir's skills and put together his highlight reel for the application for "The Ultimate Fighter 7".

Other notable professional fighters from Combat Sports Center that trained with Amir include Dwayne "Diesel" Shelton, Anthony Morrison, WEC veteran and 145 pound Ring of Combat Champion, and international Kickboxing star Francois "Bang Bang" Ambang, who came to CSC from Cameroon to join the fight team.

[4] He impressed Dana White and producers enough to earn a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, to compete on The Ultimate Fighter.

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

However, due to Taylor's antics after taping the show, he was kicked out of the tournament and replaced by Dollaway, who had fought Tim Credeur for the spot.

[8] Sadollah made his post-Ultimate Fighter Debut at UFC 101 on August 8, 2009, in Philadelphia (at the Wachovia Center) against Johny Hendricks.

Hendricks continued to land punches until referee Dan Miragliotta pulled him off and ended the fight 29 seconds into the first round.

During the bout Sadollah utilized great head and body kicks along with knees in the clinch and a solid ground game.

[24] After being sidelined for nearly two years recovering from a litany of injuries, Sadollah was briefly linked to a bout with Nico Musoke on October 4, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 53.

[25] However, 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.