Rumor: Sokoudjou to Fight at UFC 79
The UFC’s light heavyweight division may have just gotten a little more interesting. In a new interview with Luis Cruz of HACNews, “The African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou hints that he has signed with the UFC and will be making his UFC debut on December 29, 2007 at UFC 79: Nemesis. At the end of the interview, in his closing remarks, Sokoudjou says,
“I would like to thank Light Force for all the support. Also fans can reach me at www.africanassassin.com or on myspace at www.myspace.com/african_assassin. And I’ll be back not in the ring but in the cage DEC 29th in Vegas!”
December 29th, Las Vegas, it all seems too coincidental. The question that remains now is who will Sokoudjou’s opponent be? Keith Jardine, Matt Hamill, Lyoto Machida, and Tito Ortiz are just a handful of possible candidates. Actually, this paves the way to yet another question. Who is actually going to have the cojones to step up against the very dangerous Sokoudjou?
Sokoudjou currently has a professional mixed martial arts record of 4-1-0. He shocked the world back in February 2007 when he knocked out highly ranked light heavyweight, Anotonio Rogerio “Minotoro” Nogueira in just 23 seconds at PRIDE 33: Second Coming. Following the fight, many fans regarded the knock-out as nothing but sheer luck. Less than two months later, Sokoudjou would prove his critics wrong when he returned at PRIDE 34: Kamikaze as a huge underdog to fight Ricardo Arona. “The African Assassin” shocked the world again by knocking out the Brazilian star in less than two minutes.
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I hope the rumor is true, but I doubt he will be on the UFC 79 card; I doubt the UFC will add any more appealing fights to the UFC 79 card besides the Serra/Hughes and Liddell/Silva bouts. These two fights seem to be the only fights are interesting on the UFC 79 card.
The new years card is always the best of the year. I would expect this to be put on the Superbowl card, but with all thats going on, Dana could surprise us and put one more good fight on the new years card.
fcuk yeah!!!!!!!!
Sokoudjou in the UFC!!! We have found our new contender! I think he would be better for the UFC to attack the heavyweight division. The UFC already has a great champ at 205, but needs a HERO at Heavy. This guy is great, and it baffels me why I or no one else has asked where he was going to fight. It’s nice to see Team Quest making such an appearence (Dan Hendo, and Theirry if its true) in the UFC again.
I believe they only have 7 announced fights for UFC 79 and they usually carry 9 per event, so it is possible that he gets added to the December show. If he is signed to fight in the UFC, I’d like to see him face Alexander in his 2nd bout.
That sounds great. Sokoudjou semmed unstoppable at the pride. I’m really sad, that Pride is no more. But anyway it’s good to see the new talents from Pride compete in the UFC. They should also sign Shinya Aoki, and make him fight with Matt Hughes, GSP, or B.J. Penn.