Mousasi-Sokoudjou Possible For DREAM 9
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
DREAM middleweight grand prix winner Gegard Mousasi could square off against former PRIDE and UFC fighter Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in a light heavyweight bout at DREAM 9 on May 26th in Japan.
“It’s possible, but we really haven’t talked about it with Dream yet,” Team Quest representative Heath Sims told Sherdog. “We’ve talked about fighting, but we’ve [also] talked about fighting other opponents. It’s a big fight and it’s a tough guy. Thierry’s really looking to re-build his career, so I’m not sure that’s a fight we really want to take at this point.”
Mousasi (27-2-1) hasn’t lost since 2006, racking off eleven straight wins over the span including four-straight victories over Denis Kang, Dong Sik Yoon, Melvin Manhoef, and Ronaldo Souza in 2008 to win the DREAM middleweight GP. He was last in action at K-1 Dynamite!! 2008 in December, defeating the favored Musashi via first-round knockout in the kickboxing bout. Mousasi tipped the scales at 216 pounds for the December matchup, and has expressed his desire in moving up from middleweight to light heavyweight and eventually heavyweight. Following the potential May bout, Mousasi is expected to fight at Affliction’s third event, which is rumored for July 11th.
The 24-year-old Sokoudjou (5-4) rose to fame with back-to-back first-round knockouts of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona in PRIDE, before signing with the UFC. After dropping his UFC debut to Lyoto Machida in late-2007, Sokoudjou rebounded to defeat Kazuhiro Nakamura via TKO last May. However, he’d next suffer a TKO loss to Luiz Arthur Cane at UFC 89 in October which resulted in his release from the promotion. He next signed with Affliction, debuting against Renato “Babalu” Sobral, but was submitted in the second round of the January bout.
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upset ko for sokoudjou im calling it right now!
you know I am a big fan of Mousasi BUT I could definitely see it. Sokoudjou needs a big win to bounce back so he’ll be hungry!
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I can see this being an upset KO for Sokoudjou, but I doubt it.
Soku has had all of 9 fights and to go in and face Gergard perhaps isn’t the best option out there for him rightnow, this moment.. He is 3~3 in his last six fights sooo whynot have a “warm up” match against someone? I just think that he isn’t ready for whatever reason for Gegard but perhaps going back to Japan will bring back his “glory days” of 4 fights ago, but hell 5 of his last six fights have been against some top notch opponents (Nakamura, well is Nakamura) I mean Babalu, Cane, Machida, Arona, and Lil Nog… Take a can Soku get warmed up for Gegard would ya o and use your F~ing Judo once and awhile
soku has a lot of talent, but i do not see him winning this. he needs a better camp. dream has a great roster, and puts on great fights. they just added ninja, and will probably get sho-gun soon. can anyone tell me if dream has their events on ppv, or is it a stream online? I would like to know how to watch them.
Some of the DREAM events have been on HDNet. They are not on PPV. You will either have to watch on HDNet, or if that’s not available catch one of the many streams online.
You guys are joking right ? Mousasi will beat the crap outa him . If he was fighting in the UFC as of right now he’d be my favorite to beat Anderson Silva . Sokoudjou had a lucky streak due to his lack of exposure to his opponents . Now they see his game from a mile away and he fades out of the picture . Gegard by KO in under 3 minutes .
on a side note …. jz calvan is fighting kawajiri at dream 9 aswell .
Gegard, says he no longer will be fighting @ MW so the matchup we all want to see (Gegard v Anderson) won’t be happening:-( … But hey they aren’t anywhere near being in the same org soo but anyways, well I guess Anderson could retire move up a division sign with DREAM and face Gegard
As far as Gesias v Kawajiri I think that is a pretty solid match right there, but there is A LOT of time til DREAM.9 so that could always change. But as of rightnow that is really a match I wouldn’t mind seeing…. This is going to be a fun week of MMA, you have The Ultimate Fighter evening on April 1st then DREAM.8 on April 5th fun times good fights makes me rather happy, unlike that awful yapping mutt that was barking at my Dog through the fence and I was awoken for no particular reason @ 4:4someshhhit this morning, owell so be it.. F~ing chihuahuahuahua’s trying to fight a Akita/Rott mix..
So… How does being awoken by a barking dog automatically lead to getting on the frenzy? … Can someone say addict?
I could explain how that exactly works, yes… But it is easier to just admit what everyone already knows, I’m a addict, it happens to the best of us….
thank you for informing me of hdnet justin. much appreciated. fr, better be careful, that chihuahua might get a kneebar on your big rottie. my little dachsund destroys my rottie. she’s just so small and quick and gets the rott from different angles. but silva could retire from ufc and go to dream, but wouldnt he still be under contract like randy was when he “retired”?