Post by NYdream™ on Nov 28, 2008 11:50:12 GMT -5
Be careful if you get a Christmas card from the UFC this month - it might not be that lifetime subscription to the jelly-of-the-month club you were hoping for.
Fresh on the heels of recent releases of Fabricio Werdum and Jorge Gurgel, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has been cut from the UFC roster according to Five Ounces of Pain .
Sokoudjou, who was signed to the UFC after bursting onto the PRIDE scene with KO wins over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona, lost his Octagon debut to the undefeated Lyoto Machida via arm-triangle choke in the second round of his highly anticipated debut at UFC 79.
“The African Assassin” rebounded from that loss to finish Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 84: “Ill Will” back in May. Soukoudjou poured it on thick in the opening frame and the tough as nails Japanese fighter couldn’t answer the bell for the second round.
Unfortunately he was not able to capitalize on that momentum, falling to loose-lipped Luis Cane via second round TKO at UFC 89 back in October. Apparently the UFC doesn’t see a reason to move forward with the still learning twenty-four year old striker and talented Judokan.
No question the Cameroonian’s youth and marketability will have him back on the fight scene sooner rather than later. Sokoudjou has talent, now he just needs a place he can go to refine it.
Credit-mmamania
Im kind of sad that he is gone.. I liked him.
Lets hope strikeforce or Affliction picks him up
Fresh on the heels of recent releases of Fabricio Werdum and Jorge Gurgel, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has been cut from the UFC roster according to Five Ounces of Pain .
Sokoudjou, who was signed to the UFC after bursting onto the PRIDE scene with KO wins over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona, lost his Octagon debut to the undefeated Lyoto Machida via arm-triangle choke in the second round of his highly anticipated debut at UFC 79.
“The African Assassin” rebounded from that loss to finish Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 84: “Ill Will” back in May. Soukoudjou poured it on thick in the opening frame and the tough as nails Japanese fighter couldn’t answer the bell for the second round.
Unfortunately he was not able to capitalize on that momentum, falling to loose-lipped Luis Cane via second round TKO at UFC 89 back in October. Apparently the UFC doesn’t see a reason to move forward with the still learning twenty-four year old striker and talented Judokan.
No question the Cameroonian’s youth and marketability will have him back on the fight scene sooner rather than later. Sokoudjou has talent, now he just needs a place he can go to refine it.
Credit-mmamania
Im kind of sad that he is gone.. I liked him.
Lets hope strikeforce or Affliction picks him up
