Excellent… This is what I want to see!

YEAH!

Sokoudjou, one of my fav. fighters finally in UFC!!!!!

“against undefeated light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida (11-1)”

What part about that doesn’t make sense?

“against undefeated light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida (11-1)”

What part about that doesn’t make sense?

The part where you corrected the typo.

Machida will destroy Sokoudjou

great card

Machida will destroy Sokoudjou

I think so too. Soku was kind of an unknown when facing Nog and Arona. Now, everyone knows he has heavy hands, and Machida has the style and skill to deal with that kind of fighter. He’s gonna give Soku the same treatment he gave Rich Franklin.

Excited to see this one. Haven’t seen Machida fight yet, but he has some very impressive victories over Penn, Franklin and Bonnar. His last four victories have come by decision which is something Soko will test. Soko is good at finishing his fights. I hope Soko takes it to him. Should be a good one.

Machida should win on paper… but we’ll see how Soku transitions to the cage.. great matchup.

Great fight, hopefully we’ll see some of Soku’s judo in this one.

Here we go boys. Now this is a fight. I hate on Machida a lot on this site because he is a sometimes boring fighter, but Dana is right, Soko is the type of fighter that Machida needs to be matched up against. This will be a great fight and I am very excited about the whole event.

Serra vs. Hughes
Soko vs. Machida
wanderlei vs the iceman

Now this is a card. I only wish that they would have had this card in new jhersey… I would have paid anything to go see this. Now I might just have to open up my wallet and get my ass to Vegas.

I believe Soko will finish Machida. Soko’s hands are bricks, his leg kicks are amazing, he is a Judo champion and by the way he trains with Dan Henderson everyday. I dont see the octagon jitters affecting him. He broke into Pride as a relatively unknown and destroyed 2 top 10 fighters both from the Brazilian Top Team.

Soko was kind of like the Houston Alexander of Pride. I hope that he wins this fight so that he can climb the LHW latter, which would provide some very interesting match ups. If Soko and Houston win their next fights, I would like to see those 2 paired up against each other.

Dana has been taking a lot of heat as of lately and the Signing of Soko, was a very good move. Soko is a warrior, he wants no warm up fights, he isnt afraid and he wont duckl anyone. A perfect addition to the best division in the UFC. I would also like to see Soko destroy Tito… Wow, I am just sooo happy that this fight has been made official. Good work Dana.

Now just get Couture in the cage with Noguerra and everyone will get off your case and forget about the ugly ass situation between you and Randy.

In the words of Borat: very exciiiited!

wow. this is a sick addition to an already stacked card. This card is rediculous.

I like Soko, but Machida is actually 10 times better than he appears to be. He could probably beat anyone he wants to.

Im so stoked on Sokoudjou signing, but does anyone know what’s going on with josh barnett these days?

is this the guy who got the good ko in k1 in america 2007? ufc79 looks a very good card

Machida should win on paper… but we’ll see how Soku transitions to the cage.. great matchup.

SOKO has been in the cage before and got laid out!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBvNjQMjrC4&feature=related

A tough fight to call, basically depends on how fast the pace is during the fight. That ultimately will be the key. Whoever can better adapt to the pace set has the best chance of winning.

Machida needs to stay composed early if Rameau opens up with a flurry. Counter punching effectively seems to work for him. On the other hand, Rameau could stay at bay and try to lure Machida in and that could force him to make a costly mistake.

Either way I’d expect to get 1 1/3 rounds out of this fight. Looking forward to seeing who gets their hand raised.

Soko, Machida. Hmmm..Might be hard to call for a KO.
It’s not the ring anymore, it’s the Octo. So we’ll be able to see another transition From the Ring to the Octogon.
I wonder why Soko decided to sich what-ever..His talks with the UFC, were a while back, and nothing was generated from them..Now all of a sudden, Soko will sign anything..I guess Soko didn’t like the way his Mangt. Team was doing Bussiness for him???

machida by decision (again)

I am so excited that this is 100% fact. For those of you that haven’t seen Soko fight, go watch some! He is a monster with brick hands. I think that while Soko was signing the contract, there were two words running wild thru Dana White’s little bald head “Houston Alexander”.

I will for sure be rooting for Machida to get KTFO!

wow. this is a sick addition to an already stacked card. This card is rediculous.

I thought that the December card was going to be stacked as well. But the fact of the matter is that this is only the 3rd good fight on the card. Well, good isn’t the word, maybe I should reach into the bag of Joe Rogan adjectives and say that there are 3 phenominal match ups on this card. A dream match, a feud match for the belt, and a match up with a conflict in styles.

I mean, looking at the rest of the card, I can’t even see a fight that is worth being televised as part of the main card.

155 lbs.: Rich Clementi (28-12-1) vs. Melvin Guillard (20-6-2)
155 lbs.: Manny Gamburyan (5-2) vs. Nate Mohr (8-4)
185 lbs.: Dean Lister (9-5) vs. Jordan Radev (11-2)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (11-6) vs. Tony DeSouza (10-3)
155 lbs.: Doug Evans (5-1) vs. Mark Bocek (4-1)

finally he signs
should be a great fight, will he conquer or be another pride guy with a loss in the ufc. i know he fought in a cage before but this is different u don’t have a 1ooo cheering you on but more like 17 thousand. i really don’t know who to pick but i will say in machida wins i think he should be a #1 or #2 contender to fight rampage

i’m really excited about the soko signing, he’s gonna be fun to watch, but i don’t think he’s going to beat machida…i know soko has shown some really nice ko power, but machida is one of the best at counter punching and taking aggressive stand up fighters out of their game with his stand up defense…soko could fall right into machida’s trap and get knocked out, i think dan henderson will try to have soko let machida come to him, but that might only frustrate soko and as soon as that happens, thats when machida capitalizes, i see either a late 2nd or early 3rd round (t)ko by machida or another decision, either way machida is too technical for soko…

I mean, looking at the rest of the card, I can’t even see a fight that is worth being televised as part of the main card.
155 lbs.: Rich Clementi (28-12-1) vs. Melvin Guillard (20-6-2)
155 lbs.: Manny Gamburyan (5-2) vs. Nate Mohr (8-4)
185 lbs.: Dean Lister (9-5) vs. Jordan Radev (11-2)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (11-6) vs. Tony DeSouza (10-3)
155 lbs.: Doug Evans (5-1) vs. Mark Bocek (4-1)

They better show Melvin Guillard. He’s one of my favorites. He’ll KO Clementi within 3 minutes of the first round.

Soko’s standup has really improved. One of the guys in my gym beat him in a kickboxing match about 2 years ago, he got beat down, but the guy who beat him is a monster

So I’m not the only one that thinks Rogan short list of adjectives.

At least this card has some juice to it. I think Soko may take him but either way it’s bound to be a great fight.

all i can say is….

WOOOOHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :-D

finally he signs
should be a great fight, will he conquer or be another pride guy with a loss in the ufc. i know he fought in a cage before but this is different u don’t have a 1ooo cheering you on but more like 17 thousand. i really don’t know who to pick but i will say in machida wins i think he should be a #1 or #2 contender to fight rampage

pride fighters are doing fine in ufc rampage/silva and others plus the numbers won’t make a difference he fought in pride so 1000 in small cage 17000 in ufc and 80000 to 100000 at a pride event

bye bye soko, bad matchup.

YES! Finally it is confirmed! Another great fight to end this year off. Sokoudjou will really push Machida. We really haven’t seen any fighter push the pace on Machida. I honestly don’t know who will win this fight. Oh well. Who cares? It will be fucking awesome!

THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IVE HEARD ALL DAY

YES! Finally it is confirmed! Another great fight to end this year off. Sokoudjou will really push Machida. We really haven’t seen any fighter push the pace on Machida. I honestly don’t know who will win this fight. Oh well. Who cares? It will be fucking awesome!

the reason you dont see fighters pushing the pace on machida is because he’s such a great counter puncher, he destroys guys that come right at him, soko will know this, he will be reluctant, at least early on, to push the pace against machida, trust me

I gotta show some Cameroonian pride on this one

Soko is the pride of Cameroon. Everyone from our country loves this guy and he is a real class act, I think that even from the international marketing stand point Soko will do alot to help the popularity of UFC in West Africa much like how Ike Quartey did with Boxing.

Good Luck Soko

I couldn’t’ve picked a better matchup. Maybe an exciting match between these two will get everyone to stop hating Machida. Then again, everyone is going to want to see Sokoudjou win and if Machida takes it it might just mean more crying. Don’t cry Machida haters, he’ll never beat BJ up again I promise.

I couldn’t’ve picked a better matchup. Maybe an exciting match between these two will get everyone to stop hating Machida. Then again, everyone is going to want to see Sokoudjou win and if Machida takes it it might just mean more crying. Don’t cry Machida haters, he’ll never beat BJ up again I promise.

machida fights at 205 b.j is fat at 168, maybe machida should just fight light weightssounds like that would make you happy.

I wonder what type of a deal he signed? I heard it’s a multi-fight deal..But what have they decided on Soko getting paid..It’s only intresting, b/c Soko was letting his Mangt. make the calls..Now Soko doesn’t even care what he’s signed. That was months ago..He will definately shake this devision up that’s forsure…ANd soko was quoted saying something about wanting to kick Rampage’s ass…Wow..Alexander-Soko..would equal great fight..

I couldn’t’ve picked a better matchup. Maybe an exciting match between these two will get everyone to stop hating Machida. Then again, everyone is going to want to see Sokoudjou win and if Machida takes it it might just mean more crying. Don’t cry Machida haters, he’ll never beat BJ up again I promise.

I agree, Machida will never cut 60 lbs, and we won’t see a super fat BJ again. Well, we might but….

SOKO has been in the cage before and got laid out!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBvNjQMjrC4&feature=related

I currently take private lessons from Glover Teixeira. I’m still recovering from a simple body shot he hit me with during some VERY LIGHT sparring. I’ve been sore for a month. He is one mean MF and his ground game BJJ is second to none. He spars with Chuck Liddell weekly and can take a punch. Watch for him in the future. Mark my words, he just might be the next LH Champ. Go Pit Fight Team!

Scary fight for my fav fighter lyoto machida.. but hey this is going to be an interesting test for both of them and i expect a hell of a good fight….
not sure who is going to be the favorite in this fight….
on paper .. i would soku just for the fact he beat 2 top 10..
thought lyoto is my fav fighter he has beat fighters on the weaker end of the polls…. bonner, penn, franklin…..

I agree, Machida will never cut 60 lbs, and we won’t see a super fat BJ again. Well, we might but….

Machida will destroy Sokoudjou

definately !

machida fights at 205 b.j is fat at 168, maybe machida should just fight light weightssounds like that would make you happy.

Roy………they already fought.

how about soko vs alexander anyone?

I think so too. Soku was kind of an unknown when facing Nog and Arona. Now, everyone knows he has heavy hands, and Machida has the style and skill to deal with that kind of fighter. He’s gonna give Soku the same treatment he gave Rich Franklin.

I agree. Machida already showed that he can deal with somebody who knows Judo as well. He got caught up in the clinch with Nakamura a few times and got the better of the exchanges. I just hope he finishes this time and shuts some of the haters up.

Roy………they already fought.

Wasn’t that the fight that caused the breach of contract that had Penn’s title stripped away?

Roy………they already fought.

i know this i was just stating the fact that machida is bigger than him.

UFC 79 is a SICK Card man!! WOW!
Serra Vs Hughes
Liddell Vs Silva
Sokoudjou Vs Machida

and that’s just 3 fights hopefully we’ll get 2 more great fights added!

Evan though Machida will win this is going to be an exciting fight i cant wait!

i know this i was just stating the fact that machida is bigger than him.

machida barely won b.j. sokoudjou will hurt him

I reckon Machida is one of the top 205 pound fighter in MMA…
People say he is boring to watch?
but hasn’t anyone noticed his style, specially he’s left kick and how he can counterpunch his opponent…
and how he can constantly changes he stance, so he can keep his opponent guessing.
He is very smart fighter, Machida doesn’t take on much damages and he doesn’t get into unnecessary exchange.

Can’t wait till UFC 79, this is going be good match up, I like Soko too, but I think Machida will win this one.