Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura rumored for UFC 84

Not a bad fight. But if a loss could mean one of them having to leave the UFC, I would have preferred to see them face traditional UFC fighters instead of 2 Pride guys going at it in a winner gets to stay in the UFC match.

As for the match up…I like it. 2 judokas matched up against each other is rarely seen in the UFC, so this will be an interesting fight. Soko has to be the favorite but Nakamura is dangerous. He has beaten some very quality opponents and has faced legit Stars that weighed much more then he did.

Adding a fight of this caliber to an already stacked card would be great and it would show that the UFC is committed to giving as all Stacked card from here on out!~

Soko lost by ARM TRIANGLE CHOKE, mania if you want to fix it…

For MMA fans, not the UFC-Only ones:

DREAM lightweight Grand Prix:

Round 1 will take place on March 15-saitame Super arena (one of the greatst arena’s in the world IMO)

So far round 1 looks like this:

    * Kultar Gill vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
    * Luiz Firmino vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
    * Koutetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen
    * Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias “JZ” Calvancante
    * Andre Amade vs. TBA
    * Jung Bu-Kyung vs. TBA
    * Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. TBA
    * Gilbert Melendez vs. TBA
    * Artur Oumakhanov vs. TBA
    * Caol Uno vs. TBA

They are also looking for an opponent to face Cro Cop at this event. Ray Sefo was offered the fight but he declined. Doesn’t seem like he will be facing a quality mixed martial artists. I say this because Sefo is a K-1 star with an mma record of 1-0, not exactly a UFC caliber HW.

Five LHW fights on this card as it stands. Seems like this is the card to see who is where in the devision.

Soko lost by ARM TRIANGLE CHOKE, mania if you want to fix it…

Right, thanks. Fixed.

I swear to god this looks like a LHW Division Tournament.

I don’t like this matchup very much, and I thing that this fight will be delegated to the undercard…

I don’t like this matchup very much, and I thing that this fight will be delegated to the undercard…

At best this fight will be designated as the events “swing Bout”

Condolances to the The Canadian Mixed martial artist who died last week.

Reports indicate that he died of natural causes

RIP

Soko better rebound and get the win, or no one will give a crap about his wins over Lil Nog and Arona

For MMA fans, not the UFC-Only ones:

DREAM lightweight Grand Prix:

Round 1 will take place on March 15-saitame Super arena (one of the greatst arena’s in the world IMO)

So far round 1 looks like this:

* Kultar Gill vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
* Luiz Firmino vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
* Koutetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen
* Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias “JZ” Calvancante
* Andre Amade vs. TBA
* Jung Bu-Kyung vs. TBA
* Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. TBA
* Gilbert Melendez vs. TBA
* Artur Oumakhanov vs. TBA
* Caol Uno vs. TBA

They are also looking for an opponent to face Cro Cop at this event. Ray Sefo was offered the fight but he declined. Doesn’t seem like he will be facing a quality mixed martial artists. I say this because Sefo is a K-1 star with an mma record of 1-0, not exactly a UFC caliber HW.

aoki vs jz is worth watching this whole event by itself, but anything w/ a gpx tournament is cool by me. that is the one thinf that i though pride always had over the ufc. too many tba’s though.

The African Assassin vs the Blunt Passin

Not a big fan of Nakamura, but a decent fight here.

Two outcomes for this flight:

1. Nakamura goes for take down and Thierry lands big knee or uppercut.

2. Nakumra holds Thierry down for three rounds and wins via decision

has to be on the main card

Two outcomes for this flight:

1. Nakamura goes for take down and Thierry lands big knee or uppercut.

2. Nakumra holds Thierry down for three rounds and wins via decision

Nakamura is a judoka, he isn’t going to shoot for single/double leg take-down. Therefore being caught going for the take-down seems pretty unlikely to me. But I agree that there is a good chance that this fight goes to a decision. Shogun couldn’t finish Nakamura so I don’t think Sokoudjou will either. Conversely, 7 of Nakamura’s 11 wins are by decision. May not be the most exciting fight, I hope they surprise me.

Greg C – see your points mate. For me, best outcome would be a Travis Lutter v Marvin Eastman – the badder stiker wins .. its a great highlight :)

Many of you are bashing this fight. i am actually starting to like it. How many times have we seen 2 Judokas fighting each other in the UFC? I dont think it has ever happened. Stylistically its an interesting change from the norm..

At 1st glass you would think that SOKO devestating power will be the difference, but Nakamura has faced tough Heavyweights and went the distance in some.

This is mixed martial arts after all, enjoy this fight, because it will probably be a long time before we see 2 judokas face off in the octagon agaain.

MMA is about the contrast of styles. Well seeing who’s Judo skills have been best adapted to the UFC style of fighting makes this an interesting fight IMO. We all know Karo has been the best thus far at adapting his JUDO skills to the UFC, lets see what these two Judokas can bring to the table.

For MMA fans, not the UFC-Only ones:

DREAM lightweight Grand Prix:

Round 1 will take place on March 15-saitame Super arena (one of the greatst arena’s in the world IMO)

So far round 1 looks like this:

* Kultar Gill vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
* Luiz Firmino vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
* Koutetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen
* Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias “JZ” Calvancante
* Andre Amade vs. TBA
* Jung Bu-Kyung vs. TBA
* Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. TBA
* Gilbert Melendez vs. TBA
* Artur Oumakhanov vs. TBA
* Caol Uno vs. TBA

They are also looking for an opponent to face Cro Cop at this event. Ray Sefo was offered the fight but he declined. Doesn’t seem like he will be facing a quality mixed martial artists. I say this because Sefo is a K-1 star with an mma record of 1-0, not exactly a UFC caliber HW.

Dude, where the F is Gomi in that? Hopefully he is one of those TBA’s, if not i’d bet on Caol Uno or Gilbert Melendez to take it.

The UFC 84 untelevised prelim undercard called; they would like to schedule this fight for their portion of the event.

What is Nakamura still doing at 205? The guy should be fighting at 170. Not at all excited about this fight. I want to see Sok fight UFC guys not tomato cans.

The guy who died in canada was practicing it on PEI.
He was a university student who used to play soccer.
They think its genetic and are looking to the energy drinks…

He was training out of Stratford (a Kickboxing group)
Most fighters from this group fight in Halifax.

I am not sure how long he was training (months wise)

Dude, where the F is Gomi in that? Hopefully he is one of those TBA’s, if not i’d bet on Caol Uno or Gilbert Melendez to take it.

Anomaly: Sorry, I am just as pissed as you but Gomi will be tied up fighting “Bang” Ludwig. Gomi will not be in the tournament. I say they should have just made the Gomi vs. Ludwig one of the tournament fights, but it doesnt look like it will happen.

Anomaly: Sorry, I am just as pissed as you but Gomi will be tied up fighting “Bang” Ludwig. Gomi will not be in the tournament. I say they should have just made the Gomi vs. Ludwig one of the tournament fights, but it doesnt look like it will happen.

I think this tournament will be very exciting. Kawajjiri, Hell boy, JZ, Ishida, Akoi should not be taken lightly but as you pointed out neither shoudl Uno or Melendez… I am so happy to finally have a grand prix to look forward to.

The UFC should send one lightweight fighter to the tournament to represent the UFC. They could have sent over Edgar or Florian and they would have had a shot at winning the Grand Prix.

The UFC definitely needs a presence at that tourney. Their lw division gets no respect in the world rankings. This would be a good chance to earn it. Maybe Dana will get his head out of the Fertitta brothers’ asses.

The UFC definitely needs a presence at that tourney. Their lw division gets no respect in the world rankings. This would be a good chance to earn it. Maybe Dana will get his head out of the Fertitta brothers’ asses.

Good point! The UFC lightweights dont get much respect in the world rankings at all. They should send a representative over their to shut everyone up.

I like “JZ” winning the whole thing!