Rumored opponents for Werdum and Mousasi at Strikeforce's November 7th event:
- Fabrício Werdum vs. Antônio "Bigfoot" Silva
- Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou or Paulo Filho
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I'd enjoy either of those matches
but would heavily favor Gegard in either instance.
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Yes, but does anyone really want to watch..
Sokoudjou throw vicious kicks for 3 minutes, then wilt quickly under his opponents strikes again….
I’m much more intrigued by seeing which Filho shows up, and if its the sane one…what the outcome of the match may be.
If Sokoudjou or who ever manages him was smart they would stay far far away from fighting Top competition for now like Mousasi or any top 15 to 20 LHW. He should continue fighting lower level and mid level competition for sometime Yet. Jordan Breen on his show awhile ago had great points about fighters like Sokoudjou who are thrown into the fire way to soon and becasue they get a big win keep fighting top competition and there careers are pushed way to quick. They they should still be getting cagetime and going slow and still fighting lower level opponents at this point of there career. Those 2 BIG wins over little Nog and Arona seemed to hurt Sokoudjou’s career patch now more then anything. He should not even be in the same cage with a fighter like Gegard. Not Yet atleast !
Rumored card so far:
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers
- Jake Shields vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller [Strikeforce MW Title ]
- Fabrício Werdum vs. Antônio “Bigfoot” Silva
- Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou / Paulo Filho
- Bobby Lashley vs. Ron Waterman
- Matt Lindland vs. TBA
- Robbie Lawler vs. TBA
- Jacare vs. TBA
So what is going to be left for their next card?
Or will they be going with Affliction model of one card per Fedor fighting cycle?
Rumored December Card:
- Nick Diaz vs. Jay Hieron (WW title)
- Josh Thomson vs. Gil Melendez (LW Unification Title)
- Frank Shamrock vs. TBA
- Scott Smith vs. TBA
- Cris Cyborg vs. TBA
We know Thomson is out right?
Apparently his leg is made of dried spaghetti noodle…
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by funnytiger on Oct 7, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
why not Lawler vs Lindland?
they both looking for an easy fight coming off a loss?
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That’s a smart matchup. I’d also suggest that we get Tim Kennedy matched up against Jacare on the December card.
The only thing I regret about this card
Is that Tito Ortiz isn’t available to do commentary.
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by ufc4 on Oct 7, 2009 1:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
But Tito is in the UFC, how can YOU make fun of him? lol
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by xFenixKnightx on Oct 7, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats a sick card!
One nicely added touch would be
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers [Strikeforce Interim HW Title]- Jake Shields vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller [Strikeforce MW Title ]
- Fabrício Werdum vs. Antônio "Bigfoot" Silva
- Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou / Paulo Filho
- Bobby Lashley vs. Ron Waterman
- Matt Lindland vs. TBA
- Robbie Lawler vs. TBA
- Jacare vs. TBA
This way they can build up the winner Fedor having to face Overeem to see who the real champ is. Also, just in case you know…Overeem never comes back.
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by xFenixKnightx on Oct 7, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Let it be Soko.
I don’t want to see Filho fight in the states anymore. Too much damage to his reputation has been done by it, and if he gives another lackluster performance in a drug-tested environment, it will be impossible to defend him from detractors. There’s no real upside unless he beats Mousasi, which is highly unlikely.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Oct 7, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions
I think it’s worth the risk for Sokoudjou.
He hasn’t been brought along very slowly in his career and thats definitely hurt him. You could argue that a fight with Mousasi right now would just be more of the same.
But the chance to be on CBS, and if he pulls out a win… could be life changing for the guy with the number of people that would see that fight.
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I had read somewhere that strikeforce was trying to get Mo Lawal as an opponent for Gegard. Too bad, that would have been more exciting.
by mburtoni on Oct 7, 2009 10:50 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
would be exciting to see but i’d rather let lawal get a little more experience first
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If Mousasi beats Sokoudjou, it will totally discredid the Super Hulk Tournament.
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Not so much…considering that Mousasi was supposed to be in Super Hulk. Besides, Japanese casual fans don’t care too much about fights that don’t happen in Japan.
sounds good!!
just wish gil was fighting too
by cagefightonacid on Oct 7, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions
I’m really hoping Diaz gets his stuff together and they make that fight with him and Hieron in Dec. WTH is wrong with him?
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SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
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by xFenixKnightx on Oct 7, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
in my meaningless opinion his attitude seems to be more of a problem than the weed
by cagefightonacid on Oct 7, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
i hope thompsons leg is healed by then….. i’d like to see him up against aoki, or winner of aoki/kawajiri
by cagefightonacid on Oct 7, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Werdum and Mousasi Have Opponents...Maybe
Werdum v. Silva is as interesting a fight there is at Heavyweight that is both outside of the UFC and does not involve the greatest fighter in the world, Fedor Emelianenko.
Now, you can debate all you want whether or not that’s a good thing, but for me, I’m happy with that match on the undercard of Fedor v. My Namesake
Mousasi v. Sokoudjou is only intriguing to me insofar as they were to have met in the phoney baloney Super Hulk tournament. Barring a stunning turn of events, Mousasi wins that fight handily, which makes the matchup less than compelling for me.
Mousasi v. Filho will probably be an even great slaughter by Mousasi, but it is something of a grudge match, so I’m all for that.
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Heard This Rumor Recently:
Rumored SF Card:
Fedor vs Rogers
Mayhem vs Shields
King Mo vs Mousasi
Lashley vs Waterman
Coenen vs Toughill
So check this out. King Mo was supposed to fight Randleman on the Sengoku Nov 7th show. It was just announced today that King Mo won’t be his opponent, and Sengoku instead got Nedkov. Just recently asked King Mo if he was fighting on the CBS show against Mousasi, and King Mo said he “can’t confirm it”.
What would you guys think of this card?
That would be a sick card for Strikeforce to debut with. I doubt King Mo ends up fighting Mousasi though. Soko will probably end up being his opponent.
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
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by xFenixKnightx on Oct 7, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
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