More UFC 89 bouts are being confirmed. One being a light heavyweight bout between contenders Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Luiz Arthur Cane. The winner of that fight will clearly be bolstered to the top of a heavy and stacked divison.
Sokoudjou gained fame for knocking out top light heavyweights Ricardo Arona and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in PRIDE. He entered the UFC and lost his debut to Lyoto Machida. His last fight was a convincing win over Kazuhiro Nakamura, who was unable to answer the bell for the second round. Following the win Sokoudjou called out Shogun, and has numerous times tried to hype that fight saying Shogun was dodging him. Shogun will be ready to go by year’s end and a bout between the two may be inevitable, but Sokoudjou has to prove himself against Cane.
Cane was disqualified from his UFC debut, but he clearly was dominating James Irvin in that fight. His last fight was at UFC 85, where he destroyed Jason Lambert. Cane looks to have a well rounded game with great stand up and striking skills. This should be a great fight, especially for the price.
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