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Twist of lEMOn · 07-28-2007, 12:13 PM

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The stable of fighters now in official free agency after the Zuffa buyout of Pride continues to grow on almost a daily basis and one of the most sought after light heavyweight prizes on the market, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, will not be signing with Elite XC as many had thought going into the Shamrock/Baroni Elite XC produced pay-per-view that took place last month.

According to Elite XC president, Gary Shaw, the deal was basically done as of that event but now Sokoudjou will not be coming to Elite XC. Shaw said,"We thought we had Sokoudjou signed and he pulled a 180 on us. So, at this time, he is off the table with EliteXC."

Apparently, Elite XC brought Sokoudjou in as a special guest for that event and was treated as such before, during and after the show but then according to Shaw, the fighter pulled out of the deal when another offer came across the table.

"We gave him a very good offer. We flew him in at the last moment to our June 22 pay-per-view fight in San Jose. He was there as our guest. He ate very well. We filled him with beverages and then supposedly when he went back, someone threw an astronomical offer at him that I was not willing to match," stated Shaw.

Shaw did not speak to specifics as to which organization made the offer, although reports are that K-1 was in the bidding for Sokoudjou's services.

Elite XC has recently announced that fighters like Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler will be fighting for the organization but unfortunately Sokoudjou, who made one of the biggest debuts in 2007 with wins over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona, will not be fighting for them for the time being.

If K-1 can lock up both Gomi and Soko in the same year, ill officialy be happy. Its good to hear that theres alot of options for fighters to go to now that PRIDE is owned by the UFC to.

Dmac · 07-28-2007, 12:26 PM

Get them all in once company and I shall be happy.

Zar · 07-28-2007, 02:26 PM

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Get them all in once company and I shall be happy.

Damn straight. I don't want to see Soko plough through random B list fighters, I want to see him in the Octagon mixing it up with Shogun, Rampage and the rest.

Dakstang · 07-28-2007, 02:29 PM

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Damn straight. I don't want to see Soko plough through random B list fighters, I want to see him in the Octagon mixing it up with Shogun, Rampage and the rest.

I agree 100%

It would be much more entertaining.

Then we wouldn't have all of these "What ifs....." going around.

Zar · 07-28-2007, 02:46 PM

I'll just have to be content watching Shogun dismantle Forrest at UFC76

Dakstang · 07-28-2007, 02:47 PM

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I'll just have to be content watching Shogun dismantle Forrest at UFC76

No doubt.

Shogun is one of the best in world in his weight class in my opinion.

Zar · 07-28-2007, 02:49 PM

I think he is #1, but I'll be curous to see him without ground knees, stops or soccer kicks, because he is one man that made them insanely effective (just look at the fight with Rampage)

But I'm stoked that we don't have to blindly speculate anymore with most matches.

Dmac · 07-28-2007, 02:56 PM

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I'll just have to be content watching Shogun dismantle Forrest at UFC76

I agree with Shaun on this one, Shogun has proved to be an excellent fighter, however in the cage against a guy experienced in there could prove bad for him, I wouldn't count out Forest pulling one out of the bag.

Zar · 07-28-2007, 03:02 PM

On paper I expect a dismantling, but indeed anything can happen, and you have a point about the cage, it's the X factor. That was Cro Cop's problem, while the high kick was great, Gonzaga did the real damage to him on the ground against the cage.

Dmac · 07-28-2007, 03:19 PM

Yeah where as like Forest, majority of his fights have been in the cage.