Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua (; born April 18, 1984), mostly billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian professional

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

. A professional competitor since 2006, Sokoudjou is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion, and has also competed for

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, the

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, WEC, Affliction, Strikeforce, K-1,

DREAM A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...

and Bellator.

Background

Born and raised in Cameroon, Sokoudjou began training in

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at the age of five and was talented, winning three consecutive junior national championships from 1997 to 1999 in his home country. Growing up, he had actually wanted to get involved with

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

or kickboxing but his parents would not allow it because they thought the competition was too violent. Sokoudjou moved to the United States in 2001 to pursue his career in judo.

Mixed martial arts career

PRIDE Fighting Championships

In his

debut at PRIDE 33, Sokoudjou fought Brazilian fighter

Antônio Rogério Nogueira Antônio Rogério Nogueira (; born 2 June 1976), also known as Minotouro or Lil Nog, is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the UFC. He is the twin brother of Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, the "Minotauro ...

, and the much-less experienced Sokoudjou was a 16-1 underdog. To start the match, the Cameroonian threw a series of high kicks before landing an excellent combination that knocked out "Lil Nog" at just 23 seconds into the first round in a shocking upset. This made Sokoudjou the first fighter to finish the younger Nogueira brother. Sokoudjou's victory is considered to be one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history, as well as arguably the biggest win of Sokoudjou's career to date.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Sokoudjou was released from the UFC on November 28, 2008.

Independent Promotions

Sokoudjou defeated the South-African kickboxer

Jan Nortje Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated professional boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and ...

Dream 9 ''Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on May 26, 2009. It featured the second round of the promotion's featherwe ...

by TKO (strikes) in round 1 of the Dream Super Hulk Tournament. Sokoudjou was heavily criticized for his post-fight actions where he landed a barrage of extra punches after the referee had already stepped in to stop the fight. Sokoudjou did, however, express remorse for his actions, and apologized to Nortje for the incident. Sokoudjou was slated to face

Gegard Mousasi Gegard Mousasi (born 1 August 1985), is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently competing in Bellator MMA, where he is the former two-time Bellator Middleweight Champion. As of December 13, 2022, he is #10 in the Bellator me ...

in the semifinals at

Dream 11 ''Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream held on October 6, 2009. Background ''Dream 11'' was the culmination of t ...

, however, due to an injury, Super heavyweight Bob Sapp stood in for Mousasi. Sokoudjou fought

Ryan Jimmo Ryan Jimmo (November 27, 1981 – June 26, 2016) was a Canadian mixed martial artist who competed in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He mostly fought in Canada and competed on the eighth season of ''The Ulti ...

for the MFC Light Heavyweight Championship at MFC 31 on October 7 at the Mayfield Conference Centre in

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, losing by a controversial unanimous decision. Sokoudjou fought Heavyweight prospect Konstantin Erokhin at Fight Nights: Battle Of Moscow 14, on December 7, 2013. He lost via KO in the first round.

Strikeforce

Sokoudjou was defeated by former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion

via second-round TKO due to ground and pound on November 7, 2009, at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers.

KSW and others

Sokoudjou faced European prospect

Jan Błachowicz Jan Maciej Błachowicz (; born 24 February 1983) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Cham ...

at KSW XV for the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship, After two rounds Sokoudjou landed 12

leg kick A low kick (also known as a leg kick) is a kick in which the attacker uses their leg to strike the opponent's lower body (thigh or calf) with the shinbone or foot. This type of kick, under different names, is utilized in numerous full-contact ma ...

s, making Błachowicz unable to continue the fight.

Bellator MMA

In June 2015, it was revealed that Sokoudjou was released from the promotion.

Kickboxing career

Sokoudjou faced

Maxim Grishin Maxim Anthony Grishin (born May 2, 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Grishin was the former M-1 Global Eastern Europe Heavyweight Champion ...

in a kickboxing match on February 23, 2013, at Fight Nights 10 in Moscow, Russia. He lost via split decision(29–28, 28–29, 28–29).

Personal life

Sokoudjou speaks French, as well as a few dialects in his home country of Cameroon. He currently lives in Southern California and has a brother. Before becoming a professional mixed martial arts fighter, Sokoudjou worked as a bouncer.

Championships and accomplishments

Grappling

**Winter National Championship (+100 kg) – 2009 **Grappler's Quest – BJJ – 2003 **Golden State Championship – 2003 **San Jose Buddhist Tournament – 2003 **California State Championship – 2002 **Tenri 40th Anniversary Championship – 2002 **San Jose Buddhist Tournament – 2001 **US Open 2001 Las Vegas – Absolute **Silver State Championship – 2001 **Gardena Tournament – 2001 **Golden State Championship – 2001 **Senior National Champion – 2000 **Tournoi International de la ville de Yaounde – 2000 **Cameroon Junior National Champion – 1999 **Cameroon Junior National Champion – 1998 **Cameroon Junior National Champion – 1997 **Golden gi Champion – 1997

Mixed martial arts

*ADFC **2010 ADFC Openweight Grand Prix Semifinalist *

** DREAM Super Hulk Grand Prix Runner-Up *

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (English: ''Martial Arts Confrontation'') better known by its initials KSW, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading in Europe. History Martin Lewandowsk ...

** KSW Light Heavyweight Championship (One time) **Fight of the Night (One Time) *

Shark Fights Shark Fights was a mixed martial arts promotion based in Amarillo, Texas. It made its debut on October 24, 2008. On September 11, 2010 Shark Fights had its biggest card in Shark Fights history by having UFC veterans Jorge Masvidal, Keith Jardin ...

**Fight of the Night (One Time) * Australian Fighting Championship ** AFC Light Heavyweight Championship (One time, current)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Australia , Won the AFC Light Heavyweight Championship. , - , Loss , align=center, 18–18 ,

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, China , Heavyweight bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 18–17 , Łukasz Jurkowski , Decision (majority) , KSW 39: Colosseum , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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Tomasz Narkun Tomasz "Giraffe" Narkun (born December 3, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing for KSW. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, he is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion and has also competed for M-1 Global, wher ...

, TKO (punches) , KSW 36: Materla vs. Palhares , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:38 ,

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, Poland , , - , Win , align=center, 17–14 ,

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, KO (punches) , Venator FC 3: Palhares vs. Meek , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:37 ,

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, Italy , , - , Loss , align=center, 16–14 ,

Paul Buentello Paul Anthony Buentello (born January 16, 1974) is an American former mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 1997, Buentello competed in the UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce, Affliction, King of the Cage, Shark Fights, ACB, Legacy ...

, KO (punches) , Abu Dhabi Warriors 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:21 , Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates , Heavyweight bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 16–13 ,

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, TKO (punches) ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 16–12 , Malik Merad , TKO (elbows) , Bellator 127 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:04 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 15–12 , Terry Davinney , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Bellator 121 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:16 ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 14–12 , Konstantin Erokhin , KO (punches) , Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 14 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:28 ,

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, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 14–11 , Evgeny Erokhin , TKO (knees) , Pankration: Mayor Cup 2013 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 4:40 , Khabarovsk, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 14–10 , Seung Bae Whi , Decision (unanimous) ,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 13–10 , Denis Komkin , KO (head kick) , Pankration: Battle Of Empires 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:00 , Khabarovsk, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–10 ,

, Decision (unanimous) , KSW 17: Revenge , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Lódz, Poland , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–9 ,

, Decision (unanimous) , MFC 31 , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Canada , , - , Win , align=center, 12–8 , Roy Boughton , Decision (unanimous) , Score Fighting Series 1 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Mississauga, Ontario, Canada , , - , Win , align=center, 11–8 ,

, TKO (leg injury) , KSW 15: Contemporary Gladiators , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Poland , , - , Win , align=center, 10–8 , Valdas Pocevicius , Decision (unanimous) , Israel FC: Genesis , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Israel , , - , Loss , align=center, 9–8 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 9–6 , Joaquim Ferreira , TKO (punches) , Impact FC 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:20 ,

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, Australia , Return to Light Heavyweight. , - , Win , align=center, 8–6 , Dave Herman , DQ (illegal knees) , ADFC: Round 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, N/A , Abu Dhabi, UAE , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–6 ,

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, , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:29 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–5 ,

, TKO (punches) , Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:43 ,

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, TKO (punches) ,

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, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 5–4 ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 5–3 ,

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 5–2 ,

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, TKO (leg injury) ,

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, Submission (arm-triangle choke) ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 4–1 ,

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, KO (punch) , PRIDE 34 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:59 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–1 ,

, KO (punch) , PRIDE 33 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:23 ,

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–1 ,

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, KO (punches) , WEC 24: Full Force , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:41 , Lemoore, California, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Paul Weremecki , TKO (head kick and punches) , SF 17: Hot Zone , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:11 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Gary Padilla , Decision (split) , Total Combat 15 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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Kickboxing record

''Legend'':

Bare-Knuckle Boxing

, - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , Mighty Mo , TKO (punches) , VKB-Valor Bare Knuckle 1 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1:26 , New Town, ND, USA, 4 Bears Casino and Lodge , Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals

References

External links

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U.S. Open Judo Championships Historical Results

Sokoudjou "African Assassin" - PRIDE FC Profile
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