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

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

. 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,

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and

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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

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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 Ne ...

at Dream 9 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. Mousasi most recently competed in Bellator MMA, where he is the former two-time Bellator Middleweight Champion. He is also the former DREAM Light Heavywe ...

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 ...

, however, due to an injury,

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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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, Canada, 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 of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ ...

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 strikes the opponent's lower body (thigh or calf) with the shinbone or foot. Under different names, such kicks are utilized in numerous martial arts, including as karate, taek ...

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 Grishin (born 2 May 1984) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competes in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional since 2008, he has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and was the former M-1 ...

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

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 premier mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading in Europe. Awards *Violent Money TV ** ...

** 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 past and present UFC fighters Jorge Masv ...

**Fight of the Night (One Time) *

Australian Fighting Championship Australian Fighting Championship (AFC) was an Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation based in Melbourne. In 2013, AFC was described as Australia's leading MMA organisation by MMA Kanvas and was part of Sherdog's list of top 50 global ...

** AFC Light Heavyweight Championship (One time, current)

Mixed martial arts record

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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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, Poland , , - , Win , align=center, 18–16 , Marcelo Tenorio , TKO (punches and elbows) , Australian FC 18: Night 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A ,

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, TKO (punches) , F2N: Fight2Night , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 2:37 ,

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, Brazil , , - , - , Loss , align=center, 17–15 ,

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, 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 from 1997 to 2017, Buentello competed in the UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce, Affliction, King of the Cage, Shark Fights, ACB, Lega ...

, KO (punch) , Abu Dhabi Warriors 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:12 ,

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, United Arab Emirates , Heavyweight bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 16–13 ,

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, TKO (punches) ,

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, , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:18 ,

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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 (punches and elbows) , Pankration: Mayor Cup 2013 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 4:40 ,

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, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 14–10 , Seung Bae Whi , Decision (unanimous) ,

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

, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–10 ,

, Decision (unanimous) , KSW 17: Revenge , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Poland , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–9 ,

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

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

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, Canada , , - , Win , align=center, 11–8 ,

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

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

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, TKO (punches) , ADFC: Round 2 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 2:17 ,

, United Arab Emirates , , - , Loss , align=center, 9–7 ,

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, TKO (punches) , Shark Fights 13: Jardine vs Prangley , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:31 ,

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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 ,

, United Arab Emirates , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–6 ,

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, TKO (punches) ,

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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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, United States , Light Heavyweight bout. , - , Win , align=center, 7–4 ,

, TKO (punches) ,

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, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 6–4 ,

, TKO (punches) , DREAM 9 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:30 ,

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

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, Submission (brabo choke) , Affliction: Day of Reckoning , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:38 ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 5–3 , Luiz Cané , TKO (punches) ,

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

Kazuhiro Nakamura Kazuhiro Nakamura ( , born July 16, 1979) is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist who competed as a middleweight in DREAM, and is a former DEEP middleweight champion. He fought out of the Yoshida Dojo and also competed in the Pride Fighting ...

, TKO (leg injury) ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–2 ,

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, Submission (arm-triangle choke) ,

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, KO (punches) , 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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, 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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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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