("I came here to catch dreams and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum." Photo courtesy of URdirt.com.)
According to a new post on M-1global.com, Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi has confirmed that he will be participating in a title fight at the upcoming "Fedor vs. Rogers" event on November 7th:
Yes, they’re referring to steroid-using donkey-man Paulo Filho, who was recently engaged in a war of words with Mousasi. We’re hoping that Filho is booked for this fight, because while Sokoudjou has been kicking ass in the highly competitive Super Hulk division, he hasn’t beaten a top-level light-heavyweight in two-and-a-half years. (As you might recall, Sokoudjou’s last fight at 205 pounds ended in him getting choked out by Strikeforce’s previous LHW champion, Renato Sobral.) At least Filho poses a threat on the ground, even if he’d probably get the snot knocked out of him in the standup exchanges. The Reward Hunter most recently took a light-heavyweight tune-up match at last month’s Bitetti Combat event, where he won a decision over TUF 1 vet Alex Schoenauer. In other Strikeforce news…
— There’s an outside chance that Fabricio Werdum could face Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva on the 11/7 card. It would be Silva’s first fight in the U.S. since last July.
— Showtime’s Ken Hershman is pissed off at Nick Diaz; still, a fight between the Stockton Smokestack and Jay Hieron is possible for December.
— Fresh off a knockout victory over Sarah Oriza at a CageSport MMA event on Saturday, Miesha Tate is also looking to make her Strikeforce return in December.
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I understand what you're saying though. I thought you had something against Sokoudjou and were just fighter bashing, and I apologize. You're right that Sokoudjou logically shouldn't fight for a title that Babalu just lost, considering Sokoudjou's last LHW fight was a loss to Babalu. But he is coming off those two wins in Dream. Not great wins, but at least they're wins.
Unfortunately for Strikeforce, there are no better LHWs not signed to the UFC than Sokoudjou (or maybe Arona), and I think Sokoudjou-Mousasi is an interesting fight that would help solidify Mousasi as a top LHW. Mousasi would be the obvious favorite, but it's a competitive fight. Sure, Sokoudjou doesn't deserve to be UFC champ, but Strikeforce is still well below the UFC in most divisions and Sokoudjou wouldn't look out of place as champion of that organization.