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Beyond the Octagon: UFC vets Sokoudjou, McKenzie victorious, UFC vets go 10-8
- Updated: May 31, 2016
Greetings, fight fans. You may notice a change to Beyond the Octagon’s format going forward, with less historical context and a greater emphasis on raw information (results, records, and records since a fighter’s last major appearance). If you much prefer the older format, however, please feel free to let me know. Now, on to the results.
At Akhmat Fight Show 22, Magomedrasul “Frodo” Khasbulaev (24-6, 5-0 Bellator) put himself back on a winning streak with a unanimous decision over Khunkar Osmaev (5-2-1). The former Bellator featherweight title contender is now 3-1 since leaving that organization.
The biggest results last weekend, however, came out of Milan, Italy, where upstart promotion Venator FC played host to several prominent MMA veterans.
The main event, of course, featured the schadenfreude-laden welterweight championship bout between Rousimar Palhares (18-7, 3-0 WSOF, 8-4 UFC) and Emil Weber Meek (8-2-0), in which Meek countered a takedown attempt along the fence with a barrage of elbows that left Palhares knocked out 45 seconds into Round 1. Palhares is 0-1 since being more or less blacklisted from major, U.S.-based MMA organizations; it’s the first time he’s lost in a regional promotion in ten years.
In the co-main event, Luke Barnatt (11-3, 3-3 UFC) defended his middleweight title with a second-round TKO of late-replacement Stefan Croitoru (6-2-1). Barnatt is 3-0 in his post-UFC career and undefeated outside the Octagon.
Further down the card, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (17-14, 2-1 Bellator, 1-2 UFC, 2-0 PRIDE) pulled himself out of a two-fight slump thanks to a TKO of fellow UFC alum Matt Hamill (11-7, 10-5 UFC, 0-1 WSOF) by way of first-round knockout. Sokoudjou is 1-1 since last appearing in Bellator; Hamill, in only his second fight outside a major MMA organization, falls to 0-1 since a lone fight in WSOF.
And Igor Araujo (25-9, 2-2 UFC) stumbled in his first post-UFC bout, …
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