Press Release – TORONTO, May 20th, 2011 – Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announces the top end of theScore Fighting Series card on June 10th is now complete with Martin “The Stress” Desilets agreeing to face Thierry Sokoudjou in a light heavyweight match-up. Desilets (11-3) is one of Canada’s top light heavyweights and has won four of his last five fights. He has been fighting professionally since 2005 and boasts a win over current UFC light heavyweight Krzysztof Soszynski. Desilets loves to stand and trade with his opponents and is a true knockout artist with eight of his victories coming via KO or TKO.
Sokoudjou (11-8) is a UFC, Strikeforce and Pride veteran with notable wins over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona. Born and raised in Cameroon, he moved to the United States in 2001 to pursue a career in judo. He currently trains out of San Diego with MMA icon Dan Henderson and other members of Team Quest. Known for incredible athleticism and trademark dreadlocks, Sokoudjou is a crowd favourite both inside and outside out the cage. As an homage to the many Photoshopped images of him on the Internet, Sokoudjou frequently wears a mask inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 action move “Predator” during his walk-in.
Other confirmed match-ups include a battle between UFC veterans Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen and Luigi Fioravanti and a welterweight showdown between DREAM welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis and top Canadian prospect Jordan ‘Young Guns’ Mein. Top ranked Canadian fighters Antonio ‘Pato’ Carvalho and Adrian ‘The Bully’ Wooley are also scheduled on the card.