Glory world champion Gokhan Saki rumoured to have signed with UFC

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nuraknu

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News has been leaking from the Asian continent that exciting Kickboxer and former world champion, Gokhan Saki, has signed a four-fight deal with the UFC.

It was first reported by One commentator and MMA presenter, Ali Mokdad, who is based in Dubai, where Saki is currently training.

His tweet has since been deleted but MMAToday has confirmed the news of the signing.

Turkish Tyson @gokhantherebel has officially signed a 4-fight contract with @ufc. More news to come from them today. #youhearditherefirst

— Ali Mokdad (@mmaranter) May 10, 2017


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Sheepdog

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I understand him wanting to sign with the UFC for the money, but I think it is a bad idea not to have at least a couple of MMA fights against some cans first.

He did have an MMA fight when he was young, debuting and getting stopped by a James Zikic who had just gone to draws vs a couple of retards called Fabricio Werdum and Jeremy Horn. That should have been a lesson.
 
regular john

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Weird news. Maybe that's why he was so willing to sit out on the shelf for so long - he was training grappling.
 
Mix6APlix

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An Italian fellow? Good news. WME needs someone known to their countrymen outside of the world's greatest nation since the Irish guy has gone full Ronda mode.
 
Rambo John J

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give him a non grappling expert and the fireworks will be amazing

His striking is so fluid and he can string together very long and powerful combos....left hand is unbelievably talented.

Likely beats the Reem if he was 100% healthy in their KB match
 
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Good set up a rematch with sponge in the ufc. Just seem him the other day looking thick solid tight
 
Combo

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Saki is a legit animal. Blatantly very athletic, too. Mirko excelled in mma, so let's see how this plays out.
 
regular john

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Endless rant by Saki on FB, trashing Glory and Rico Verhoeven:

Gökhan Saki

I DID LEAVE GLORY KICKBOXING

I stopped my contract at Glory Kickboxing and have signed my Retirement Contract. (Turkish translation
)

I’m STOPPING with GLORY. For my fans hereby the explanation the facts about Glory and Rico Verhoeven.

3 May 2017 (see my next post, picture for proof)

I left Glory Kickboxing on 3 May. All the owners/co-owners etc of Glory have discussed this and they signed my Retirement Contract and I received it back on 3 MAY.

After 5 months being kept on a line, for me it was done, i had a lot of other deals but i kept waiting to fight Rico or for Glory. The waiting is over, tired of it. Glory Kickboxing is playing politics to keep their ‘champion’ Rico Verhoeven safe for his renewal contract that had to take place end May or begin June. If he would lose against me, his position towards Glory would have been weakened. Rico Verhoeven and his team and also Glory did not want to expose their Champ to such risks.

Saturday 20 May

Cor Hemmers from Glory announced in an interview on 20 May that i have a retirement contract from Glory and i stopped fighting for Glory.

Rico Verhoeven was bragging in TV-Shows after the Badr fight in GERMANY, that he doesn’t need famous opponents, he sells out tickets on his own, worldwide he would fill arena’s.

Now the Rico Verhoeven fight takes place in his own country in his own city and there were than 1500 empty seats. On twitter I said congratz Rico but what happened with those empty seats you said you would sell out all tickets?

Rico Verhoeven as usual (like the 5 months) did not respond but this time SCOTT RUDMAN vice chairman and co-founder of GLORY starts to tweet back and tried to rescue this poor kid Rico. Like a daddy Scott was trying to answer for the little kid that cant answer or talk for himself. Now Scott knows I left his organization for 3 weeks at this point. Scott said on twitter: ‘’Den Bosch is not Amsterdam, Glory is still a buzz, GET IN!’’

So at this point everbody in Glory and Rico Verhoeven and his management KNOW that I left GLORY. And now he is still trying to lie on social media. He knows at this point it is impossible for me to fight and I have other obligations at this point. Cheap and sleazy way of GLORY and SCOTT RUDMAN.

(...)

at this point in also some other people from Glory start tweeting me, again knowing that i left Glory and can not respond. So pathetic and cowardly. One even said I should accept Rico his challenge..Which challenge? He never challenged me at this point? He was silent for months.

AGAIN LIES.

I tweeted back and said its too late now!

Again at this point Glory, Rico Verhoeven and his team know for 3 weeks that i left Glory and have other obligations and its impossible to make this fight happen. NOW at this point when Rico knows there can not be a fight, after 5 months he opens his mouth and says: ‘’ Saki if you want to fight pick up the phone’’

Like what kind of bitch action is that Bro? Are you that scared, are you that much of a coward? Glory starts reposting all his stuff calling me out, while they know that I left Glory. When I was at Glory and I was calling Rico out, they never put effort in reposting my stuff out. Again this shows how amateuristic and pathetic organization this is, politics and protecting their pet Rico. Carefully choosing their opponents and their kind of media censorship.

I said the truth that he didnt want to fight me from January or in short term because he wanted a rest. He said that i lie and i dont want to fight. This week he said in a tv show ‘’yeah i didnt want to fight saki at januari i needed rest because I fought Badr’’

Like this guys story changes every day, not consistent.

When i fought K1, i fought 8 till 10 matches a year, against real men. At this point you fought badr 1,5 round and you need a year break before you fight me?? I havent even fought for 2 years and still you need time that much time to prepare for me? You just wanted the fight after your renewal contract in MAY.

Then Glory said to me in January, if i first could fight someone else, this would be Remy Bonjasky fight. I said i want Rico but if he doesn’t want it, i fight Bonjasky first, BUT ONLY IF GLORY GARANTEES THAT RICO WILL FIGHT ME THAN. I would have fought Bonjasky in March or May. Rico again sabotaged this with stretching time on accepting my challenge, hemessed up the whole fight between Bonjasky and me. Remy stood up and accepted my fight and he was down to do it! So I salute you for this, a guy who comes back at retirement at such short notice, and Rico says Bonjasky needs to much time to prepare, the guy is 41 years old and didn’t fight for years, Rico only wants unprepared fighters, more chance to win!

Meanwhile these last months, i have other offers but still i am calling rico online out, but still no balls.. All these months he was silent and said not oneeee thing after i repeadetly called him out. And know that he knows that i left the building, he opens his big mouth. Your fans should be ashamed of you and your lying ass. Just running your mouth like a puppet with those studied lines from your managment: "i only eat whats on the menucards, fighters come with only smoke no fire etc etc"

PS: you called me a mutherfucker in an interview, real men dont bring in family or wife and kids, thats what cheap bums do. Guess fits you well


TL/DR: "I left Glory on May, 3rd; I kept calling Rico out for years and he nevers answered, now that he knows the fight can't happen,he and Glory finally answered; I've been retired for two years and I'm ready to fight, Rico fought 1.5 round vs. Badr Hari and says he needs an year to prepare for me. Glory is shady, protects Rico with handpicked opponents."
 
regular john

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he's probably been training grappling for a good while but still, jumping into the ufc with next to zero mma experience is just asking to get wrestlefucked by a no-name guy on the prelims.
 
delightone

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Gokhan Saki is a true fighter, he always goes for the K.O. his hand are lightning fast especially his left hand, i'm a very big fan.
But i'm afraid his ground game will be lacking big time, i have no doubt he can GnP the fuck out of anybody.
But those BJJ transistions and submission will cost him the fight every time, his first instict will be to get in a position to throw some haymakers when they go to the ground, in the meanwhile his opponent will go for the submissions and he will not reconize them.

BTW i really hope i'm wrong and he secretly was training his ground game the past years.
 
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