Soukhamthath Made it, Now His Goal Is To Stay

It was a good Christmas for the Soukhamthath family. After a 1-2 start to Andre Soukhamthath’s UFC career, he expected 2018 to be his breakout year in the Octagon.

And in many ways it was. He didn’t get the win in his first bout of the year against hot prospect Sean O’Malley, but he did earn a Fight of the Night bonus, and then in October, he returned to the win column by decisioning Jonathan Martinez, leaving him in a good position heading into the holiday season.

“It was great,” Soukhamthath said of the Christmas of 2018. “I actually got to spend it in our new house that we purchased right after my last win. So we got to start a new tradition – Christmas in our new house – and the kids had…