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Mighty Mo (kickboxer)
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Siala-Mou "Mighty Mo" Siliga (born October 8, 1970), is an American
kickboxer, boxer
and mixed martial artist, fighting out of Millennia MMA. He is the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II and the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii tournament champion.
against Hiraku Hori
. He knocked out Hori at 1:22 in 4th round by right hook. After losing in semifinals at his first 8-man tournament in Las Vegas
against fellow American Dewey Cooper, Mighty Mo made a huge comeback four months later at the Battle of Bellagio II, winning his first K-1 GP Championship by knocking out Brecht Wallis
in 2nd Round at the tournament finals.
After a year off from K-1
, he made his comeback on March 4, 2007 at Yokohama
, Japan
. His opponent was Choi Hong-man
(218 cm) from Korea
who had never been knocked out before on his K-1 career until Mighty Mo (185 cm) managed to land his trademark right overhand punch, winning the fight by KO at 0:50 KO in 2nd round. At that time, he held the record for the "Biggest height difference wins (33cm)" resulting in a KO in favor of the shorter in K-1 history and possibly in kick-boxing as well as in boxing in history (Nicolai Valuev, 213 cm, is only 28 cm taller than Ruslan Chagaev
- 185 cm).
But on December 31, 2007, at the K-1 Dynamite Tournament in Osaka, the record was surpassed by Danish Karate fighter Nicholas Pettas (180 cm), who was able to KO the 217 cm Korean Kim Young-hyun (37 cm height difference). http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/b07_1231_2.htm
On April 28, 2007, Mo entered the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii tournament as a heavy favorite. He knocked out all three of his opponents and earned himself a spot in the K-1 World GP 2007 Elimination in Seoul
, Korea
.
Mighty Mo was originally supposed to face Mu Bae Choi
in a MMA
match at K-1 Dynamite!! USA on June 2 in Los Angeles, California
. But Choi was replaced in the last minute by Ruben Villareal
. Mighty Mo dominated Villareal, forcing the referee to stop the fight at 1:33 of the first round.
On June 23, 2007, Mighty Mo lost to defending K-1 Super Heavyweight Champion Semmy Schilt
by unanimous decision at the K-1 World GP in Amsterdam. Semmy used his reach to keep Mighty Mo at bay, and Mo was unable to get in close enough to land his devastating overhand right. Rumors surfaced that Mo was nursing a knee and hand injuries from his previous fights. He had fought 7 times in the last 4 months.
At the K-1 Final Eliminations 2007 on September 29, he faced Choi Hong-Man again and lost by unanimous decision. During the fight, he was kicked in the groin and was inexplicably ruled a knock-down by the referee. He was quoted in the post-fight interview: "I feel I was robbed. I should have won. There was a lot of favoritism here. He must have picked up a new technique-a kick below the belt. So next time I'll wear a thicker cup. And next time I want to fight somewhere else." http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/top792.htm
In his next three fight he went 1-2, losing to Paul Slowinski
and Keijiro Maeda
before defeating Justice Smith
on August 9, 2008.
K-1 kickboxing champion Semmy Schilt and Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga were added to the FieLDS Dynamite!! 2008 event in an MMA bout, in which Schilt defeated Mighty Mo in the first round by triangle choke.
He was set to fight Mirko CroCop at Dream 10 but CroCop pulled out after re-signing with the UFC.
He was defeated by Josh Barnett
at Dream 13 on March 21, 2010.
Mighty Mo had replaced Andrei Arlovski
at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16
held in Seoul against Romanian Raul Catinas
and won by unanimous decision. As a result, Mo was the only American to make it into to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final
on December, 11th. His quarterfinal opponent was Peter Aerts
who beat him via TKO in the first round.
Mighty Mo was knocked out by Russian Sergei Kharitonov at the United Glory World Series Finals in Moscow
on May 28, 2011.
As of October 2011 Mighty Mo is currently on a four fight losing streak in Kickboxing, all by Knockout and only once of which has made it out of the first round, against Ben Edwards, after been dropped and dominated throughout the first.
He was next set to face Rick Roufus
in Las Vegas on October 22, 2011. However, he was not edically cleared to compete.
|Loss
|3-2
|Josh Barnett
|Submission (kimura)
|Dream 13
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4:41
|Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
|
|-
|Loss
|3-1
|Semmy Schilt
|Submission (triangle choke)
|Dynamite!! 2008
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5:31
|Saitama, Saitama
, Japan
|
|-
|Win
|3-0
|Ruben Villareal
|TKO (punches)
|Dynamite!! USA
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1:33
|Los Angeles, California
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|2-0
|Kim Min-Soo
|KO (punch)
|Hero's 8
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2:37
|Nagoya, Aichi
, Japan
|
|-
|Win
|1-0
|Mark Smith
|KO (knee to the body)
|UAGF 4: Ultimate Cage Fighting
|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|Upland, California
, United States
|
|-
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kickboxer, boxer
Boxing
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and mixed martial artist, fighting out of Millennia MMA. He is the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II and the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii tournament champion.
Biography and career
Mighty Mo made his K-1 debut on February 15, 2004 at "K-1 Burning" event in JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
against Hiraku Hori
Hiraku Hori
Hiraku Hori is a Japanese super heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.-Titles:*2005 K-1 Japan GP 3rd Place*2004 K-1 Japan GP 3rd Place*2003 K-1 Japan GP 3rd Place-Kickboxing record:- See also :*List of kickboxing organizations...
. He knocked out Hori at 1:22 in 4th round by right hook. After losing in semifinals at his first 8-man tournament in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
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against fellow American Dewey Cooper, Mighty Mo made a huge comeback four months later at the Battle of Bellagio II, winning his first K-1 GP Championship by knocking out Brecht Wallis
Brecht Wallis
Brecht "The Gentle Giant" Wallis is a Belgian retired kickboxer.-Career and biography:Brecht Wallis started training in judo at the age of 12 and a few years later moved on to Muay Thai...
in 2nd Round at the tournament finals.
After a year off from K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
, he made his comeback on March 4, 2007 at Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. His opponent was Choi Hong-man
Choi Hong-man
Choi Hong-man , often anglicised to Hong-man Choi, is a South Korean kickboxer, mixed martial artist and former ssireum wrestler. In Asia he is called "Che Man", "Korean Monster" and "Korean Colossus"...
(218 cm) from Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
who had never been knocked out before on his K-1 career until Mighty Mo (185 cm) managed to land his trademark right overhand punch, winning the fight by KO at 0:50 KO in 2nd round. At that time, he held the record for the "Biggest height difference wins (33cm)" resulting in a KO in favor of the shorter in K-1 history and possibly in kick-boxing as well as in boxing in history (Nicolai Valuev, 213 cm, is only 28 cm taller than Ruslan Chagaev
Ruslan Chagaev
Ruslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity...
- 185 cm).
But on December 31, 2007, at the K-1 Dynamite Tournament in Osaka, the record was surpassed by Danish Karate fighter Nicholas Pettas (180 cm), who was able to KO the 217 cm Korean Kim Young-hyun (37 cm height difference). http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/b07_1231_2.htm
On April 28, 2007, Mo entered the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii tournament as a heavy favorite. He knocked out all three of his opponents and earned himself a spot in the K-1 World GP 2007 Elimination in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
.
Mighty Mo was originally supposed to face Mu Bae Choi
Choi Mu Bae
Choi Mu-Bae , often anglicised to Mu-Bae Choi, is a South Korean former heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler and now mixed martial artist, who is associated with Team Tackle and KPW Korea.-Mixed martial arts:...
in a MMA
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
match at K-1 Dynamite!! USA on June 2 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. But Choi was replaced in the last minute by Ruben Villareal
Ruben Villareal
Ruben "Warpath" Villareal is an American MMA fighter, former Gladiator Challenge Heavyweight Champion, and former professional wrestler. He has kept his pro-wrestling persona while competing in MMA, including wearing makeup on his face while fighting. He is known for his willingness to fight at...
. Mighty Mo dominated Villareal, forcing the referee to stop the fight at 1:33 of the first round.
On June 23, 2007, Mighty Mo lost to defending K-1 Super Heavyweight Champion Semmy Schilt
Semmy Schilt
Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...
by unanimous decision at the K-1 World GP in Amsterdam. Semmy used his reach to keep Mighty Mo at bay, and Mo was unable to get in close enough to land his devastating overhand right. Rumors surfaced that Mo was nursing a knee and hand injuries from his previous fights. He had fought 7 times in the last 4 months.
At the K-1 Final Eliminations 2007 on September 29, he faced Choi Hong-Man again and lost by unanimous decision. During the fight, he was kicked in the groin and was inexplicably ruled a knock-down by the referee. He was quoted in the post-fight interview: "I feel I was robbed. I should have won. There was a lot of favoritism here. He must have picked up a new technique-a kick below the belt. So next time I'll wear a thicker cup. And next time I want to fight somewhere else." http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/top792.htm
In his next three fight he went 1-2, losing to Paul Slowinski
Paul Slowinski
Paul "The Sting" Slowinski is a Polish-Australian kickboxer, a four-time WMC Muay Thai World champion and two-time K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland and K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam champion...
and Keijiro Maeda
Keijiro Maeda
is a Japanese heavyweight kickboxer, currently competing in K-1. His real name is Kyotaro Fujimoto, and he had been using 3 other ring names before. He is known for his right hook which has knocked out many of his opponents. He is currently the K-1 Heavyweight Champion and has successfully defended...
before defeating Justice Smith
Jesse Smith, Jr.
Jesse Smith, Jr. is an American mixed martial artist, kickboxer, model, actor and professional wrestler formerly signed to WWE. He is well known for appearing as the gladiator "Justice" on the 2008 revival of American Gladiators.-Life and career:Jesse Smith Jr. was born in Detroit, his father...
on August 9, 2008.
K-1 kickboxing champion Semmy Schilt and Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga were added to the FieLDS Dynamite!! 2008 event in an MMA bout, in which Schilt defeated Mighty Mo in the first round by triangle choke.
He was set to fight Mirko CroCop at Dream 10 but CroCop pulled out after re-signing with the UFC.
He was defeated by Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett
Joshua Lawrence Barnett is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who currently fights in the heavyweight division of Strikeforce. Barnett has been an accomplished fighter in mixed martial arts, winning the UFC Heavyweight Championship and the King of Pancrase Openweight...
at Dream 13 on March 21, 2010.
Mighty Mo had replaced Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Valeryevich Arlovski is a Belarusian kickboxer, mixed martial artist and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion.-Biography:...
at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16
K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16
K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters...
held in Seoul against Romanian Raul Catinas
Raul Cătinaş
"Iron" Raul Cătinaş is a Romanian super heavyweight kickboxer fighting in the K-1 and Local Kombat promotions.-Biography and career:Raul Cătinaş was born in Lugoj in western Romania on August 6, 1988...
and won by unanimous decision. As a result, Mo was the only American to make it into to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final
K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final
K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final was a martial arts event that was held by the K-1 on Saturday, December 11, 2010. It was the 18th K-1 World GP Final, the culmination of a year full of regional elimination tournaments...
on December, 11th. His quarterfinal opponent was Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts
Peter "The Dutch Lumberjack" Aerts is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix and Muay Thai World Champion. Aerts is best known for his powerful strikes and high kicks.- Biography :...
who beat him via TKO in the first round.
Mighty Mo was knocked out by Russian Sergei Kharitonov at the United Glory World Series Finals in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
on May 28, 2011.
As of October 2011 Mighty Mo is currently on a four fight losing streak in Kickboxing, all by Knockout and only once of which has made it out of the first round, against Ben Edwards, after been dropped and dominated throughout the first.
He was next set to face Rick Roufus
Rick Roufus
Rick Roufus is an American kickboxer, fighting out of The MMA Lab in Phoenix, Arizona. He is one of the most famous kickboxers in the United States, and has also competed in boxing and mixed martial arts...
in Las Vegas on October 22, 2011. However, he was not edically cleared to compete.
Titles
- 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix in Hawaii Champion
- 2004 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas II Champion
- U.A.G.F. Heavy Weight Champion
- North West Toughman Champion
Boxing record
| Boxing record | |
|---|---|
Legend: |
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Kickboxing record
| Kickboxing record | |
|---|---|
Legend: |
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Mixed martial arts record
|-|Loss
|3-2
|Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett
Joshua Lawrence Barnett is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who currently fights in the heavyweight division of Strikeforce. Barnett has been an accomplished fighter in mixed martial arts, winning the UFC Heavyweight Championship and the King of Pancrase Openweight...
|Submission (kimura)
|Dream 13
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4:41
|Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
|
|-
|Loss
|3-1
|Semmy Schilt
Semmy Schilt
Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...
|Submission (triangle choke)
|Dynamite!! 2008
Dynamite!! 2008
Dynamite!! 2008 was the annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 & DREAM on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan...
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5:31
|Saitama, Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
, Japan
|
|-
|Win
|3-0
|Ruben Villareal
Ruben Villareal
Ruben "Warpath" Villareal is an American MMA fighter, former Gladiator Challenge Heavyweight Champion, and former professional wrestler. He has kept his pro-wrestling persona while competing in MMA, including wearing makeup on his face while fighting. He is known for his willingness to fight at...
|TKO (punches)
|Dynamite!! USA
Dynamite!! USA
SoftBank presents Dynamite!! USA was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by FEG, the promoters of K-1 kickboxing and Hero's MMA events, and EliteXC...
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1:33
|Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|2-0
|Kim Min-Soo
|KO (punch)
|Hero's 8
Hero's 8
Hero's 8 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 12, 2007 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.-Results:...
|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2:37
|Nagoya, Aichi
Nagoya, Aichi
is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...
, Japan
|
|-
|Win
|1-0
|Mark Smith
|KO (knee to the body)
|UAGF 4: Ultimate Cage Fighting
|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|Upland, California
Upland, California
Upland is a city in San Bernardino County, California, located at an elevation of 1,242 feet . As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 73,732, up from 68,393 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on May 15, 1906, after previously being named North Ontario.-History and culture:Upland...
, United States
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See also
- List of K-1 events
- List of K-1 champions
- List of male kickboxers
- List of kickboxing organizations
External links
- Profile at K-1K-1K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...