Mighty Mo (kickboxer)

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Mighty Mo
Full name	Siala-Mou Siligia
Nationality	American
Date of birth	October 8, 1970
Place of birth	Pago Pago, American Samoa
Fighting out of	Rancho Cucamonga, California
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	133 kg (293.2 lb/20.9 st)
Style	Boxing
Team	The Shark Tank[1] Sit Rama Soon Muay Thai
Trainer	Eddy Mills
Boxing record
Total	3
Wins	2
By knockout	2
Losses	1
Kickboxing record
Total	22
Wins	13
Losses	9
By knockout	3
MMA record
Total	3
Wins	3
By knockout	3
Losses	0
Other information
Children	Mighty Mo Jr., Son
Career boxing record from Boxrec
Career mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Siala-Mou "Mighty Mo" Siligia (born October 8, 1970), is an American Samoan kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist, fighting out of The Shark Tank, San Bernardino, CA. ^[1] He is the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas and the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii tournament champion.

Contents 1 Biography & Career 2 Titles 2.1 Kickboxing Record 2.2 MMA Record 2.3 Boxing Record 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Biography & Career

Mighty Mo made his K-1 debut on February 15, 2004 at "K-1 Burning" event in Japan 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 (218cm) from Korea who had never been knocked out before on his K-1 career until Mighty Mo (185cm) 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, 213cm, is only 28cm taller than Ruslan Chagaev - 185cm). But on December 31, 2007, at the K-1 Dynamite Tournament in Osaka, the record was surpassed by Danish Karate fighter Nicholas Pettas (180cm), who was able to KO the 217cm Korean Kim Young-hyun (37cm height difference). [2]

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.^[2]

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. ^[3] Mighty Mo dominated Villareal, forcing the referee to stop the fight at 1:33 of the first round.

Om 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.^[4]

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." [3]

[edit] 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

[edit] Kickboxing Record

13 Wins ((T) KO's, 6 decisions), 9 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
04/13/2008	Loss	Keijiro Maeda	K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama, Japan	Decision	4	3:00
12/08/2007	Loss	Paul Slowinski	K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Japan	TKO (Low kicks)	2	0:50
09/29/2007	Loss	Choi Hong Man	K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16, Korea	Majority Decision	3	3:00
08/11/2007	Loss	Stefan Leko	K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas, USA	Decision	3	3:00
06/23/2007	Loss	Semmy Schilt	K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
04/28/2007	Win	Aleksander Pitchkunov	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Hawaii	KO (Punches)	3	0:46
04/28/2007	Win	Jan Nortje	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Hawaii	KO (Right Punch)	2	1:50
04/28/2007	Win	Kim Kyoung-Suk	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Hawaii	KO (Straight Punch)	1	1:37
04/03/2007	Win	Choi Hong Man	K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama, Japan	KO (Right Overhand)	2	0:50
11/04/2006	Win	Abdel Lamidi	K-1 Fighting Network 2006 in Riga, Latvia	KO (Right Overhand)	1	2:17
07/30/2006	Loss	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World GP 2006 in Sapporo, Japan	Decision	2	3:00
09/23/2005	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 World GP 2005 in Osaka, Japan	KO (Left Mid Kick)	2	0:42
08/13/2005	Win	Francois Botha	K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II, USA	TKO (3 knockdowns)	1	1:20
04/30/2005	Win	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas, USA	Split Decision	3	3:00
12/04/2004	Loss	Kaoklai Kaennorsing	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan	KO (Right Highkick)	1	2:40
09/25/2004	Win	Gary Goodridge	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Tokyo, Japan	TKO (3 Knockdowns)	1	2:58
08/07/2004	Win	Brecht Wallis	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas II, USA	KO (Right Overhand)	2	2:55
08/07/2004	Win	Scott Lighty	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas II, USA	KO (Right Overhand)	1	1:29
08/07/2004	Win	Sergei Gur	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas II, USA	Decision	3	3:00
04/30/2004	Loss	Dewey Cooper	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas, USA	Decision	3	3:00
04/30/2004	Win	Carter Williams	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas, USA	TKO	3	1:52
02/15/2004	Win	Hiraku Hori	K-1 Burning 2004, Okinawa, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	4	1:22

[edit] MMA Record

3 Wins (3 (T) KO's, 0 decisions), 0 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
06/02/2007	Win	Ruben Villareal	K-1 Dynamite!! USA	TKO (Strikes)	1	1:33
03/12/2007	Win	Min Soo Kim	K-1 Heros, Japan	KO (Punch)	1	2:37
10/12/2003	Win	Mark Smith	UAGF 4 Ultimate Cage Fighting 4	KO (Punches)	2

[edit] Boxing Record

2 Wins (2 (T) KO's, 0 decisions), 1 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
02/08/2007	Win	William Jackson	Marriott Hotel, Irvine, CA	KO (Punches)	1
11/17/2006	Win	Christopher Valente	Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, CA	KO (Punches)	1
05/18/2006	Loss	Lamar Stephens	Hard Rock Live Arena, Hollywood, FL	Decision	6

[edit] See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 Events
• List of kickboxing organizations

[edit] External links

• K-1 official website
• The Shark Tank Official Site

[edit] References