Mighty Mo | |
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Born | Siala-Mou Siliga October 8, 1970 Pago Pago, American Samoa, United States |
Other names | Mighty Mo |
Nationality | American |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 120.2 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb) |
Division | Heavyweight |
Style | Boxing, Kickboxing |
Fighting out of | San Bernardino, California |
Team | Aguirre Fighting System |
Trainer | Franklin Aguirre |
Years active | 2003 - present (MMA) 2004 - present (Kickboxing) 2006 - 2007 (Boxing) |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 3 |
Wins | 2 |
By knockout | 2 |
Losses | 1 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 41 |
Wins | 20 |
By knockout | 12 |
Losses | 21 |
By knockout | 11 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 16 |
Wins | 11 |
By knockout | 8 |
By submission | 3 |
Losses | 5 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 2 |
By decision | 1 |
Other information | |
Children | Mighty Mo Jr., Son |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Siala-Mou Siliga (born October 8, 1970), often billed as 'Mighty Mo' is an American kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist, who competed in the Heavyweight division of Bellator 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. In mixed martial arts, he has competed for K-1 Hero's, DREAM, and also participated in the Dynamite!! USA and Dynamite!! 2008 events.
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 (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).