Mighty Mo

This article is about the boxer. For the battleship that bears this nickname, see USS Missouri (BB-63)

Mighty Mo
Mighty Mon 2006
Data
Birth Name	Siala-Mou Siligia
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Samoans
birthday	October 8, 1970
place of birth	Pago Pago
size	1.85 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	47
Victories	37
Knockout victories	31
Defeats	10
draw	0
No value	0

Siala-Mou "Mighty Mo" Siligia (born October 8, 1970 ) is a Samoan kickboxer , boxer and MMA fighter. He won the 2004 K-1 World Grand Prix tournament in Las Vegas and the 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix tournament in Hawaii.

K-1 career

Mighty Mo made his debut in February 2004 at the K-1 in the "K-1 Burning" event in Japan against Hiraku Hori , he in the fourth round with a right hook ko suggested. After he failed in the semifinals of his first tournament, he celebrated his comeback in Las Vegas four months later . There he won a K-1 Grand Prix tournament for the first time by defeating Brecht Wallis in the second round of the final.

In 2007 Mo returned to the K-1 after a one-year break. In Yokohama , Japan he competed against Choi Hong-man , a 218 cm tall fighter from Korea . Mo was able to place his notorious rights and was the first and so far the only one who won against Choi with a knockout. In doing so, he also broke another record. Never before had a K-1 fighter been able to defeat his opponent despite such a size disadvantage (33 cm). However, this mark was outbid in December 2007 by Nicholas Pettas (180 cm), who spectacularly knocked down the 217 cm tall Korean Kim Young-Hyun (37 cm difference in height).

In April 2007 Mighty Mo was listed as a top favorite at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 tournament in Hawaii. He was able to prevail against all three opponents with a knockout and thus qualified for the eliminations in Seoul , Korea .

Mo lost the newly introduced K-1 super heavyweight championship against Semmy Schilt . He also suffered a point defeat against the German Stefan "Blitz" Leko .

At the 2007 Final Eliminations, Choi Hong-Man got his revenge. Mo lost the fight unanimously on points. During the fight he received an unclean low blow and was wrongly counted by the referee. The resulting deficit in points was decisive for the defeat. After the fight, Mo said in an interview: “Choi made a slightly stronger impression on me. I've hit him well a few times, even harder than the last fight, and he didn't go down, which surprised me. He apparently trained to take punches better. I feel disadvantaged and should have won. The arbitrators were partial. Choi must have learned a new technique for punching below the belt. Next time I'll use a better groin guard . And next time I don't want to fight him in Korea. "

On October 2, 2010, Mo surprisingly took part in the Final Eliminations in Seoul. He stood in for Ruslan Karayev , who was unable to attend due to the flu. His opponent was the young Raul Catinas. Mo did not have enough time to prepare properly for the fight, but thanks to a downpour in the first round, he won the fight on points. So he was surprisingly in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010.

On December 11, 2010, Mo met Peter Aerts in the first fight of the tournament at the 2010 World Grand Prix . That fight was a revenge from 2005 in which Mo lost to Aerts. But even in this fight Mo could not come close to the technical class of Aerts and lost the fight after 2 minutes and 30 seconds by knockout.

On March 2, 2012, he fought against the WKA world champion Florian Pavic for the WKA world championship up to 95 kg during Steko's Fight Night . He lost this after 5 × 3 minutes on points.

title

• 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion in Hawaii
• 2004 K-1 World Grand Prix II Champion in Las Vegas
• UAGF Heavy Weight Champion
• North West Toughman Champion

K-1 combat statistics

32 wins (26 KO's, 6 point wins ), 8 defeats
date	Result	opponent	event	By	round	time
April 13, 2008	defeat	Keijiro Maeda	K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama, Japan	Point win	4th	3:00
December 8, 2007	defeat	Paul Slowinski	K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Japan	TKO	2	0:50
29.9.2007	defeat	Choi Hong-man	K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16, Korea	Majority decision	3	3:00
August 11, 2007	defeat	Stefan Leko	K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas, USA	Point win	3	3:00
June 23, 2007	defeat	Semmy Schilt	K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	Point win	3	3:00
April 28, 2007	victory	Aleksander Pitchkunov	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Hawaii	KO	3	0:46
April 28, 2007	victory	Jan Nortje	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Hawaii	KO	2	1:50
April 28, 2007	victory	Kim Kyoung-Suk	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Hawaii	KO	1	1:37
3.4.2007	victory	Choi Hong-man	K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama, Japan	KO	2	0:50
11/4/2006	victory	Abdel Lamidi	K-1 Fighting Network 2006 in Riga, Latvia	KO	1	2:17
7/30/2006	defeat	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World GP 2006 in Sapporo, Japan	Point win	2	3:00
23.9.2005	defeat	Peter Aerts	K-1 World GP 2005 in Osaka, Japan	KO	2	0:42
August 13, 2005	victory	Francois Botha	K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II, USA	TKO (3 rainfall)	1	1:20
April 30, 2005	victory	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas, USA	Point win	3	3:00
December 4, 2004	defeat	Kaoklai Kaennorsing	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan	KO	1	2:40
25.9.2004	victory	Gary Goodridge	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Tokyo, Japan	TKO (3 rainfall)	1	2:58
7/8/2004	victory	Brecht Wallis	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas II, USA	KO	2	2:55
7/8/2004	victory	Scott Lighty	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas II, USA	KO	1	1:29
7/8/2004	victory	Sergei Gur	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas II, USA	Point win	3	3:00
April 30, 2004	defeat	Dewey Cooper	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas, USA	Point win	3	3:00
April 30, 2004	victory	Carter Williams	K-1 World GP 2004 in Las Vegas, USA	TKO	3	1:52
February 15, 2004	victory	Hiraku Hori	K-1 Burning 2004, Okinawa, Japan	KO	4th	1:22

MMA combat statistics

3 wins (3 KO's, 0 point wins ), 0 defeats
date	Result	opponent	event	By	round	time
2.6.2007	victory	Ruben Villareal	K-1 Dynamite !! United States	TKO	1	1:33
3/12/2007	victory	Min Soo Kim	K-1 Heros, Japan	TKO	1	2:37
10/12/2003	victory	Mark Smith	UAGF 4 Ultimate Cage Fighting 4	KO	2

Boxing matches

2 wins (2 KO's, 0 point wins ), 1 defeat
date	Result	opponent	event	By	round	time
8.2.2007	victory	William Jackson	Marriott Hotel, USA	KO	1
11/17/2006	victory	Christopher Valente	Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, USA	KO	1
May 18, 2006	defeat	Lamar Stephens	Hard Rock Live Arena, Hollywood, USA	Point win	6th

Web links

• Mighty Mo in the database of Sherdog (English)
• K-1 official website (English)
• Fighter profile on K-1sport.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2007 IN SEOUL FINAL16 ( Memento from July 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )