Mighty Mo (kickboxer)

Mighty Mo
Born	Siala-Mou Siliga (1970-10-08) October 8, 1970 (age 53) Pago Pago, American Samoa
Other names	Mighty Mo
Nationality	Samoan & American [1]
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	265 lb (120 kg; 18 st 13 lb)
Division	Heavyweight
Fighting out of	San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Team	Aguirre Fighting System
Trainer	Franklin Aguirre
Years active	2003–2018 (MMA) 2004–2018(Kickboxing) 2006–2007, 2019 (Boxing)
Professional boxing record
Total	3
Wins	2
By knockout	2
Losses	1
Kickboxing record
Total	42
Wins	20
By knockout	12
Losses	22
By knockout	11
Mixed martial arts record
Total	18
Wins	12
By knockout	9
By submission	3
Losses	6
By knockout	2
By submission	3
By decision	1
Other information
Children	John Bismark Siliga Siala Mou Siliga Jr. Saeu Tusi Dian Makayley Salote Siliga Carrie Lynn Manaus Siliga Monalani Lemauga Siliga Nu’uali’ilani Faith Juliana Siliga Harmouny Sugalu Siliga Mike Lema’a Bruce Siliga King Mou Tamotu Siliga Princess Viena Falemoi Tulili Love Siliga
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: November 20, 2021

Siala-Mou Siliga (surname pronounced Sahlingah, born October 8, 1970), often billed as Mighty Mo ^[2] is a former American Samoan kickboxer, bare knuckle boxer, boxer and mixed martial artist ^[3] who competed in the Heavyweight division. ^[4] At the age of 22, he got his nickname from his former American football coach after the battleship USS Missouri. ^[5] His K-1 achievements include winning the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II and the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii tournaments. In mixed martial arts, he has competed for K-1 Hero's, Bellator MMA, DREAM, Road FC and also participated in the Dynamite!! USA and Dynamite!! 2008 events. On September 24, 2016, Siliga won the Road FC Openweight Tournament at Road FC 33 by knocking out Choi Hong-man of South Korea.

Career

Kickboxing

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/7′2″) from Korea who had never been knocked out before on his K-1 career until Mighty Mo (185 cm/6′1″) 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/12.9inches)" resulting in a KO in favor of the shorter in K-1 history. But on December 31, 2007, at the K-1 Dynamite Tournament in Osaka, the record was surpassed by Danish Karate fighter Nicholas Pettas (178 cm/5′10″), who was able to KO the 217cm/7′1.½″ Korean Kim Young-hyun (39 cm/15.3inches height difference). In professional Boxing the record stands at 38cm/14.9inches height difference when Randy Davis (1.80m/5′11″) knocked out Tom Payne (2.18m/7′2″) in 1985.

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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

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 knockdown 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."

In his next three fights he went 1-2, losing to Paul Slowinski and Keijiro Maeda before defeating Justice Smith on August 9, 2008.

Mighty Mo had replaced Andrei Arlovski at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 held in Seoul against Romanian Raul Cătinaș and won by unanimous decision. ^[8] As a result, Mo was the only American to make it into 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 six fight losing streak in Kickboxing, all but one by knockout.

He was next set to face Rick Roufus in Las Vegas on October 22, 2011. ^[9] However, he was not medically cleared to compete.

He rematched Raul Cătinaş, the last man he was able to defeat, in a non-tournament bout at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Bucharest, Romania on December 22, 2012, and lost on a unanimous decision. ^{[10] [11]}

Mixed martial arts career

Mo made his professional MMA debut in October 2003. He won his first three MMA fights all by knockout over a period of three and a half years.

Dynamite!!

Mo was originally supposed to face Choi Mu-bae 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 "Warpath" Villareal. ^[12] Mighty Mo dominated Villareal, forcing the referee, Herb Dean, to stop the fight at 1:33 of the first round.

Mo next faced K-1 kickboxing champion Semmy Schilt at the Fields Dynamite!! 2008 2008 event in an MMA bout, in which Schilt defeated Mighty Mo in the first round by triangle choke.

DREAM

In 2009, Mo signed with the DREAM promotion in Japan. He was set to fight Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović at DREAM 10 but Cro Cop pulled out after re-signing with the UFC.

Mo instead made his debut against Josh Barnett at DREAM 13 on March 21, 2010, and lost via submission in the first round.

Bellator MMA

In 2013, Mo refocused his efforts on MMA and signed with Bellator MMA. He made his debut in September 2013 at Bellator 100 where he defeated Dan Charles by TKO. Mo returned just over a month later at Bellator 106 where he defeated Ron Sparks by submission.

In March 2014, Mo entered the Bellator Season Ten Heavyweight Tournament. He faced fellow kickboxer Peter Graham in the opening round at Bellator 111 on March 7, 2014. Mo won the fight via submission in the third round. In the semifinals, Mo faced Russian fighter Alexander Volkov on April 11, 2014, at Bellator 116. He lost the fight via knockout in the first round.

Mo was released from the organization on August 25, 2014. ^[13]

Road FC

On October 9, 2015, at Road FC 026 in Seoul, South Korea, Mo defeated Choi Mu-bae by 1st-round KO in 37 seconds. On December 26 at Road FC 027 in Shanghai, China, Mo defeated Choi Mu-bae by Technical Knockout at the 3:46 mark of round 1, in a rematch of their Road FC 26 match up.

On April 16, 2016, at Road FC 030 in Beijing, China, Mo defeated Hyun-man Myung by neck crank in round 3 to win Openweight tournament semi-finals. On September 24 at Road FC 033 in Seoul, South Korea, Mo defeated Choi Hong-man by knockout in round 4 to win the Road FC Openweight Championship. On September 25 Mo signed an exclusive contract with the Road FC. On December 10 at Road FC 035 in Seoul, South Korea, Mo retained his Openweight Title with a first-round knockout of Carlos Toyota. Mo next faced Dong-gook Kang at Road FC 040, winning the fight via technical knockout in the second round. Mo fought Gilbert Yvel at Road FC 47, losing the fight via armbar submission in the first round.

Bare-Knuckle Boxing

Mighty Mo entered the Valor Bare Knuckle 1 Heavyweight Tournament, VBK:1; this was the debut event for Ken Shamrock's newly founded bare-knuckle boxing organization. Mighty Mo defeated Sokoudjou by 3rd round TKO and entered the finals against Mark Godbeer. Unlike Godbeer, Mighty Mo had not been able to quickly defeat his prior opponent (Godbeer quickly knocked out his first opponent in less than a minute). He lost via TKO after he was unable to get up in time to answer the 10 count ^[14]

Fighting Style

Mighty Mo is largely a stand-up fighter known for his strong striking power; he specifically possesses a powerful overhand-right and has used it to knock out several of his opponents.

Championships and Accomplishments

Mixed Martial Arts

• Bellator MMA
  • Bellator Season Ten Heavyweight Tournament Semifinalist
• Universal Above Ground Fighting
  • U.A.G.F. Heavyweight Championship (One time)
• Road Fighting Championship
  • Road FC Openweight Champion (First; current)
  • Two Successful Title Defenses
  • 2016 Road FC Openweight Tournament Winner

Kickboxing

• K-1
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest 3rd Place
  • 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix in Hawaii Champion
  • 2004 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas II Champion

Bare-Knuckle Boxing

• Valor Bare Knuckle
  • VKB:1 Heavyweight Tournament Finalist ^[14]

Other

• North West Toughman Champion

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown

18 matches	12 wins	6 losses
By knockout	9	2
By submission	3	3
By decision	0	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	12–6	Gilbert Yvel	Technical Submission (armbar)	Road FC 047	May 12, 2018	1	3:43	Beijing, China	Road FC 2018 Openweight Grand Prix R1.
Win	12–5	Dong-gook Kang	TKO (punches)	Road FC 040	July 15, 2017	2	2:27	Seoul, South Korea	Defended the Road FC Openweight Championship.
Win	11–5	Carlos Toyota	KO (punches)	Road FC 035	December 10, 2016	1	1:10	Seoul, South Korea	Defended the Road FC Openweight Championship.
Win	10–5	Hong-man Choi	KO (punch)	Road FC 033	September 24, 2016	1	4:06	Seoul, South Korea	Won the Road FC Openweight Tournament the Road FC Openweight Championship.
Win	9–5	Hyun-man Myung	Submission (neck crank)	Road FC 030 in China	April 16, 2016	3	1:12	Beijing, China	Road FC Openweight Tournament Semifinals.
Win	8–5	Mu-bae Choi	TKO (punches)	Road FC 027 in China	December 26, 2015	1	3:46	Shanghai, China	Road FC Openweight Tournament Quarterfinals.
Win	7–5	Mu-bae Choi	KO (punch)	Road FC 026	October 9, 2015	1	0:37	Seoul, South Korea
Loss	6–5	Denis Stojnić	Decision (unanimous)	HIT-FC	June 27, 2015	3	5:00	Zurich, Switzerland
Loss	6–4	Alexandru Lungu	TKO (punches)	Real Xtreme Fighting 15	December 15, 2014	1	0:52	Bucharest, Romania	Super Heavyweight bout.
Loss	6–3	Alexander Volkov	KO (head kick)	Bellator 116	April 11, 2014	1	2:44	Temecula, California, United States	Bellator Season Ten Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal.
Win	6–2	Peter Graham	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	Bellator 111	March 7, 2014	3	2:31	Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States	Bellator Season Ten Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Win	5–2	Ron Sparks	Submission (Keylock)	Bellator 105	October 25, 2013	1	2:52	Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
Win	4–2	Dan Charles	TKO (punches)	Bellator 100	September 20, 2013	3	1:26	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Loss	3–2	Josh Barnett	Submission (Kimura)	DREAM 13	March 22, 2010	1	4:41	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Loss	3–1	Semmy Schilt	Submission (triangle choke)	Fields Dynamite!! 2008	December 31, 2008	1	5:31	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win	3–0	Ruben Villareal	TKO (punches)	Dynamite!! USA	June 2, 2007	1	1:33	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	2–0	Min-soo Kim	KO (punch)	HERO'S 8	March 12, 2007	1	2:37	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Win	1–0	Mark Smith	KO (knee to the body)	UAGF 4: Ultimate Cage Fighting	October 12, 2003	2	2:36	Upland, California, United States

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)

20 Wins (12 (T)KO's), 22 Losses, 2 Draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2018-11-17	Win	Kengo Shimizu	Rise 129	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (punches)	3	0:55
2018-09-17	Loss	Jairo Kusunoki	HEAT 43	Kariya, Japan	Extra Round Decision	4	3:00
2015-12-05	Loss	Tomáš Hron	GIBU Fight Night 2 [15]	Prague, Czech Republic	KO	2	N/A
2015-02-01	Loss	Konstantin Gluhov	Kunlun Fight 18	Guangzhou, China	TKO (fist injury)	1	2:00
Super Heavyweight Tournament, Final 16.
2012-12-22	Loss	Raul Cătinaș	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2012-09-08	Loss	Rick Roufus	K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California, USA	Decision (split)	3	3:00
To qualify for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16.
2012-03-03	Loss	Florian Pavic	3rd Steko Fight Night	Munich, Germany	Decision	5	3:00
2011-11-23	Loss	Raoumaru	RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011	Tokyo, Japan	KO (knee)	3	2:49
2011 RISE Heavyweight Tournament Quarter-finals.
2011-07-30	Loss	Ben Edwards	Capital Punishment 4	Canberra, Australia	KO (right knee)	2	2:18
2011-07-16	Loss	Mladen Brestovac	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2011	Constanța, Romania	KO (left kick to the body)	1	2:18
SuperKombat WGP II Semi-finals.
2011-05-28	Loss	Sergei Kharitonov	United Glory 14: 2010-2011 World Series Finals	Moscow, Russia	KO (right uppercut)	1	1:59
2010-12-11	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (punches and kick)	1	2:20
2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Quarter-finals.
2010-10-02	Win	Raul Cătinaș	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16	Seoul, South Korea	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2010 K-1 World Grand Prix opening round.
2010-05-21	Loss	Sebastian Ciobanu	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest	Bucharest, Romania	KO (kick to the throat)	1	2:24
2010 Bucharest Grand Prix Semi-finals.
2010-05-21	Win	Roman Kleibl	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest	Bucharest, Romania	KO	3	1:56
2010 Bucharest Grand Prix Quarter-finals.
2009-10-24	Loss	Cătălin Moroşanu	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination	Arad, Romania	Extra Round Decision (split)	4	3:00
2008-08-09	Win	Justice Smith	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Decision (majority)	3	3:00
2008 Hawaii Grand Prix Quarter-finals.
2008-04-13	Loss	Kyotaro	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Yokohama	Yokohama, Japan	Extra Round Decision (unanimous)	4	3:00
2007-12-08	Loss	Paul Slowinski	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final	Yokohama, Japan	TKO (low kicks)	2	0:50
2007-09-29	Loss	Choi Hong-man	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Seoul Final 16	Seoul, South Korea	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2007 K-1 World Grand Prix opening round.
2007-08-11	Loss	Stefan Leko	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-06-23	Loss	Semmy Schilt	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
For K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship.
2007-04-04	Win	Aleksandr Pitchkounov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	KO (punches)	3	0:46
2007 Hawaii Grand Prix Final.
2007-04-04	Win	Jan Nortje	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	KO (right punch)	2	1:50
2007 Hawaii Grand Prix Semi-finals.
2007-04-04	Win	Kim Kyoung-suk	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	KO (straight punch)	1	1:37
2007 Hawaii Grand Prix Quarter-finals.
2007-03-04	Win	Choi Hong-man	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Yokohama	Yokohama, Japan	KO (right overhand)	2	0:50
2006-11-04	Win	Abdel Lamidi	K-1 Fighting Network Riga 2006	Riga, Latvia	KO (right overhand)	1	2:17
2006-07-30	Loss	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Sapporo	Sapporo, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-09-23	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka - Final Elimination	Osaka, Japan	KO (left low kick)	2	0:42
2005-08-13	Win	Francois Botha	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	TKO (3 knockdowns)	1	1:20
2005-04-30	Win	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (split)	3	3:00
2004-12-04	Loss	Kaoklai Kaennorsing	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (right high kick)	1	2:40
2004-09-25	Win	Gary Goodridge	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Final Elimination	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (3 knockdowns)	1	2:58
2004-08-07	Win	Brecht Wallis	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	KO (right overhand)	2	2:55
2004 Las Vegas Grand Prix II Final.
2004-08-07	Win	Scott Lighty	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	KO (right overhand)	1	1:29
2004 Las Vegas Grand Prix II semi-finals.
2004-08-07	Win	Sergei Gur	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2004 Las Vegas Grand Prix II Quarter-finals.
2004-04-30	Loss	Dewey Cooper	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2004 Las Vegas Grand Prix I Semi-finals.
2004-04-30	Win	Carter Williams	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	TKO	3	1:52
2004 Las Vegas Grand Prix I Quarter-finals.
2004-02-15	Win	Hiraku Hori	K-1 Burning 2004	Okinawa, Japan	KO (right hook)	4	1:22
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Boxing record

Boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Date	Location	Notes
1	Win	2–1	William Jackson	KO	1	N/A	August 2, 2007	Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, USA
2	Win	1–1	Christopher Valente	KO	1	N/A	November 17, 2006	Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California, USA
3	Loss	0–1	Lamar Stephens	PTS	3	3:00	May 18, 2006	Hard Rock Live Arena, Hollywood, Florida, USA
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest

Bare-Knuckle Boxing

Professional record breakdown

2 matches	1 win	1 loss
By knockout	1	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	1–1	Mark Godbeer	TKO (stoppage)	VKB-Valor Bare Knuckle 1	21 September 2019	1	2:56	New Town, ND, US, 4 Bears Casino and Lodge	Heavyweight Tournament Finals. [16]
Win	1–0	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	TKO (punches)	VKB-Valor Bare Knuckle 1	21 September 2019	3	1:26	New Town, ND, US, 4 Bears Casino and Lodge	Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals. [16]

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers

References

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14. Guardiero, Mckenzie (September 22, 2019). "Valor BK 1 Results".
15. "Vijest - Tomaš Hron nokautirao Mighty Moa". croring.com.
16. "Valor Bare Knuckle 1 Results - VBK 1 - Heavyweight tournament". September 21, 2019.

External links

• Professional MMA record for Mighty Mo from Sherdog
• Mighty Mo from Tapology
• Profile at K-1