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Fighters.com’s eighth-ranked heavyweight “Babyface Assassin” Josh Barnett (21-5) submitted "Mighty Mo" Siala Siliga (3-2) in a Kimura at 4:41 of round one at DREAM.13 in Yokohama Monday. ...
K-1 kickboxers “Hightower” Semmy Schilt (25-15-1) and “Mighty Mo” Siala Siliga (2-0) will face off in a heavyweight MMA match at Dynamite!! 31 December in Saitama, the FEG announced Tuesday.
Also added to the card is a bout between Hideo Tokoro (17-13-1) and Daisuke Nakamura (15-8).
Schilt last fought Nandor Guelmino (1-1) in January, and won via first-round KO.
“Mighty Mo” last fought in June 2007, defeating “Warpath” Ruben Villareal (13-13-3) via TKO at 1:33 of round one.
Tokoro lost his most recent fight via unanimous decision to Atsushi Yamamoto (12-5-1) at DREAM.6 in September.
Nakamura is on a seven-fight win streak, most recently submitting Carlos Valeri (0-2) via flying arbar at M-1 Challenge 8 in October.
...Two days after cracking Fighters.com's Heavyweight Top Ten, Sergei Kharitonov (15-3) has been added to the DREAM.6 card in Saitama, north of Tokyo, 23 September versus "Mighty Mo" Siala Siliga (3-0). Kharitonov TKO’d “Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem (28-11) in Yokohama in September 2007; but, has been more active on the rumor mill than in the ring since. He was floated as “Cro Cop” Mirko Filipovic’s (23-6-2) opponent at DREAM.4 in June and lately was mentioned as a challenger for the EliteXC Heavyweight Championship versus “Bigfoot” Antonio Silva (11-1). "Mighty Mo" TKO'd "Warpath" Ruben Villareal (13-14-3) in Los Angeles in June 2007 to remain undefeated in MMA; but, after, returned to kickboxing for a 1-5 run in K-1. ...











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