Gegard Mousasi vs. Musashi at K-1 Dynamite
From a press release in my inbox:
Gegard Mousasi, an M-1 Global contracted fighter and the 2008 winner of DREAM's Middleweight World Grand Prix, has officially signed to return to DREAM for FEG's "Fields Dynamite!!" on Dec. 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
M-1 Global can reveal that the 23-year old will be taking on four-time K-1 Japan tournament champion, Musashi in a K-1 rules match.
The matching up of Mousasi vs. Musashi is intriguing outside of the fact that their last names are similar, as both are known as world renowned strikers.
Before becoming the first-ever DREAM Middleweight Champion at DREAM 6 this past September, Mousasi was also a former Cage Warriors Middleweight Champion and a former amateur boxing champion. He has also served as a striking coach for current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko.
Musashi, a Japan native, is a former WAKO Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion and is also a two-time K-1 World Grand Prix finalist.
This is far less about a match-up of any sort of significance and more about creating match-ups to generate ratings. For sure Mousasi has the ability to clown Musashi on the floor and Musashi is coming off two consecutive losses. That's not what this is about. This is an important addition to an already very stacked card. Here's hoping 2009 offers the Japanese MMA scene a rebound and let's hope the NYE event is more a springboard than death knell.
For those unfamiliar with Musashi, here's some of his work and his bio.
UPDATE: I should clarify that my point about Mousasi on the floor is an aside. This fight will be a kickboxing match, which is the only way to make it competitive.
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Interesting.
I definitely wouldn’t want to be the announcer for that fight, lol.
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by BJJDenver on
Nov 29, 2008 11:43 AM EST
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Just to show my ignorance… K-1 rules? Doesn`t that mean no floor allowed? Other than that I think Mousasi is a better striker… today. Musashi has been looking old lately.
by BlueberryMuffin on
Nov 29, 2008 12:33 PM EST
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Completely lame
Why limit it? They’re MMA fighters, let them fight on the ground! Given the size difference, Mousasi will need the ground.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by themachiavellian on
Nov 29, 2008 3:02 PM EST
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They're not MMA fighters
Mousasi is an MMArtist Mushasi is purely a kickboxer.
I think it will be good to see just how great a striker Gegard really is
by skwirrl on
Nov 29, 2008 6:16 PM EST
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Plenty of strikers enter MMA with rudimentary ground game – I don’t like having it arbitrarily decided, “Strikes only!”
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by themachiavellian on
Nov 29, 2008 9:06 PM EST
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What exactly is arbitrary about it?
by Mike Fagan on
Nov 29, 2008 9:29 PM EST
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It just feels unnecessary to me – why striking only? I like the ground game! I want more upkicks!
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by themachiavellian on
Nov 29, 2008 11:26 PM EST
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Yeah, plenty of strikers enter MMA with rudimentary ground game…and they don’t make their debuts against fighters the calibre of Mousasi.
by ilostmydog on
Nov 29, 2008 10:17 PM EST
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Musashi is quite popular in Japan, this is likely to be a showcase fight for him.
Mousasi will give him a good fight, but I do not think his striking will match up very well with a K1 fighter, but you never know.
by DirtyML on
Nov 29, 2008 4:25 PM EST
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I think Mousasi is going to get outclassed by Musashi.
by skeed on
Nov 30, 2008 4:05 AM EST
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I'm betting on the guy
Who’s name sounds like Musashi.
by skwirrl on
Nov 30, 2008 6:43 AM EST
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