Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga Signs to Face Josh Barnett at DREAM.13
by Kid Nate on Mar 14, 2010 1:30 PM EDT
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Finally, via USA TODAY:
Barely a week before it's scheduled to happen, Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga has agreed to face heavyweight Josh Barnett.
Siliga has signed the contract for a fight with Barnett at Dream 13 on March 22 in Yokohama, Japan, manager Steve Rusich told MMA Weekly and MMAjunkie.com. SI.com's Josh Gross earlier this week posted news about a possible bout between Siliga and Barnett.
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The 39-year-old Siliga (3-1) hasn't competed in MMA since New Year's Eve 2008, when he was submitted by fellow K-1 kickboxer Semmy Schilt with a triangle choke. Siliga has had his share of success in the kickboxing world, including K-1 World Grand Prix tournament championships in 2004 and 2007.
This is yet another less than stellar opponent for Barnett. He last fought MMA in January of 2009 against Gilbert Yvel. Prior to that he faced Pedro Rizzo, Jeff Monson and Hidehiko Yoshida. Barnett hasn't faced a top ten opponent since losing to Rodrigo Antonio Nogueira on New Year's Eve 2006. He hasn't beaten a top ten opponent since beating Nogueira by split decision in September 2006.
Hopefully Barnett will straighten out his issues with the California State Athletic Commission and be able to once again fight in the States.
Failing that, I would like to see him face more credible opposition in Japan. It's too bad Tim Sylvia turned down a DREAM.13 fight with Barnett. The winner of that fight would have definitely been back on track.
There is also always the outside possibility that DREAM will put together the money to book Fedor Emelianenko vs Josh Barnett sometime this year or next as well.
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I wish they would at least book him against Sergei Kharitonov
by John Nash on Mar 14, 2010 2:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
"Hopefully Barnett will straighten out his issues with the California State Athletic Commission"?
Hopefully in what universe?
The CSAC should tell that junkie cheater to sell his condo, take his chemistry set, and go move to Japan where they give freak show back-acne’d mastodons like him free reign.
His career in the US should be done for. He should be ignored, forgotten, and used as stock imagery for teen ’don’t do steroids’ poster campaigns.
Hopefully he’ll straighten out his issues? No, that’s something you say on his second positive test. On his fourth, you say “get the frak out of my sport, you untrustworthy piece of scat.”
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by Ozzz on Mar 14, 2010 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
this
should be rec’d and infinite amount of times if possible.
by Patrick John McGreevy on Mar 14, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
only three positive tests
isn’t it?
Personally I think it’s super stupid of Barnett to get popped so much, but my opinion is that the majority of pro MMA fighters are doing steroids, HGH or something else. He’s just the dummy who keeps getting caught.
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