Gegard Mousasi vs Jake O'Brien set for DREAM.15 on July 10
by James Kimball on Jun 29, 2010 10:28 AM EDT
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Light heavyweights Gegard Mousasi and Jake O'Brien have agreed to meet at DREAM.15, which takes place July 10 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
MMA Fighting learned of the match up yesterday.
Mousasi is of course coming off the somewhat surprising defeat at the hands, (and takedowns) of King Mo Lawal back in April on CBS.
Before that loss, the 24-year-old fighter had been on a 15-fight tear, which dated back to 2006. He was nothing short of outstanding since coming out of seemingly nowhere to win the 2008 DREAM Grand Prix Final with an upkick stoppage of Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
"Dream Catcher" later went on to stop Renato "Babalu" Sobral to capture the Strikeforce light heavyweight crown and then tooled Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via second round technical knockout three months later in a non-title bout.
Mousasi's last win came as he overwhelmed an under matched Gary Goodridge at K-1 Dynamite!!: "Power of Courage" on New Year's Eve 2009.
O'Brien has found success in the local MMA promotion circuit going 2-0 since being cut buy the UFC following his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 100 last July.
The veteran of 17 professional fights, having won 14 of them, entered the Octagon with an undefeated mark of 7-0 and carried his streak all the way to ten consecutive wins, culminating with a defeat of Heath Herring at UFC Fight Night 8 back in 2007.
Jake's only three losses came to Andrei Arlovski, Cain Velasquez, and Jon Jones... some pretty steep competition. And at just 25 years of age, O"Brien has plenty of time to work his way toward the top of the light heavyweight ranks.
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huh?
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
Sorry to hijack but...
Did anyone else see MMA Connected last night where Chuck said that he wasn’t done fighting (although he still had to talk to Dana). The whole interview made me very sad. When are we going to start talking about the Iceman’s speech? He has clearly been affected by head shots at this point. And IMO he seems even worse after this latest KO. Check out this link from you-tube from back in the day (try to ignore the douchebag on the left and, check out the freaking hairline on DW).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_o6cfRaG8g&feature=related
I don’t know about you guys but I found the difference in Chuck’s speech from then compared to now to be profound. I really worry about the sport and head injuries, although all that said maybe it’s the drugs. Please be the drugs.
by Canucklehead. on Jun 29, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Do a fanpost with this news. You will get a good discussion.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
pretty sure its already been posted by Mania
http://www.mmamania.com/2010/6/28/1542481/chuck-liddell-headache-free-still
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Jun 29, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks OJR, I guess I needed a push.
I had never done one before. Here’s it is,
http://www.mmamania.com/2010/6/29/1543074/chucks-speach-makes-me-sad
by Canucklehead. on Jun 29, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Incredible.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
NICE!
NOT.
Conan : You are known as a striker. Is that correct? Tell me what that means.
Chuck : Well I like to punch people, or kick them.
Jake's 205 now right?
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
He fought Jon Jones at 205 as well
Buster: Let me go with you. I was trained by Army. I speak the language.
Michael: You speak Arabic?
Buster: La-ach-ha-tem.
Michael: What’s that mean?
Buster: No, I was just clearing my throat, but I think it actually does mean "laundry" but like a child’s laundry. We don’t really have a word for it.
by Buster Bluth on Jun 29, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
what is this guy the give him to the future of mma and see how he does guy? cain v, jon jones, and now mousasi?
i got obrien by lay and pray
by randy murders on Jun 29, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, after seeing how well Mousasi handled the last wrestler
I wouldn’t rule an O’Brien (lay n pray) win out either.
moose sauce should take this, but only if he improved wrestling
by eastcoastatlas on Jun 29, 2010 10:52 AM EDT reply actions
or maybe Babalu vs Mousasi...remember Babz was a Brazilian wrestling champ...Mo is on another level and is no where close to O'Brien
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
by McArthur... on Jun 29, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
you are overrating O'brians wrestling
King Mo is a waaaaaaaaaaaay better wrestler
Yeah
I think Mousasi may have thought that the American judges would be more like the Japanese judges and score the fight based on closeness of finishing or overall damage. But over here it’s all hump-points. Hopefully he’ll take that into consideration next time.
by Swedish Chef smerdy herdy verdy on Jun 29, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
you mean by slapping from the bottom as to controlling the other guy and actually landing real punches? sure it looked like those punches from the bottom hurt but they didn’t.
what danger was mo ever in? mousasi tried like no submissions or anything he just found out the difference between an athletic american mma fighter and a japanese freak show and he didn’t like it, mo made him his bitch and rode him like a bicycle get over it
by randy murders on Jun 29, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
That last Mousasi fight was pretty surprising to me....
He is so good but he got handled in the fight with King Mo. I think that really exposed an area of his game that needs work. He must have been really affected by that performance because I saw NO INTERVIEWS or COMMENTS from Gegard after the fight. I hope he is working on the TD defense and how to deal more with the top wrestlers. Look forward to his next fight.
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