Siliga is 47 and while he has certainly seen better days he's seen a bit of a career resurgence in MMA since his kickboxing career took a turn for the worst around a decade ago. Starting in 2013 he went on a surprising run in Bellator, going 3-0 researching the semi-finals against Alexander Volkov where he succumbed to a brutal highlight reel highkick KO. That was his final fight in the promotion and he went on to suffer 2 more subsequent losses before signing with the South Korean based org Road FC where he appears to have carved a nice little niche for himself. Since then(2015) he's gone 6-0 over regional tomato cans(including a first rd KO against longtime rival Hong Mon Choi whom he went 1-1 with in kickboxing) Yvel is considerably younger at 41 but he's been far more inactive fighting only 3 times since his 0-3 UFC run back in 2010 - winning all 3 by stoppage. He retired sometime after his 2012 KO over former UFC vet Houston Alexander but return to the cage in late 2016 with a first rd stoppage(injury) to the very shopworn but once extremely formidable ex-UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriquez. This is his first fight since then. Even though this is a fight that probably would have meant more 10-15 years ago it's nice little nostalgic matchup between two big punchers who's styles jell very well together. Who do you guys got? This content is protected This content is protected
Yeah I think he needs/needed the money. He returned in 2015 after a near 6 year hiatus and had about 5 fights between MMA and kickboxing over the span of a year or so. Ended up going 2-3 with two losses coming by brutal KO. This content is protected This content is protected Hasn't fought since this ill-fated 5 fight run and I hope it stays that way.
This content is protected Holy ****ing ****. Crazy fight. Spoiler: *fight result* Yvel armbar'd Mo. Breaking his arm because the notoriously tough Samoan refused to tap.
