Mousasi vs Kyle confirmed for March 3rd

http://mmajunkie.com/news/27097/mike-kyle-vs-gegard-mousasi-confirmed-for-strikeforce-tate-vs-rousey.mma
A light-heavyweight bout between Mike Kyle (19-8-1 MMA, 3-3-1 SF) and
Gegard Mousasi (32-3-2 MMA, 3-1-1 SF) will be part of March's
"Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" event.


Kyle today tweeted news of the bout, which will be part of the Ohio card.


Soon after, MMAjunkie.com
(www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the booking with a source close to the
event. Although it hasn't been decided if the fight will be for
Strikeforce's vacant light-heavyweight title, it will co-headline the
show.

"Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" takes place March 3 at Nationwide Arena
in Columbus, Columbus, and coincides with the annual Arnold Sports
Festival.


The main card airs on Showtime, and prelims air on Showtime Extreme. Kyle vs. Mousasi likely would be part of the main card.


Kyle fights for the first time since September, when he earned a
unanimous-decision victory over Marcos Rogerio de Lima in a Strikeforce
preliminary-card bout. The American Kickboxing Academy fighter is now
6-1 (with one no-contest) in his past eight fights, and the lone defeat
came in a short-notice heavyweight bout with Antonio Silva.


He'll remain at light heavyweight to fight Mousasi, who is undefeated in
his past five fights since a loss to Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal that cost
him his Strikeforce title. Since then, the Armenian-Dutch fighter has
picked up DREAM wins over Jake O'Brien and Tatsuya Mizuno, and following
a draw with Strikeforce's Keith Jardine, a DREAM victory over Hiroshi
Izumi and a pivotal unanimous-decision victory over Strikeforce's
fast-rising Ovince St. Preux in December. Overall, Mousasi is 19-1-1
over his past 21 fights.

Hopefully this fight finally goes down.

Come on Gegard!

gegard by being better

Another fight added to the card.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27098/conor-heun-vs-ryan-couture-slated-for-strikeforce-tate-vs-rousey.mma

Finally. I love me some Mousasi and he should win, but he needs a step up in competition. He's beaten a whos whos or borderline top guys, but never a true top 10 stud.

THis ought to be entertaining at least.

Kyle ain't no bitch. He can turn those lights out if you aren't careful.

I like Mike Kyle and think he is underrated as a LHW, but Mousasi is going to kick his ass. Mousasi is a a better, more technical, dynamic striker and is a better grappler. Just a bad matchup for Kyle.

Nice.