King Mo's first defense?...

Looks like Feijao... The lack of depth in SF is kind of embarrassing to be honest.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19761/champ-muhammed-lawal-vs-feijao-cavalcante-targeted-for-strikeforce-houston.mma

205 is def the weakest of SF's divisions. But Cavalcante is a good fighter. though he's not exactly a worthy title contendor, he is the levle of fighter that Mo should be fighting at this stage in his career.

Mo is still overrated at this point, he could use some more experience before facing elite guys anyways.

It's not like he has a choice in the level of competition he faces... Aside from Hendo or a rematch with Mousasi, the talent pool is pretty thin. Of course he could possibly fight Babalu?... Or Lawler... I mean SF does give title shots to guys coming off of losses.

He won't fight Babalu, they tried and neither guy was interested(teammates)

LikesToFightGuy wrote:

It's not like he has a choice in the level of competition he faces... Aside from Hendo or a rematch with Mousasi, the talent pool is pretty thin. Of course he could possibly fight Babalu?... Or Lawler... I mean SF does give title shots to guys coming off of losses.

I expect him making appearances at heavy to fill the voids.

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

He won't fight Babalu, they tried and neither guy was interested(teammates)

That's right... Another reason to cross off a contender.

BTW - You're welcome for the merci... Went to hit the quote button and missed by a fraction of an inch... lol

still think they need to get Kyle back in the mix here. 4 straight wins since his loss to Werdum, which of coarse, doesn't look too bad right now.

And as mentioned, Ricco.

LikesToFightGuy wrote:

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

He won't fight Babalu, they tried and neither guy was interested(teammates)

That's right... Another reason to cross off a contender.

BTW - You're welcome for the merci... Went to hit the quote button and missed by a fraction of an inch... lol

ha ha I have probably done that atleast 10 times.

Fedor should drop and fight him!

At first I was kidding but now I think it really has some potential.

Fedor would beat MO and get a shiny belt while werdum takes on overeem. Then fed or fights the winner of that and we have a champion vs champion sunperfight.

captain organic wrote:

still think they need to get Kyle back in the mix here. 4 straight wins since his loss to Werdum, which of coarse, doesn't look too bad right now.

And as mentioned, Ricco.

Does SF have ties to KOTC?... That's where Kyle's been fighting since his loss to Werdum I thought.

Kyle isn't in SF anymore. Feijao has been in "prospect on the cusp" status since EliteXC first signed with CBS. This fight is a long, long time coming. I don't think this is a bad fight at all...

I don't think the fight is all bad considering they have so little to pull from. It will give us "a bit" more of a idea of where to place either in the grand scheme of things. I just wish that SF had more depth at LHW... Hell at any class for that matter...

How is this suppose to help me prove he isn't a top 10 LHW?

If he loses, he isn't top 10. Can't lose to a guy that loses to Mike Kyle and then gets a title shot by beating Rosa and Britt. If he wins, it solidifies him somewhat... Feijao is respected by many (Just not too much by me).

If Feijao beats Mo impressively he may end up top ten.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

If Feijao beats Mo impressively he may end up top ten.

Really? I would still have him below guys like Matt Hamill and others.

Let's give a quick top-15 (Not necessarily in order) with a few interchangeables...

Rua, Evans, Machida, Rampage, Lil Nog, Anderson (?), Gump, Couture, King Mo, Mousasi, Franklin, Thiago, Bader, Jon Jones, Babalu..... Possible adds- Hamill, Vera, Cane, Ortiz, Jardine, Liddell... I know I don't have Feijao in my top-15, or 20 for that matter...

Now if Rafael beats Mo, do we slot him into the upper ten of that group... Really?

I don't slot Mo in the top 10 of that group. So why would I slot the other guy in for confirming I was right about Mo?

Janitor>Jardine

Yeah, he'd have to embarrass Mo... All five minutes of the first and second rounds proving he is better than Mo at every aspect of MMA and then finish him in the third via submission of the year type of submission... I want to see Feijao set up a Gogo with Mo standing and pulling off a perfect video game type submission before I give him top-10 consideration!!!!!

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

Janitor>Jardine

Maybe Arona and Diabate too at this point?

Damn what a weak division, I have no clue why they wouldn't sign Jardine

Mo goes on a long run against weak opposition, people inflate his worth, seen it a million times.

How many times can they throw Mo/Mousasi together?

Jardine really doesn't make the division better, just bigger by one name recognizable fighter. Mo should wreck him but all bets are off with Jardine as the underdog. 170 and 205 are two divisions the UFC is far deeper at than the rest of the world.