| Massouh To Meet Koch At WEC 45 |
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| Written by Paul Fladten | |||||||||||||||
| Monday, 02 November 2009 16:39 | |||||||||||||||
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The potential featherweight battle would feature a pair of fighters who both train in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee native Massouh trains out of Dave Strasser’s Freestyle Academy, while the Iowan Koch has put in time at the Duke Roufus Academy.
Massouh, who is 21-6 according to Sherdog, has won five of his last seven fights. Unfortunately, the two losses have come in his last two fights, both within the WEC. While he admittedly was not himself in his first WEC appearance in April, Massouh looked strong in an August matchup with Leonard Garcia.
However, when all was said and done Garcia was awarded with a split decision victory. A strong December showing will be imperative for Massouh.
Koch, his probable opponent, was scheduled to face Wagnney Fabiano at WEC 44. In an interview with WCS that never aired, Koch was extremely confident in his ability to pull off the upset. At WEC 44, the biggest surprise of the night occurred when Fabiano was submitted in the first round.
Unfortunately for Koch, Mackens Semerzier was the one to shock the world. In the days leading up to the fight, Koch was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. In December, he will have the chance to make his WEC debut against Massouh.
Be sure to check back within the next few weeks as WCS will interview both fighters about the upcoming matchup as soon it is made official.
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Dylan Falduto
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According to sources, a fight between Jameel “The Real Deal” Massouh and Erik Koch has been scheduled to take place at WEC 45 on December 19; the bout would mark Massouh’s third appearance in the organization, and the first for Koch.
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... great to see jameel getting another crack. i definitly had that garcia fight 29-28 in his favor. |
Lukey Dukey
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REAL DEAL!!! i was just reading on sherdog about someone saying that jameel beat garcia on his card. made me feel like a school girl...i mean real manly and tuff guyish lol. good luck to my boy jameel  cant wait to see you on tv again. i always feel cool telling people that the person on tv has made my nose bleed lol |
Ken Sitsler
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... This is the type of fight Jameel should have entered the WEC with. I felt he beat Garcia too.But let the guy get his feet wet first!!! His first to opponents are ranked in the top 10 in the world on the majority of the rankings out there. |
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