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Gegard Mousasi Explains Why UFC Is Declining

Gegard Mousasi has some interesting points to this belief.

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Gegard Mousasi explains why now he thinks that the UFC is in a decline and this all comes after having a new look on the state of the MMA landscape. The Bellator middleweight champion is slated to fight welterweight champion Rory MacDonald at the Bellator 206 event.

Bellator Run

Mousasi’s contract with the UFC ran out after his controversial UFC 208 win over Chris Weidman. This is when he decided to test out the free agent market and signed with the Viacom-owned promotion. A fun fact about his career is that Mousasi was Bellator MMA President Scott Coker’s light heavyweight champion for a while under the Strikeforce banner.

Mousasi is currently riding an impressive six fight win streak with victories of the likes of Weidman, Vitor Belfort, Uriah Hall, and Thiago Santos. He also won his promotional debut with Bellator by picking up a win over Alexander Shlemenko by decision at Bellator 185. He is coming off a win over Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 200 by scoring score a TKO victory in just 3:25 of the very first round.

Gegard Mousasi Explains Why

In a recent media conference call (transcript courtesy of Bloody Elbow), he gave his take on why he thinks the UFC is currently in a decline.

“I feel the UFC is declining because they’re putting on bad cards, the main events are not that intriguing,” Mousasi said. “We have a lot of big names fighting now in Bellator. You have Quinton (Jackson) vs. Wanderlei (Silva), that’s a superfight on its own, obviously (Lyoto) Machida is now here. Ryan Bader. You have Matt Mitrione, you have so many big names.

“I think because of my long career. I’m now where I should be and I’m taking every chance I get to fight for the big fights.”

This event is set to take place on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The preliminary card will air online at 7:00 pm EST while the main card will air on DAZN and Paramount Network at 9:00 PM EST.

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Rory MacDonald Explains Why He Won’t Follow GSP’s Path To Moving Up Weight Class

Rory MacDonald won’t follow in the footsteps of his longtime teammate.

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Rory MacDonald has learned his lesson from Georges St-Pierre while preparing to make history under the Bellator MMA banner. This lesson from the former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion is moving up a weight class.

Once GSP moved up from welterweight to middleweight for his win over Michael Bisping at UFC 217, the former UFC champ gained so much weight that it potentially caused a digestive affliction as he is dealing with ulcerative colitis.

MacDonald became a big name while fighting inside of the Octagon under the UFC banner. Once he made the jump to the Viacom-owned promotion, he further showcased his skills. He won the Bellator welterweight title by scoring a unanimous decision win over Douglas Lima at Bellator 192 back in January.

Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will defend his title against MacDonald at Bellator 206 on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. He stated in a recent interview that this fight against Mousai is all part of the plan for him deciding to sign with Bellator.

“I disagreed with his approach to it from the very beginning,” MacDonald said to MMAFighting. “I think he learned a lesson from it as well, so I think I have a good approach to it. I think fights that are interesting to the fans interest me,” MacDonald said. “That always means it’s the most significant fight at hand. That’s what it is.”

“When you take a pound-for-pound style fight in other weight classes or with guys who have proven themselves against a lot of guys, it opens eyes and gets people talking,” MacDonald said. “I’m excited. I’m not too worried about it, at the end of the day. I know he’s a big challenge.”

“Things are just coming one after another right now,” MacDonald said. “God has really blessed me with the things that I have aspired to do in my career. I’m very grateful for these things. … It’s gonna be a great year. I’m very happy.”

It has also been revealed that MacDonald will take part in the Bellator welterweight grand prix tournament as he takes on Jon Fitch. This fight is being potentially targeted for February.

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Arlene Blencowe vs. Amber Leibrock Added to Bellator 206

Bellator’s featherweight division keeps on rolling when Arlene Blencowe takes on Amber Leibrock at Bellator 206, as reported by Geelong Advertiser. Australian Arene Blencowe has a professional record of 10-7. Prior to losing her featherweight title fig…

Bellator’s featherweight division keeps on rolling when Arlene Blencowe takes on Amber Leibrock at Bellator 206, as reported by Geelong Advertiser. Australian Arene Blencowe has a professional record of 10-7. Prior to losing her featherweight title fight against Julia Budd by split decision at Bellator 198, Blencowe had strung together three consecutive victories in the […]

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