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Having lost the title in 2022, former middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will look to rebound when he meets Fabian Edwards in the main event of Bellator Paris this year. After a successful return to Paris last May, which featured victories for heavyw…
Having lost the title in 2022, former middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will look to rebound when he meets Fabian Edwards in the main event of Bellator Paris this year. After a successful return to Paris last May, which featured victories for heavyweight king Ryan Bader and Yoel Romero, Bellator MMA will return to France’s capital…
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At Bellator 282, Gegard Mousasi had his four-fight winning streak snapped as undefeated contender Johnny Eblen put a five-round beating on ‘The Dreamcatcher’ to claim the Bellator 185lb title. Gegard Mousasi went into the fight a heavy favorite, but from the first round, it became apparent that the odds did not reflect how the fight […]
At Bellator 282, Gegard Mousasi had his four-fight winning streak snapped as undefeated contender Johnny Eblen put a five-round beating on ‘The Dreamcatcher’ to claim the Bellator 185lb title.
Gegard Mousasi went into the fight a heavy favorite, but from the first round, it became apparent that the odds did not reflect how the fight would truly play out. Eblen had Mousasi hurt in the first few minutes, using crisp boxing to light the now former champ up. This would be the story of the fight, as Eblen continued to land one-two combination’s on Mousasi, and then utilized his wrestling skills to dominate when the fight entered the grappling realms.
Whilst it looked like the fight was close to being finished on numerous occasions, Eblen ultimately controlled every single round, picking up a one-sided unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).
Unsurprisingly, Johnny Eblen’s title-winning victory over Mousasi caused waves all across the MMA social media space. The new champ had numerous fellow fighters reacting, in both positive and negative ways.
UFC BMF title holder, Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal, sent out a message of support to the ATT teammate, congratulating Eblen for picking up the upset victory.
However, Yoel Romero, who is coming off his own impressive win in the Bellator middleweight division, posted a challenge to the newly crowned champion:
Johnny Eblen also received support from another Bellator title holder, as welterweight champion Logan Storley posted:
Former UFC Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Gegard Mousasi is the most underrated fighter in the sport. Gegard Mousasi is set to take on Johnny Eblen this Friday at Bellator 282. His last outing came against Austin Vanderford earlier in February in Dublin, Ireland. Mousasi put on a sensational performance needing less than a minute […]
Former UFC Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Gegard Mousasi is the most underrated fighter in the sport.
Gegard Mousasi is set to take on Johnny Eblen this Friday at Bellator 282. His last outing came against Austin Vanderford earlier in February in Dublin, Ireland. Mousasi put on a sensational performance needing less than a minute and a half to dispatch his opponent in the main event.
A trend we see repeated in his fights is his calmness inside the cage. Vanderford came out swinging hard from the first minute and despite throwing the kitchen sink at the 36-year-old Dutchman, he was unable to pressure him out of his game. Mousasi handed ‘The Gentleman’ the first loss of his professional career.
Following the win at Bellator 275, Khabib Nurmagomedov took to Twitter to heap praises on Mousasi.
Mousasi’s next bout is against another undefeated challenger in Johnny Elben who also happens to train at the American Top Team gym alongside Vanderford. The pair will take to the octagon at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Currently on a four-fight win streak, ‘The Dreamcatcher’ has won 12 of his last 13 fights including his time in the UFC.
Another former UFC champion who expressed his support for Mousasi is Lyoto Machida, who fought Mousasi on two occasions, winning and losing one each.
“Nobody believes in what he can do, because his technique is very ordinary, nothing flashy,” said Machida. “But it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t kick as high as someone else, or he doesn’t do jump knees. That doesn’t matter. What matters is that he is good everywhere, so well-rounded and so calm. He can fight anybody and has fought everybody, and he wins.” (h/t ESPN)
The Bellator middleweight also has a win over Mark Hunt. Mousasi took on the much larger “Super Samoan” in a 2009 tournament under Dream, and managed to secure a first-round straight armbar submission.
Meanwhile, Gegard Mousasi remains unaffected by the talks. Much like Fedor Emelianenko, the composed Mousasi does not care about the titles and has only one aim ahead. “I don’t give a f— about belts,” Mousasi said. “I’m here to make money.”
Bellator middleweight contender Johnny Eblen is not feeling any added pressure ahead of his title challenge this Friday. In the main event of Bellator 282, Eblen will look to dethrone one of the world’s top middleweights, Gegard Mousasi. The former UFC star is in the midst of his second reign in the Bellator cage and…
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Bellator middleweight contender Johnny Eblen is not feeling any added pressure ahead of his title challenge this Friday.
In the main event of Bellator 282, Eblen will look to dethrone one of the world’s top middleweights, Gegard Mousasi. The former UFC star is in the midst of his second reign in the Bellator cage and has already defended the belt twice since capturing the vacant 185-pound belt with a victory over Douglas Lima in 2020.
Having added the first blemish to Austin Vanderford’s record earlier this year, Mousasi will look to accomplish a similar feat when he shares the cage with Eblen at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena tomorrow night.
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Like Vanderford, Eblen will enter his championship opportunity with a perfect 11-0 professional résumé. But while the pressure perhaps got too much for “The Gentleman,” who was finished inside one round, Eblen isn’t concerned about replicating that.
During a pre-fight interaction with the media, Eblen rejected the narrative that his upcoming collision with Mousasi feels any different to his previous fights, suggesting that the title fight is a natural progression for his career.
“I get a lot of questions like, ‘Hey, does it feel too much,’ Like, nah, it’s just higher stakes, same sh*t… It feels like the right step, it feels like nothing has really changed too much,” said Eblen. “If anything, I’m just fighting a little bit later, fighting a few more rounds, and fighting a better guy. That’s normal when you move up.”
With that, Eblen is incredibly confident that he can upset the odds on Friday and hand Mousasi his eight career loss in what will be his 59th appearance.
After admitting it’ll feel good to showcase his talents on the main-event stage and silence his detractors, “The Human Cheat Code” assured the champ that he’ll be sharing the cage with a “different animal” come fight night.
“It’s gonna put my name on the map, so it’s kinda nice. I get to shut some haters up… Solidify my name,” said Eblen. “People are gonna be like, ‘Damn, Johnny’s legit.’ … This my craft, and I’m putting my craft on this stage for everybody to see… Showcasing my craft on such a high-level guy, and executing things, it’s gonna feel good for me to do.
“I have a lot of tools on my tool belt, and I can’t wait to utilize all these tools when I go out there,” Eblen continued. “It’s gonna be a different fight stylistically (to Mousasi vs. Vanderford)… I’m a different animal.”
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Bellator Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi recently admitted that mixed martial arts is a job for him, not a hobby that he is passionate about. Not many MMA fighters encapsulate the word ‘longevity’ quite like Mousasi. Since making his professional debut in 2003, the Iranian-born Dutch has competed 58 times, having his hand raised in 49…
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Bellator Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi recently admitted that mixed martial arts is a job for him, not a hobby that he is passionate about.
Not many MMA fighters encapsulate the word ‘longevity’ quite like Mousasi. Since making his professional debut in 2003, the Iranian-born Dutch has competed 58 times, having his hand raised in 49 of those appearances.
But despite a storied and lengthy career spanning nearly two decades, Mousasi still finds himself at the top, where he’s widely regarded as one of the top-10 active middleweights in the world. He’ll look to maintain that reputation when he returns to the cage to defend his gold against unbeaten contender Johnny Eblen in the main event of Bellator 282 this Friday.
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But despite his ongoing dominance in Bellator’s 185-pound weight class, which began after a UFC stint that featured wins over Chris Weidman, Uriah Hall, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Santos, and Dan Henderson came to an end in 2017, Mousasi isn’t exactly passionate about the sport.
During a recent interview with MMA Underground’s John Morgan ahead of the third defense of his second middleweight reign in Bellator, Mousasi shared what is perhaps a rare sentiment among fighters.
While many often express their love for MMA, and even suggest that the money isn’t the main factor for them, their passion for the sport is, Mousasi says, “What passion?”
“I’m winning my fights. It’s still going good, so that’s why I continue… I hate when people say (about passion). I don’t love it, I’ve said it a hundred times,” said Mousasi. “If I had like, 50 million in the bank, I wouldn’t do it, I wouldn’t do it. I’m not crazy. It’s still better than a normal job. It pays the bills and I can take care of my family.
“Passion? What passion? I’m dieting, I’m rolling with sweaty men everyday, my body hurts, I don’t sleep well when I’m training, there’s pressure; you name it,” Mousasi continued. “There’s not much enjoyment. The process is not (enjoyed), but the results (are). If the results are good, then it’s fulfilling.”
Mousasi evidently doesn’t believe in the phrase ‘find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’.
Nevertheless, while his motive might be financial, the Dutchman has still forged one of the best MMA résumés of all time and cemented his legacy as a legend of the sport. And his story is still being written, with the next page being prepared for this Friday’s Bellator event.
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Bellator MMA middleweight kingpin and former UFC contender, Gegard Mousasi has claimed that the promotion’s uniform and outfitting deal with global brand, Reebok – which initially came into effect in 2015, was a way for the promotion to “steal” from fighters on their roster. Mousasi, the current undisputed middleweight champion, is slated to return under […]
Bellator MMA middleweight kingpin and former UFC contender, Gegard Mousasi has claimed that the promotion’s uniform and outfitting deal with global brand, Reebok – which initially came into effect in 2015, was a way for the promotion to “steal” from fighters on their roster.
Mousasi, the current undisputed middleweight champion, is slated to return under the Scott Coker-led banner at Bellator 282 in June, clashing with Johnny Elben following a first round knockout win over Austin Vanderford back in February at Bellator Dublin in another successful defense of his middleweight throne.
Debuting under the scrutiny of Bellator back in October 2017, Mousasi has so far established a 7-1 promotional record from eight total fights.
Mousasi, a former Strikeforce, Cage Warriors, and Dream gold holder, made his move to the UFC back in April 2013, and despite riding a five fight winning run, including a victory over former middleweight champion, Chris Weidman, Mousasi never competed for Octagon gold before linking up with Bellator.
Penning a contract with the organization following his win against Weidman, Mousasi has detailed how he earns a more lucrative payday per fight as a result with Bellator – in comparison to a massive dip in sponsorship money earned in the UFC, as he noted with the introduction of the Reebok deal with the organization.
“You took those away, you put Reebok,” Gegard Mousasi told Robin Black on Haymakers,” All the money went to UFC. Paying a fighter that can make $200,000 a fight, then it goes to $10,000 (with) Reebok. That’s stealing from the fighter. They could’ve said, ‘Ok, f*ck that’. And then they killed the whole sponsorships, everything.”
“They could’ve sent every fighter $10,000 checks as an employee (as a) thank you for where we are now,” Gegard Mousasi said. “$10,000 is nothing. They took the sponsorship, they put Reebok. I was making $6,000 with Reebok. (What) they were giving fighters, it wasn’t always the best. They could’ve done a better job. You don’t have to be that greedy.”
Mousasi maintains that he was thankful for the opportunity provided to him in the UFC, and how he was not speaking negatively of the promotion.
“I’m thankful to UFC, to be honest,” Gegard Mousasi said. “After Strikeforce… they bought Strikeforce, I went there, they gave me opportunity. I’m not bashing on them. I’m still thankful. I can understand profit goes (comes first). But my thing is more – treating your employees better, and then the business. But maybe I would go bankrupt (that way).”
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