Keith Jardine Explains Why He Thinks He Beat Gegard Mousasi

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SAN DIEGO — Watch below as Keith Jardine discusses his controversial draw against Gegard Mousasi on Saturday night, whether he thought he deserved to win, why he is likely heading to middleweight, the injuries he sustained after the fight and what it was like fighting for Zuffa again.

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SAN DIEGO — Watch below as Keith Jardine discusses his controversial draw against Gegard Mousasi on Saturday night, whether he thought he deserved to win, why he is likely heading to middleweight, the injuries he sustained after the fight and what it was like fighting for Zuffa again.

Keith Jardine: Mousasi Fight Is Next Step Toward ‘Reinventing Myself’

Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceSAN DIEGO — When Keith Jardine heard that Gegard Mousasi had only watched one round of his fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 96 to prepare for their bout on Saturday night, a sly smile spread across “The Dean of …

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SAN DIEGO — When Keith Jardine heard that Gegard Mousasi had only watched one round of his fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 96 to prepare for their bout on Saturday night, a sly smile spread across “The Dean of Mean’s” face.

“I love that fight,” Jardine said in his soft, low voice. “It’s one of my favorite fights, but I definitely didn’t do well in that one.”

When he thinks back on it now, he was too flat-footed in that bout, and he got exhausted early on. In fact, maybe it’s good that Mousasi chose that fight to watch a single round from.

“It might have made him a little more confident,” Jardine said.

But even though he lost a decision in that bout, it’s what people don’t know about it that helped make the performance one of Jardine’s personal favorites.

As UFC and Strikeforce Team Up, It’s Far From Business as Usual

Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceCHULA VISTA, Calif. – If there was any doubt that change was in the air, it vanished the moment two UFC PR reps walked into Wednesday’s open workouts both drinking giant cans of Rockstar – the official energy drink of Strik…

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CHULA VISTA, Calif. – If there was any doubt that change was in the air, it vanished the moment two UFC PR reps walked into Wednesday’s open workouts both drinking giant cans of Rockstar – the official energy drink of Strikeforce.

Two months ago this would have been an unthinkable incursion into enemy territory for a Zuffa employee, and one fueled by heresy in a can. Now it’s the new normal.

It seems minor at first, but sometimes it’s the little things that signal the start of a big change. As Strikeforce counts down the final days until its first major event under the ownership of Zuffa — the UFC’s parent company — change is evident in dozens of small ways. If you think the subtle differences are lost on the fighters, think again.

Gegard Mousasi Embracing Time Out of Spotlight

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CHULA VISTA, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Gegard Mousasi about his fight against Keith Jardine at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, changing opponents a week before the fight, how he has improved since he last fought for Strikeforce and training with Fedor Emelianenko in Holland.

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CHULA VISTA, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Gegard Mousasi about his fight against Keith Jardine at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, changing opponents a week before the fight, how he has improved since he last fought for Strikeforce and training with Fedor Emelianenko in Holland.

Keith Jardine Says Gegard Mousasi Fight ‘Probably’ His Last at Light Heavyweight

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CHULA VISTA, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Keith Jardine about fighting Gegard Mousasi on week’s notice at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, fighting on a big stage again, his eventual move to middleweight, why he accepted the fight and the mood at Team Jackson’s since Rashad Evans left.

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CHULA VISTA, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Keith Jardine about fighting Gegard Mousasi on week’s notice at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, fighting on a big stage again, his eventual move to middleweight, why he accepted the fight and the mood at Team Jackson’s since Rashad Evans left.

Gegard Mousasi Talks Keith Jardine, Strikeforce Belt and Jon “Bones” Jones

We were looking forward to the Gegard Mousasi, Mike Kyle tilt at this Saturday’s Strikeforce, but when Kyle went down with an injury and Keith Jardine was named as the replacement, cheers abounded throughout the Fix office (ok, maybe not exactly). After all, despite Jardine’s struggles over the last couple of years, we are talking […]

Gegard Mousasi

We were looking forward to the Gegard Mousasi, Mike Kyle tilt at this Saturday’s Strikeforce, but when Kyle went down with an injury and Keith Jardine was named as the replacement, cheers abounded throughout the Fix office (ok, maybe not exactly). After all, despite Jardine’s struggles over the last couple of years, we are talking about a dude that took out Forrest Griffin, Chuck Liddell and Brandon Vera.

Now it wasn’t long ago that many people were calling Mousasi the next big thing, until he was tossed around by “King Mo” Lawal last April and lost his Strikeforce belt. Despite the fact it was his first defeat in 15 fights and that the 25 year-old has won two more times since then, it’s been kind of quiet on the “Gegard’s the man’ front. Of course, all is far from lost for Mousasi and he knows it. While speaking to MMA Weekly, Mousasi talked about getting a win over Jardine, getting back the Strikeforce belt, and then, just maybe, taking on a certain Jon “Bones” Jones.

“Right now Jon Jones is considered the best, and if I win my fights, maybe it could build up a good match against him,” stated Mousasi. “I think it would be such a great fight, so I would like to test myself against him….“I need to win my fights first in Strikeforce, and then there’s a possibility to fight in the UFC or have the Strikeforce champion versus the UFC champion. But I’ve got to win my fights before thinking about that possibility.”

Mousasi vs. Jones huh? We’d watch. To bet on Mousasi and Jardine, or any of the other bouts scheduled for Saturday, head here.