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Mousasi: ‘My Next Fight Could Be Against Ishii on New Year’s Eve or Cavalcante for the Strikeforce Title’

(Video courtesy YouTube/Middleeasy) Remember when Gegard Mousasi was on a 15-fight win streak, was knocking and tapping fools out left, right and center and everyone was calling him the next Fedor? That was awesome.
Then King Mo came along, laid …

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Remember when Gegard Mousasi was on a 15-fight win streak, was knocking and tapping fools out left, right and center and everyone was calling him the next Fedor? That was awesome.

Then King Mo came along, laid Mousasi on his back and peppered him with more non-committal shots to the face than Jenna Jameson took in her heyday for the majority of their 25-minute fight.

While he isn’t necessarily a better fighter, Mo, who is regarded by anyone who has spoken at length with him about the sport as an MMA savant, executed the perfect game plan to beat Mousasi. In his next fight against Rafael Cavalcante...not so much.

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Dream 16: Gegard Mousasi Submits Tatsuya Mizuno

Filed under: DREAMGegard Mousasi is the former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and former Dream middleweight champion, and now he’s the current Dream light heavyweight champion, beating Tatsuya Mizuno at Dream 16 to win his second title in Japan…

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Gegard Mousasi is the former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and former Dream middleweight champion, and now he’s the current Dream light heavyweight champion, beating Tatsuya Mizuno at Dream 16 to win his second title in Japan’s top MMA promotion.

The fight was widely regarded as a mismatch, and for the most part it was. Although Mizuno held his own on the ground at times, it was a relatively one-sided fight that lasted just over six minutes. Mousasi finished the fight with a rear-naked choke that caused Mizuno to tap out very quickly.

In April, Mousasi lost badly to Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal, and he still has plenty of work to do on his wrestling before he can be considered one of the truly elite light heavyweights in MMA. But he showed on Saturday that he is the best in Dream.

Dream.16 Results: Sakuraba vs. Mayhem, Mousasi vs. Mizuno, More

Filed under: DREAM, ResultsMMAFighting.com has Dream.16 results of the Sept. 25 event at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno battle in main event for first-ever DREAM light heavyweight championship.

Also, Jason …

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MMAFighting.com has Dream.16 results of the Sept. 25 event at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno battle in main event for first-ever DREAM light heavyweight championship.

Also, Jason “Mayhem” Miller meets Japanese legend Kazushi Sakuraba.

Results are below.

Gegard Mousasi Sets Sights on Holding Both Dream, Strikeforce Belts

Filed under: DREAM, NewsGegard Mousasi says winning the Dream light heavyweight belt this Saturday would push him closer towards a shot at reclaiming the Strikeforce 205-pound belt.

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Gegard Mousasi says winning the Dream light heavyweight belt this Saturday would push him closer towards a shot at reclaiming the Strikeforce 205-pound belt.

“I feel like if I win this belt,” Mousasi told reporters Thursday. “It will give me the right to also fight for the Strikeforce belt and winning both belts; I think in Japan and U.S. is an accomplishment that I’ve always wanted.”

Besides the rare feat of holding titles in separate major promotions, the 25-year-old Dutch-Armenian would fully establish himself as an important figure in the historical sense down the line for the Dream organization.

Already staking a claim to being the first DREAM middleweight titleholder, he’d be the first-ever DREAM light heavyweight champion as well if he’s successful at Dream.16 against Tatsuya Mizuno.

Titles on the Line, But No Hard Feelings at Strikeforce: Houston Press Conference

Filed under: StrikeforceHOUSTON – If today’s Strikeforce: Houston pre-fight press conference had a theme, that theme was ‘respect.’ It made for a calm, congenial, and somewhat boring atmosphere, but perhaps that’s just what happens when all eight fight…

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HOUSTON – If today’s Strikeforce: Houston pre-fight press conference had a theme, that theme was ‘respect.’ It made for a calm, congenial, and somewhat boring atmosphere, but perhaps that’s just what happens when all eight fighters on the televised portion of the card like one another too much.

Even defending Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “King” Mo Lawal, who usually likes some trash talk to go along with his pre-fight press obligations, explained that he just couldn’t work up the same animosity toward new challenger Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante that he had for Gegard Mousasi in his last fight.

“I respect Feijao,” said Lawal. “We’ve trained with some of the same people. He’s never questioned my character like Mousasi did. Mousasi was quick to go on record saying that I’m full of myself and I’m this and I’m that. Me and Feijao, we don’t need to do that. We’ll do that Saturday. We’ll fight Saturday and have fun.”

Gary Goodridge Says He Still Hasn’t Been Paid for New Year’s Eve Bout in Japan

Filed under: DREAM, JapanIt’s a little more than eight months since MMA veteran Gary Goodridge fought Gegard Mousasi at FEG’s Dynamite!! 2009 New Year’s Eve show in Japan. Eight months, and still he hasn’t seen a single penny of the money he’s owed for…

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It’s a little more than eight months since MMA veteran Gary Goodridge fought Gegard Mousasi at FEG’s Dynamite!! 2009 New Year’s Eve show in Japan. Eight months, and still he hasn’t seen a single penny of the money he’s owed for that bout, Goodridge told MMA Fighting earlier Wednesday.

“I’m pissed off. I’m fed up. I want my money,” said the 44-year-old Goodridge. “Of course, you’re like any other fighter at first, you stay quiet. You think, I stake my reputation and my whole career with these people. Of course they’re gonna pay. Of course they’re gonna pay, since my whole livelihood came from them in the last 13 years. Now it’s eight months and it’s quite obvious I’m not getting paid. So I’m going to open my mouth now.”