Rhythm always helps, but I felt good in the fight. I don’t think [ring rust played a factor]. He was always a step ahead. I just couldn’t get started. I don’t know about the scoring. Maybe I had one round, maybe two…”

Following his unanimous decision loss to Lyoto Machida last weekend, Gegard Mousasi told the media at the post-fight presser that Lyoto was just one-step ahead of him during their fight.