{"id":127136,"date":"2015-01-25T06:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=127136"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:53:25","slug":"mousasi-talks-win-henderson-needed-prove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mousasi-talks-win-henderson-needed-prove\/","title":{"rendered":"Mousasi Talks Win Over Henderson: &#8220;I Needed To Prove Myself&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mousasi.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mousasi.png\" alt=\"Mousasi\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127137\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Stockholm, Dan Henderson was stopped for just the second time in his MMA career.  The TKO loss came at the hands of Gegard Mousasi, who bounced back from a submission loss to Jacare Souza with his win over Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>Mousasi spoke post-fight to discuss the win, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was in very good shape coming in. I came to fight and it shows. I wanted to bang with Henderson and once I landed the shot, I waited for a second because I thought he was out, but it wasn\u2019t stopped and I landed two more punches, then it was stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows Dan isn\u2019t in his prime anymore, but he\u2019s always dangerous. For me I just have to do my job. I\u2019m back in the line for the title shot, but there are so many guys ahead of me. Luke, Machida, Jacare &#8211; it\u2019s one of the toughest divisions in the UFC.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can see the highlights from the late-stoppage <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-dan-henderson-vs-gegard-mousasi-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of the stoppage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Stockholm, Dan Henderson was stopped for just the second time in his MMA career. The TKO loss came at the hands of Gegard Mousasi, who bounced back from a submission loss to Jacare Souza with his win over Henderson. 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