{"id":198854,"date":"2016-07-14T09:35:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T16:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198854"},"modified":"2016-07-14T09:35:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T16:35:19","slug":"gegard-mousasi-calls-for-fight-against-anderson-silva-or-vitor-belfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gegard-mousasi\/gegard-mousasi-calls-for-fight-against-anderson-silva-or-vitor-belfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Gegard Mousasi calls for fight against Anderson Silva or Vitor Belfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ufc-200-super-slow-motion-highlights\/\">UFC&#8217;s historic UFC 200 event<\/a>, Gegard Mousasi picked up an incredible KO win over Thiago Santos on the UFC Fight Pass prelims.<\/p>\n<p>The win made it two straight for Mousasi following his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/rteplay-uriah-halls-pull-of-major-upset-with-highlight-reel-finish-of-mousasi\/\">TKO loss at the hands of Uriah Hall<\/a> last year.  On the heels of Mousasi&#8217;s win over Santos, he&#8217;s looking to keep the momentum rolling at the UFC&#8217;s inaugural event in New York.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/07\/gegard-mousasi-wants-anderson-silva-or-vitor-belfort-at-ufc-205-in-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie Radio:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI would love to fight Uriah Hal. Even Derek Brunson. Of course, if I want to fight for the title, I need the guy who\u2019s better known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York, Anderson Silva. Or Vitor Belfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnderson Silva has lost (four) of his last (five) fights. He\u2019s still ranked No. 5. He\u2019s been caught for steroids. He\u2019s been losing fights, and he\u2019s still in the top six. The rankings don\u2019t matter. I just need to keep busy. I need a couple wins because there are a couple guys ahead of me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mousasi is currently ranked #7 on the UFC&#8217;s official middleweight rankings. Who would you like to see him fight next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, at the UFC&#8217;s historic UFC 200 event, Gegard Mousasi picked up an incredible KO win over Thiago Santos on the UFC Fight Pass prelims. The win made it two straight for Mousasi following his TKO loss at the hands of Uriah Hall last year. 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