{"id":203137,"date":"2016-09-04T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T21:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=203137"},"modified":"2016-09-04T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T21:03:33","slug":"gegard-mousasi-is-confident-in-ufc-204-win-now-that-belfort-lacks-doctors-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gegard-mousasi\/gegard-mousasi-is-confident-in-ufc-204-win-now-that-belfort-lacks-doctors-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Gegard Mousasi is confident he will win at UFC 204 now that Belfort lacks “Doctor’s Advantage”"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi has been campaigning for a fight with Vitor Belfort for years. At UFC 204<\/a>, which will emanate from Manchester, England on October 8, the Dutchman will finally get the fight he’s been asking for.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, Belfort was one of the most ferocious fighters on the UFC roster\u2013though he was helped by his use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) at the time. Now that TRT has been banned by the UFC, however, Belfort has diminished<\/a> quite significantly. This has Mousasi feeling very confident ahead of their anticipated UFC 204 showdown.<\/p>\n

“Now it’s a [level] playing field,” Mousasi said in a recent interview with MMAJunkie.com<\/a>. “He doesn’t have the ‘doctor’s advantage’, so I will beat him.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that Belfort it off TRT, Mousasi believes defeating him is as simple as surviving the first few minutes of the fight, after which point the Brazilian tends to fade.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s explosive and dangerous in the first two minutes,” Mousasi explained. “But I\u2019ve seen him in the last two fights, especially with \u2018Jacare\u2019 and Weidman. He fades out very fast. So, either one or two minutes, [and] if he does his thing and it doesn\u2019t work, he\u2019s mine.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mousasi also commented on where he believes a win over Belfort puts him in the crowded middleweight division.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if I beat Vitor, you have [Ronaldo Souza] now, and then I think Yoel Romero;\u00a0those guys are ahead,\u201d the Dutchman told MMAjunkie. \u201cIf I beat Vitor, then I\u2019m right up there. But, of course, Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold, they are ex-champions, so with one win they probably will get ahead of me. But we\u2019ll see. I don\u2019t know. First, Vitor Belfort.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mousasi will enter his bout with Belfort with back-to-back wins over Thales Leites and Thiago Santos in his wake. Belfort, meanwhile, will enter the bout with a first-round TKO to Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza behind him.<\/p>\n

Do you think Mousasi will beat Belfort at UFC 202, or is it possible that he’s overlooking his upcoming opponent? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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