{"id":206642,"date":"2016-10-08T23:41:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T06:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=206642"},"modified":"2016-10-08T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T06:41:55","slug":"video-gegard-mousasi-tkos-vitor-belfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-gegard-mousasi-tkos-vitor-belfort\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Gegard Mousasi TKOs Vitor Belfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vku5nDJHzTY<\/p>\n<p>In the co-main event of UFC 204, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-204-results-vitor-belfort-vs-gegard-mousasi\/\">Gegard Mousasi and Vitor Belfort stepped into the Octagon in a pivotal matchup<\/a> for the UFC&#8217;s middleweight division&#8217;s rankings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mousasi-Belfort1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mousasi-Belfort1.png\" alt=\"Mousasi Belfort\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-206540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mousasi-Belfort1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mousasi-Belfort1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mousasi-Belfort1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mousasi-Belfort1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mousasi entered the bout as a heavy favorite, in the midst of a 2-fight win streak that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-gegard-mousasi-knocks-out-thiago-santos\/\">most recently saw him KO Thiago Santos on the preliminary card of UFC 200<\/a>. Belfort on the other hand, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/vitor-belfort\/report-vitor-belfort-will-announce-retirement-following-fight-ufc-204\/\">who was rumored to retire after the fight with Mousasi<\/a>, was looking to return to the win column after a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronaldo-jacare-souza\/video-jacare-souza-tkos-vitor-belfort\/\">UFC 198 TKO loss to Jacare Souza.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mousasi, who was extremely confident going into the fight, managed to eat an early combination from Belfort, but looked unphased as he pressured the MMA veteran closer towards the cage.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Mousasi landed a head kick that signaled the beginning of the end as he continued to pour on the strikes, ultimately finishing the fight with ground and pound in the very first round.<\/p>\n<p>With his win over the #5 ranked Belfort, Mousasi, who was ranked at #9 on the UFC&#8217;s official middleweight rankings going into the fight, likely finds himself near the top of a very stacked middleweight division.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mousasi.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mousasi.png\" alt=\"Mousasi\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168019\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the highlights, as well as the finish from the fight, above, and let us know who you think Mousasi should face next in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vku5nDJHzTY In the co-main event of UFC 204, Gegard Mousasi and Vitor Belfort stepped into the Octagon in a pivotal matchup for the UFC&#8217;s middleweight division&#8217;s rankings. Mousasi entered the bout as a heavy favorite, in the midst of a 2-fight win streak that most recently saw him KO Thiago Santos on the preliminary card [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":206643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10438,2682],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Gegard Mousasi TKOs Vitor Belfort | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-gegard-mousasi-tkos-vitor-belfort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO | Gegard Mousasi TKOs Vitor Belfort | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vku5nDJHzTY In the co-main event of UFC 204, Gegard Mousasi and Vitor Belfort stepped into the Octagon in a pivotal matchup for the UFC&#8217;s middleweight division&#8217;s rankings. 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