{"id":271901,"date":"2018-03-06T08:38:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=271901"},"modified":"2018-03-06T08:38:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:38:54","slug":"gegard-mousasi-blasts-children-who-think-he-lost-to-alexander-shlemenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gegard-mousasi\/gegard-mousasi-blasts-children-who-think-he-lost-to-alexander-shlemenko\/","title":{"rendered":"Gegard Mousasi blasts &#8220;children&#8221; who think he lost to Alexander Shlemenko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October, former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ and UFC middleweight contender Gegard Mousasi made his anticipated Bellator debut opposite the dangerous Alexander Shlemenko. Though many fans expected Mousasi to walk through Shlemenko, it was ultimately a very close fight, as the UFC vet braved a brutally swollen eye to capture <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gegard-mousasi\/bellator-185-results-gegard-mousasi-defeats-alexander-shlemenko\/\">a controversial unanimous decision win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/03\/gegard-mousasi-devastation-of-bellator-debut-blasts-haters-ahead-of-title-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>, Mousasi divulged that the eye injury he sustained in this competitive fight was far more serious than anyone new.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey brought me [the the hospital] with the stretcher,\u201d Mousasi said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t able to move. I had my doctor with me. I had my other doctor, that did my knee surgery. They were talking about my eye; I thought I\u2019d lost my eye. For a long time, it wasn\u2019t certain what was wrong in my eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t see those parts. It was a tough time, I can tell you that. Still, sometimes, when I look in the mirror, my eye shape is a little bit different. And yeah, it bothers me. But this is fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given the brutal fallout of this fight, Mousasi isn&#8217;t happy with the fans who argue Shlemenko should have been awarded the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo these people that say I lost, I can tell them I will never give Shlemenko a rematch and they can suck it,\u201d Mousasi said with a laugh. \u201cI\u2019m going to take this victory to my grave and I don\u2019t care. I won. Like I said, the guy is tough. I\u2019m fighting the champion next. People don\u2019t know him that well, but he\u2019s the champion for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, fans, they\u2019re not well-educated.\u00a0Sometimes, they\u2019re children, I don\u2019t know. They look like 14-year-old people that write on social media. I don\u2019t know how seriously I have to take that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gegard Mousasi will return to the Bellator cage <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gegard-mousasi\/breaking-bellator-200-feature-gegard-mousasi-title-shot-return-mvp\/\">at Bellator 200<\/a> on May 25 in London, England, where he will battle <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-carvalho\/video-watch-bellator-champ-rafael-carvalho-defend-title-crushing-44-second-ko\/\">dangerous<\/a> middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/6\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October, former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ and UFC middleweight contender Gegard Mousasi made his anticipated Bellator debut opposite the dangerous Alexander Shlemenko. 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