{"id":326659,"date":"2019-09-28T22:22:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T05:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=326659"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:14:08","slug":"bellator-228-results-gegard-mousasi-defeats-lyoto-machida-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-228-results-gegard-mousasi-defeats-lyoto-machida-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator 228 Results: Gegard Mousasi defeats Lyoto Machida (Highlights)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A key middleweight bout between Gegard Mousasi and Lyoto Machida co-headlined tonight\u2019s Bellator 228 event in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s fight served as a rematch, as Mousasi and Machida had previously met in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">Octagon<\/a> at UFC Fight Night 36 in February of 2014. There, they were the \u2018fight of the night\u2019 but it was Machida who did enough to edge out a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/lyoto-machida-plans-ko-of-gegard-mousasi-then-bellator-title-win\/\">The Dragon<\/a>\u201d most recently fought at Bellator 222 where he TKO\u2019d Chael Sonnen. The former UFC light heavyweight champion has gone 2-0 since joining the Bellator ranks and entered tonight\u2019s event on a four fight winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Gegard Mousasi is coming off a split decision loss to Rafael Lovato Jr in his last contest, surrendering his Bellator middleweight title in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the setback, Mousasi was riding an eight fight win streak which included victories over Rory MacDonald, Vitor Belfort, Chris Weidman and Uriah Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s rematch proved to be a closely contested battle. Gegard Mousasi had the better volume early, but Machida almost finished the fight with a guillotine late in round three. After fifteens minutes of action we went to the judges scorecards for decision.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the highlights below:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bellatormma\/status\/1178174661252849665?s=21<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Bellator 228 Result:\u00a0Mousasi def. Machida via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Gegard Mousasi fight next following his split decision victory over Lyoto Machida this evening in Los Angeles? Sound off in the comments section Penn Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on bjpenn.com September 28, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key middleweight bout between Gegard Mousasi and Lyoto Machida co-headlined tonight\u2019s Bellator 228 event in Los Angeles. 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