{"id":366108,"date":"2020-10-30T05:24:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T12:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=366108"},"modified":"2020-10-30T05:24:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T12:24:02","slug":"gegard-mousasi-says-he-may-have-underestimated-douglas-lima-at-bellator-250-he-wouldnt-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/gegard-mousasi-says-he-may-have-underestimated-douglas-lima-at-bellator-250-he-wouldnt-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Gegard Mousasi says he may have underestimated Douglas Lima at Bellator 250: \u201cHe wouldn\u2019t go away\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gegard Mousasi had high praise for Douglas Lima after he beat the Brazilian in the main event of Bellator 250 last night.<\/p>\n

Mousasi and Lima battled over the Bellator Middleweight Championship in Uncasville, and after a hard fought affair, it was the veteran Mousasi who captured the belt in a unanimous decision victory. The win marked the second time that Mousasi had held the title with his first reign coming to an end at the hands of Rafael Lovato Jr.<\/p>\n

After the fight, Mousasi was happy to admit that he may have underestimated just how tough Lima is.<\/p>\n

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.@mousasi_mma<\/a> admits he may have “underestimated” Douglas Lima at #Bellator250<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“He wouldn’t go away\u2026 Beating him in his prime, you could say it’s definitely up there in the top 3 of my victories.”<\/p>\n

Full recap: https:\/\/t.co\/5tsrV63ObZ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jils36tCPa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTough opponent. I underestimated him in the beginning maybe, he\u2019s in his prime. I was more technical, that\u2019s why I beat him, but this is a guy who is in his prime and he\u2019s difficult to put away. I\u2019d rather have the finish but he wouldn\u2019t go away, after the first round I knew this guy was gonna stay for five.<\/p>\n

\u201cTop three [fighters he\u2019s beaten in his career]. Especially because he\u2019s in his prime. He beat the great welterweights, he\u2019s champion for a reason, so beating him in his prime, yeah, you could say it\u2019s definitely up there in the top three of my victories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite having 56 professional MMA fights to his name, Mousasi is only 35-years-old and could still be viewed as the future of Bellator. In line with that idea, Scott Coker recently made a handful of changes to the promotion’s roster that showed what kind of direction he’s heading in, and after a handful of veterans were cut, Coker explained the reasons why<\/a> he made those moves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe (list) is really a reflection of where the company is going, right? One of the things about running this company with 250 to 270 to sometimes almost 300 athletes is there are only so many TV spots. There\u2019s only so much room on the roster,\u201d Coker said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes fighters retire, like Pat Curran. He retired. Jon Fitch, he retired. Sometimes there are fighters whose contracts run out. That\u2019s just what it is. We chose not to re-sign them, or they went somewhere else. To me, it\u2019s just 30 fighters that have (are) basically gone, and we signed 30 new fighters. We need to make room for some of the new athletes on the roster.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gegard Mousasi had high praise for Douglas Lima after he beat the Brazilian in the main event of Bellator 250 last night. Mousasi and Lima battled over the Bellator Middleweight Championship in Uncasville, and after a hard fought affair, it was the veteran Mousasi who captured the belt in a unanimous decision victory. 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