{"id":366183,"date":"2020-10-31T13:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T20:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=366183"},"modified":"2020-10-31T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T20:57:43","slug":"douglas-lima-issues-statement-following-loss-to-gegard-mousasi-at-bellator-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/douglas-lima-issues-statement-following-loss-to-gegard-mousasi-at-bellator-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Lima issues statement following loss to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 250"},"content":{"rendered":"

Douglas Lima was looking to become a promotional champ-champ when he squared off with Gegard Mousasi in the main event of Bellator 250.<\/p>\n

The reigning Bellator welterweight champion, Lima (32-8 MMA), had entered Thursday night’s highly anticipated main event on a three-fight win streak, his latest being a unanimous decision victory over Rory MacDonald at Bellator 232.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Douglas Lima he ultimately fell short in his quest to become a Bellator champ-champ, suffering a unanimous decision loss to Mousasi.<\/p>\n

Despite the result, Lima was praised by his peers<\/a> for his efforts against ‘The Moose’. The 32-year-old did a lot better than many fans and analysts were expecting, especially since Mousasi had made such easy work of fellow welterweight Rory MacDonald in a previous contest.<\/p>\n

Earlier this afternoon, Douglas Lima took to Twitter where he issued the following statement to his fans, this while thanking Bellator for the opportunity.<\/p>\n

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Went up, fought one of the best in his weight class, failed! My run at ww still going and nothing changed. I\u2019m a fighter and I take risks! A lot of ppl criticized this move but if you were a fighter you\u2019d understand. Thank you @BellatorMMA<\/a> for giving me this shot! Far from done! pic.twitter.com\/qnyYe718Gv<\/a><\/p>\n

— Douglas Lima (@PhenomLima) October 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n