{"id":434703,"date":"2022-02-26T12:17:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=434703"},"modified":"2022-02-26T12:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T20:17:50","slug":"austin-vanderford-issues-statement-following-tko-loss-to-gegard-mousasi-at-bellator-275","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/austin-vanderford-issues-statement-following-tko-loss-to-gegard-mousasi-at-bellator-275\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Vanderford issues statement following TKO loss to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 275"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Vanderford has issued a statement following his 85-second TKO loss to Gegard Mousasi last night at Bellator 275.<\/p>\n

After starting his mixed martial arts career with eleven straight wins, five of which came under the Bellator banner, Vanderford was given the opportunity to fight for middleweight gold.<\/p>\n

Standing in the way of Austin’s championship aspirations was MMA legend and current Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi (49-7-2 MMA). ‘The Moose’ had entered last night’s contest sporting a three-fight winning streak, his most previous being a TKO victory over John Salter.<\/p>\n

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While many pundits thought that Austin Vanderford would give Gegard Mousasi a tough fight, that did not prove to be the case. The Dutch fighter needed just 85-seconds to dismantle<\/a> his American counterpart.<\/p>\n

It was definitely not the showing ‘Mr. VanZant’ was hoping for and shortly following the outcome he released the following statement on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Austin Vanderford (@austinvanderford)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n