Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-05-12, mma bout not so exciting: Gegard Mousasi vs Fabian Edwards gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Edwards vs Mousasi is scheduled to take place Friday, May 12th, at the Accor Arena in Paris (France), in a 5-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is the main event of Bellator 296 (Bellator middleweight title eliminator). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-06-24, pretty good mma fight: Gegard Mousasi vs Johnny Eblen gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Eblen vs Mousasi, main event of the Bellator 282, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Mousasi’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-02-25, mma fight not particularly good: Gegard Mousasi vs Austin Vanderford gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Vanderford vs Mousasi is the main event of Bellator 275 and it is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Mousasi’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-08-13, mma fight not so exciting: Gegard Mousasi vs John Salter gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Salter vs Mousasi, main event of Bellator 264, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Mousasi’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-29, disappointing fight between Gegard Mousasi and Douglas Lima: it gets two stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-09-28, boring fight between Gegard Mousasi and Lyoto Machida 2: it gets one star!The black belt in judo, former Strikeforce light-Hw and former Bellator Mw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a pro mma record of 45-7-2 (84% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robert Whittaker) but he comes off the loss against Rafael Lovato Jr (via majority decision, Gegard Mousasi vs Rafael Lovato Jr). Before this bout, in 2018, he had beat Rafael Carvalho (Rafael Carvalho vs Gegard Mousasi) and Rory MacDonald (Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald).
His opponent, the black belt in karate, Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champ Lyoto Machida, has a record of 26-8-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2017, the last one against Derek Brunson (Brunson vs Machida) but then he has won four fights defeating Rafael Carvalho (Lyoto Machida vs Rafael Carvalho) and Chael Sonnen in his last two (Lyoto Machida vs Chael Sonnen). In their first bout Machida had defeated Mousasi via unanimous decision (February 15, 2014 – Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi I); this second fight is on the undercard of Patricio Freire vs Juan Archuleta – Bellator 228. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-22, some good exchanges between Gegard Mousasi and Rafael Lovato Jr but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The black belt in judo, former Strikeforce light-Hw and current Bellator Mw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 45-6-2 (84% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robert Whittaker). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won eight bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Rory MacDonald in his last one (Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj and former world jiu jitsu champion Rafael Lovato Jr, has a perfect record of 9-0-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Chris Honeycutt (Chris Honeycutt vs Rafael Lovato Jr), Gerald Harris (Rafael Lovato Jr vs Gerald Harris) and John Salter (Rafael Lovato Jr vs John Salter). Mousasi vs Lovato, main event of Bellator 223, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title(Mousasi’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-29, pretty good finish between Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The black belt in judo, former Strikeforce light-Hw and current Bellator Mw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 44-6-2 (84% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robert Whittaker). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won seven bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Chris Weidman (Weidman vs Mousasi), Alexander Shlemenko (Gegard Mousasi vs Alexander Shlemenko) and Rafael Carvalho in his last three (Rafael Carvalho vs Gegard Mousasi).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Rory MacDonald, has an official record of 20-4-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 welterweight. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, against Robbie Lawler (Lawler vs MacDonald 2) and Stephen Thompson (MacDonald vs Thompson), but then he has defeated Paul Daley (MacDonald vs Daley) and Douglas Lima (Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald). Mousasi vs MacDonald, main event of Bellator 206, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Mousasi’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-25, pretty good fight between Rafael Carvalho and Gegard Mousasi: it gets three stars.The Bellator Mw champion Rafael Carvalho entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-1-0 (80% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.23 middleweight in the world. He suffered his only loss at his pro mma debut in 2011, against Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes, since then he has won 15 consecutive bouts beating Melvin Manhoef (Carvalho vs Manhoef II) and Alessio Sakara in 2017 (Rafael Carvalho vs Alessio Sakara).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Gegard Mousasi, has a record of 43-6-2 (84% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 middleweight (currently the #1 in this division is Georges St Pierre). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won six bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Chris Weidman (Weidman vs Mousasi) and Alexander Shlemenko in 2017 (Gegard Mousasi vs Alexander Shlemenko). Carvalho vs Mousasi, main event of Bellator 200, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Carvalho’s fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-20, nice and tough fight between Gegard Mousasi and Alexander Shlemenko: it gets three stars.The black belt in judo and former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 42-6-2 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is the black belt in judo and former Strikeforce light-Hw champion). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (=Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won five bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (=Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Chris Weidman in 2017 (=Weidman vs Mousasi).
His opponent, the former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko, has an official record of 56-9-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2014, against Tito Ortiz (bout in which he moved up in weight class to the light-Hw division, Shlemenko vs Ortiz) and Brandon Halsey in their first fight (losing his Bellator title Shlemenko vs Halsey); after this bout he has collected six victories and one no-contest taking revenge on Halsey in his last bout (=Shlemenko vs Halsey). Mousasi vs Shlemenko is the main event of the Bellator 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!
