Mousasi considering retirement after end of Bellator contract

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Gegard Mousasi, who suffered an eye injury in his last bout, is just a day away from stepping back into the cage.

The UFC veteran meets middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho in the Bellator 200 main event Friday in London. About 10 months after signing with Bellator, it is Mousasi’s second fight under the Viacom-backed promotion. He became a free agent after an April 2017 UFC bout and left after a four-year stint.

Mousasi won his Bellator debut last October, but it wasn’t easy, nor did he come out of the bout unscathed. Against former champ Alexander Shlemenko, Mousasi suffered a broken orbital bone that would be closed shut for multiple days after the close decision nod. It didn’t…


Gegard Mousasi says he may retire after end of current Bellator contract
 
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mousassi is one of the last pride vets. he probably still has more left to give than most guys of his era but if he is in a place financially to quit then good for him. 51 fights is 2 or 3 careers for most guys
 
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This will trigger a drop in his stock.

Once a fighter sees the end... they've begun the walk to the lost battalion.
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It has nothing to do with "stock", the guy has had 51 fights, and he's still fairly young.... He's always had a strange up and down arc in his career, mostly due to his own motivation, not because of a diminishing skill set. As for his stock, Bellator will pair him up with the biggest fights to capitalize on his name and rep as one of the best MW's in MMA today.
 
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dayam, he's only 32 but his resume shows he should be 42, got over 50 fights under him.

probably too much damage from the high number of fights
 
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Rhino said:
It has nothing to do with "stock", the guy has had 51 fights, and he's still fairly young.... He's always had a strange up and down arc in his career, mostly due to his own motivation, not because of a diminishing skill set. As for his stock, Bellator will pair him up with the biggest fights to capitalize on his name and rep as one of the best MW's in MMA today.
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He is truly an alltime great. Classy guy, mega stoic, and talent that is crazy top level. Despite the 50 plus fights, has done great at not taking a lot of damage. Sure he took damage to the eye against Shlemenko, but in his 12 fights ufc run he really only took damage in that first flukey fight against Hall. Dream, Strikeforce, etc...dude has been incredible at avoding damage and inflicting a lot.

Truly one of the alltime greats in the Sport, the more time goes by the more his aura goes up.
 
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karate chop! said:
Shame he never got to add a UFC belt to his resume.
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Blame the shit heads at WME. If they did not have the bullshit with Bisping fighting Hendo and GSp he probably would have. Plus, he left the ufc on a 5 fight win streak, including 4 straight finishes by strikes, and they literally offered him the same deal he already had. Had they not lowballed him, he would be in the ufc and be the likely MW champ in my view, as great as Robert and Yoel are, Gegard is better in my view.

The guy he just ran through< Carvolha would be top 10 in the ufc, possibly top 5
 
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SensoriaUtopia said:
Blame the shit heads at WME. If they did not have the bullshit with Bisping fighting Hendo and GSp he probably would have. Plus, he left the ufc on a 5 fight win streak, including 4 straight finishes by strikes, and they literally offered him the same deal he already had. Had they not lowballed him, he would be in the ufc and be the likely MW champ in my view, as great as Robert and Yoel are, Gegard is better in my view.

The guy he just ran through< Carvolha would be top 10 in the ufc, possibly top 5
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Mousasi would whip Whitaker imo
 
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Rhino said:
If the Moose that went on the 4 fight win streak showed up, for sure... I'd bet the house on it.

The one who fought Shlemenko showed up, he's getting put out.
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You can't really use the Shlemenko fight, Gegard was not able to use his eye after 1 minutes into the fight and still beat the guy.
 
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SensoriaUtopia said:
Blame the shit heads at WME. If they did not have the bullshit with Bisping fighting Hendo and GSp he probably would have. Plus, he left the ufc on a 5 fight win streak, including 4 straight finishes by strikes, and they literally offered him the same deal he already had. Had they not lowballed him, he would be in the ufc and be the likely MW champ in my view, as great as Robert and Yoel are, Gegard is better in my view.

The guy he just ran through< Carvolha would be top 10 in the ufc, possibly top 5
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Do you not feel though that Rockhold vs Bisping II should've been a non-title match given the short notice change of opponent?
 
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