Could Gegard Mousasi Beat King Mo Lawal In A Re-Match? He Hopes To Get The Chance On NYE
by Kelvin Hunt on May 24, 2010 7:15 PM EDT
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Mousasi speaks on who he would like to fight next via MMAFighting:
"I don't have a specific opponent that I want to fight," Mousasi said. "I don't know who is going to participate in the tournament but I would love to fight King Mo again. I hope on New Year's Eve I will get my shot at him."
Mousasi hopes to fight Lawal over on the DREAM year end show which would take place over in Japan, where both fighters have fought extensively. Mousasi lost his Strikeforce light heavyweight title to Lawal last month via unanimous decision. Here Mousasi talks about why he believes he lost the fight to Lawal:
"I think it wasn't my takedown defense," Mousasi said. "I was, in my life, somewhere else maybe. I fought his fight. I didn't sprawl, I wasn't sharp. maybe my condition should have been better. So, there are a lot of things that I could say that went wrong but basically it comes to: he fought his fight and he won. I didn't fight my fight. It wasn't that my wrestling wasn't good enough or my sprawl wasn't good enough, I think I just fought stupid."
Eh. I think it's basically that Mousasi had never fought a high caliber wrestler like Lawal, so maybe that's why he thought he was somewhere else in his life. Also, having a high caliber wrestler on top of you for large amounts of time will zap all of your energy, so unless you are training with those type of fighters there is nothing to prepare for that. Mousasi is right in that he didn't fight his fight, but that's because he couldn't fight his fight and he'd never be able to fight his fight against Lawal. Frankly, his sprawl isn't good enough. I said that Lawal would beat Mousasi the first time they fought, and I don't see a second fight going any different. The scary part for Mousasi is that the more experience and training that Lawal gets, the tougher he's going to be to defeat as time goes on.
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Whoa
they would finally do something smart for a change eh?
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by Kelvin Hunt on May 24, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with you Kelvin
Mousasi looked lost against Mo. The whole fight, I was waiting to see Mousasi use his jab or check kick Mo. Anything to help keep the distance, I think Gegard’s sprawl was nonexistent, possibily the worst takedown defense in recent memory. I believe, Mousasi was outclassed, exposed and overhyped. He should take his time off to really improve his wrestling defense, the top of the LHW division is loaded with high level wrestlers.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
Hard to work a jab when you're on your back
I’m not saying this to get down on Mousasi, as much as it’s that Mo is a very good wrestler. It’s pretty tough to develop that kind of wrestling defense in a short time, and if you don’t bother training it.. well, you get what he got.
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Your right Neil
In the gym that I take my kids to train. They preach the importance of the jab and leg kicks to help with takedown defense. Also, takedown d has alot to do with will. I believe Gegard didnt have the will to win that fight.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
i gotta say…..mousasi just rubbed me the wrong way. i kinda liked seeing him stymied for the entire fight….as unappealing as the fight was otherwise.
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by theworldsoldestsport on May 24, 2010 11:17 PM EDT reply actions
I don't think Lawal won the fight to begin with!
I totally agree with Gegard that he seemed somewhere else, but i still think he won the fight. The Judges gave it to Lawal, but it was Lawal and not Gegard who looked like they just went 10 rounds with Muhammed Ali after the fight. I would love to see a rematch, Lawal was boring to watch as he just kept pulling him down to keep from getting beat up, the fight was not much different then Bas Rutten vs Kevin Randleman (which Rutten won). The only thing i think Gegard needs to add to make a rematch victory more definitive is wrestling stamina, they both gassed bad, with Lawal’s larger muscle mass i think Gegard could capitalize big time later in the fight.
by Julio McClellan on Jun 6, 2010 12:45 AM EDT reply actions
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