Gegard Mousasi
[autotag]Gegard Mousasi[/autotag] is perhaps one of the most under appreciated fighters in MMA history. At only 34, Mousasi has already competed in over 50 pro fights, winning titles in every major organization except the UFC.
The UFC title may have alluded him, but the former kickboxer has won the Bellator middleweight title, Dream middleweight and light heavyweight titles, Cage Warriors 185-pound title and the Strikeforce 205-pound title.
Mousasi didn’t have the greatest start to his UFC tenure, going 4-3 in his first seven outings. But he would go on to win his next five straight, including a win over former UFC middleweight champ, Chris Weidman. Although on a solid win streak in the 185-pound division, Mousasi did not re-sign with the UFC, thus never getting the opportunity to compete for a UFC title.
Instead, Mousasi signed with Bellator, where he captured the promotion’s 185-pound title, his fifth world title in MMA. After one title defense, defeating then Bellator welterweight champ Rory MacDonald, Mousasi lost his title in an upset to Rafael Lovato Jr.
He rebounded with a win over Lyoto Machida, and after Lovato was forced to relinquish his title due to medical reasons, Mousasi has been booked to face current Bellator 170-pound champ Douglas Lima, for the vacant middleweight title at Bellator 243 in May.
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