Mousasi wants 3 more fights in 2010
Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and current DREAM title contender (29-3-1) has never been one to sit around much between…
Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and current DREAM title contender (29-3-1) has never been one to sit around much between fights.
After a 31-second dispatching of UFC vet Jake O’Brien at this past weekend’s DREAM.15 event, Mousasi is already itching to get back in action.
Three times, in fact.
“I hope to fight (in Strikeforce) in October,” Mousasi recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I haven’t talked to (Strikeforce CEO) Scott (Coker). I met him in Japan, and I asked him to maybe fight in DREAM and a month later in Strikeforce. If that would be possible, I would love to fight.
“Of course, I’m also going to fight on New Year’s Eve in Japan, but if it’s possible to fight in October, I would love to.”
With the win over O’Brien, Mousasi booked himself a September date with Tatsuya Mizuno, who defeated Melvin Manhoef, at DREAM.16 with the company’s vacant light heavyweight belt on the line. While Mizuno’s 8-5 record pales in comparison to Mousasi’s, “The Dreamcatcher” said he’s not overlooking anyone.
“I feel like he’s a guy that wants to get better,” Mousasi said. “He trained six months in the U.S. He’s a fighter that keeps trying to improve himself. That’s a fighter you always have to be careful. Next time he’ll be much better, probably.
