Gegard Mousasi shrugged off audience boos on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 84 in London, as he beat Thales Leites in a careful but uninspired unanimous decision.
Anderson Silva wasn’t able to put him away, and he wasn’t such a good fighter back then, so I knew it could go three rounds – but I knew I just needed to fight smart,” said Mousasi afterwards, to MMAjunkie. “I feel like I could fight for a title and I would have a great chance of winning, but I’m not there yet. What can I say? I have to earn it. I think maybe I need another fight before I get that shot.
In a post-fight interview with Ariel Helwani, Mousasi detailed who he wants to fight next, speaking pointedly about Lyoto Machida. “The Dragon” is a karate master, who brings dignity and his entire game to every fight, something that unfortunately cannot be said of Mousasi.
“I would like to fight Michael Bisping, Vitor Belfort … Machida, when he’s not on steroids and he’s not greased up,” said Mousasi, as transcribed by Anton Tabuena for BE. “No, because it’s true. The guy was f***ing greased up, and he looked like a 15-year-old boy when I fought him. Obviously he was in Brazil. He was so f***ing slippery.”
“People now are surely going to say that I’m a bad loser, but the guy didn’t look normal for a f***ing 38-year-old, and greased up all the way! He was greased up. Once he sweat, it was greasy. Even Luke Rockhold said that he was greased up when they fought.”
“He’s a cheater. What can I say? …F*** him!”
Mousasi fought Machida once already, at UFC Fight Night 36 on February 15, 2014 in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil. Machida won a unanimous decision in the fight of the night.
