Ten days later, Rafael Carvalho has been able to closely watch the Bellator 200 bout in which he lost his middleweight title to Gegard Mousasi. The disappointment remains the same. But there’s something to be said for self-awareness, as a no-excuses Carvalho (15-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) blames mistakes made by only himself for the events that led to the TKO loss  to Mousasi (44-6-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) less than four minutes into their clash. “I think he studied all my fights and noticed that I liked to kick the waist area,” Carvalho told MMAjunkie