Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and Rafael Lovato Jr. will enter their title bout at starkly different points of their respective careers, bringing in different styles and having fought for different stakes. Neither champion nor challenger, however, is overlooking what the other will bring to the table June 22. Mousasi (45-6-2 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) and Lovato Jr. (9-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) shared the dais Tuesday at a press conference in London for their upcoming headliner. The bout, which will take place at Wembley’s The SSE Arena, is a re-booking of a Bellator 214 appointment that fell through after Mousasi got injured .
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For Bellator champ Gegard Mousasi, no worries; for Rafael Lovato Jr., talk of destiny – MMA Junkie