Gegard Mousasi is ready to get back on the horse, and if that means a chance to get a title back, he’ll take it. Former Bellator middleweight champion Mousasi (46-7-2 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) picked up a win this past fall against former UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida in his first bout after losing the 185-pound strap to Rafael Lovato Jr. in June 2019. But Lovato earlier this week said a brain condition may keep him sidelined while more is being learned about it – and it ultimately may force him to walk away from fighting. While the Bellator brass isn’t yet ready to strip Lovato of his belt and put it up for grabs with a new vacancy, fighters are starting to get starry eyed over the potential, it seems. Welterweight champ Douglas Lima (32-7 MMA, 14-3 BMMA) already is relishing the thought of moving up to 185 to go after a second concurrent belt, and now Mousasi has gone public to say he’d happily throw his name into that same hat
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