Gegard Mousasi | |
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![]() Gegard Mousasi in 2009, at the weigh-in before the Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event. | |
Born | Tehran, Iran | August 1, 1985
Other names | The Dreamcatcher |
Nationality | Dutch |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) |
Division | Heavyweight/Openweight (2009) Light Heavyweight (2009–2013) Middleweight (2003–2008, 2014–present) |
Reach | 76 in (193 cm)[1] |
Style | Kickboxing |
Fighting out of | Leiden, Netherlands |
Team | Sportschool Jurojin Red Devil International[2] Kops Gym[3] |
Teacher(s) | Chris Dolman Joop Kruis |
Trainer | Bert Kops Jr. |
Rank | Black belt in Judo[4] |
Years active | 2003–present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 8 |
Wins | 8 |
By knockout | 3 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 60 |
Wins | 49 |
By knockout | 28 |
By submission | 12 |
By decision | 9 |
Losses | 9 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 3 |
By decision | 5 |
Draws | 2 |
Amateur boxing record | |
Total | 13 |
Wins | 12 |
By knockout | 9 |
Losses | 1 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Gegard Mousasi (born 1 August 1985) is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. Mousasi most recently competed in Bellator MMA, where he is the former two-time Bellator Middleweight Champion.[5] He is also the former DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion, former DREAM Middleweight Champion, former Cage Warriors World Middleweight Champion, and the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, thus making Mousasi an overall six-time MMA world champion. At the moment of his departure from the UFC in July 2017, he was #4 in the official UFC middleweight rankings,[5] and he is currently ranked the #12 middleweight MMA fighter in the world by Fight Matrix.[6]
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