Gegard Mousasi Wants to Test Himself Against Jon Jones

But Jones wouldn’t have a hard time doing damage where Mo was impotent.

mostly since Mo couldn’t knock him out or pass his guard at all. Mousasi couldn’t seem to muster any offense and i don’t remember him trying to work many submissions or doing pretty much anything off his back.

Lesnar didn’t come up with “Any given Sunday.” It’s an NFL adage.

Every opponent Jones faces is a much better technical wrestler and/or striker than Jones and then gets bear-mauled. Rua was supposed to knock Jones into next month. All of his opponents have been Jack-Bauered. Mousasi would be unrecognizable after the beating he would take.

Thats guys in the UFC. You know the guys who could actually fight him. Saying you want to fight so and so from another promotion is just getting your name out there, Yes i know Zuffa owns Strikeforce now but Gegard could of left for the UFC when his stock was at its peak. He chose to partner with M1 and Fedor instead go to stirkeforce. Turned out to not be the brightest of moves imo.

Honestly I don’t even think he belongs in the 205 division.

Seriously? I would probably take him over any non-elite MMA wrestler at LHW, including Rampage, Griffin, T. Silva, Hendo, Machida and perhaps even Rua.

Lawal did the same thing to Mousasi that he would do to those guys I just listed.

Well yeah I didn’t mean to dismiss Feijao completely, he’s obviously a very good fighter himself, and as you said he does have some extra size. But honestly I think Mousasi is just all around the better fighter, and definitely the better striker of the two. It would be a very good and entertaining fight if it were to happen though.

Yes, I agree. I think skill wise Mousasi could be a top 5 LHW, obviously he hasn’t got the wins to prove it just yet though. He is a fighter I respect very much, he has that cold deadly calmness like Fedor, and just a killer skill set to back it up. I really became a fan of his during his run through the MW GP in DREAM, and I with the exception maybe the Lawal fight he has continued to impress me. Taking out Musashi and Kyotaro in K-1 the way he did was also pretty damn great. Definitely one of the most overlooked fighters in the game right now in my opinion. I guess part of that could be Strikeforces fault for having a year between fights for him, and thus taking on somewhat sub-par competiton in DREAM, but still. I really hope we will see him more often fighting top guys in the US now, as he should.

Shogun and Mousasi really aren’t the same kind of fighter. Shogun is a Muay Thai specialist who uses his kicks as a primary weapon. Mousasi is a boxer with a solid Judo background and above average submission skills. They are very different kinds of fighters. Jones is powerful but he is sloppy. Mousasi has excellent boxing skills and that could prove to be a problem for Jones, especially if Mousasi improves his TDD. And on the ground Mousasi is powerful. Take a look at King Mo’s face after their fight. He won with takedowns but his face was a swollen mess.

Has there been any indication that his skills are any lesser at 205? In my opinion no, so while his MW fight may not mean anything for strictly ranking purposes, it should still mean a great deal for examining his skills.

He had lots of trouble with Sokodjou, a guy who would go on to get TKO’d by Minowaman.

Did you watch that fight?

The stoppage was a mercy stoppage by the ref to all the fans who had to watch that abortion of a 3rd round.

Both men were completely gassed, circling and clinching each other inneffectively. Minowa drops Suko with a punch, Soko isn’t even out or in a bad spot, just dropped, and the ref stopped the fight. Now, I’m glad the ref stopped the fight, because it had devolved so badly, but Minowa’s “TKO” of Suko definitely needs an asterisk and shouldn’t be used as proof of anything other than the weirdness of JMMA.

FlyByKnight- I simply don’t agree with the assessment that Jones isn’t skilled. He definitely has an interesting build, but it’s his skills that allow him to maximize his physical abilities. The dude is incredibly skilled. His takedowns are unreal, nobody can take the guy down (despite all the high level wrestlers he’s fought), and his strikes are powerful, fast, accurate, and widely varied/ unpredictable.

Mousasi is great, but his striking (from a standing position, at least) hasn’t fully translated. I’ve NEVER seen the guy who dominated Kyotaro show up in an MMA fight. In an MMA context, his striking on the ground is far superior to his striking at range/ in the clinch. Gegard also has good takedowns and submissions. I don’t think his takedown defense is as bad as the Mo fight suggest, I think he just adopted the wrong strategy (I think he probably figured it wouldn’t be worth wasting his energy defending takedowns, and was far too happy to just work from his back).

He’s definitely a threat to Jones, but I would like to see his striking start to cross over to MMA, and he would also need to have a much better strategy for a fight with Jones.

Jones is not more skilled than Mousasi. People just think he is. They mistake his sheer size, length, and strength for skills. Those aren’t skills. Natural ability isn’t a skill. It’s a talent. Skill didn’t beat Shogun. It was size and reach.

Choi was a bad comparison.. he’s a slow oversized heavyweight. People who are too big have a coordination and speed disadvantage. Jones has a perfect frame, he’s got the reach and the speed.

You’re mistaking me saying that Jones isn’t more skilled than Mousasi for me saying that Jones has zero skill. Jones has skill. It lies in his wrestling and top control. That’s it. His striking isn’t a true skill yet. It’s just wild and unorthodox. That’s not a skill. There’s no denying where Jones wants this fight. He wants it inside your guard where he can unleash his only legitimate weapon that stops fights; his elbows.

they have. Except for the “can’t finish” line. I embellished that one myself.

oh wait, maybe I should show the Hammil fight, he “lost” that one. He showed no skill in that as well, abusing a solid MMA wrestler with a good record.

Shogun saw and timed one, but made a poor decision in what he attempted.

You be sure to let us know when that happens, ok?

Before the Shogun fight he pretty much sucked at using his length, but then, boom, he absolutely demolishes Shogun because a slow Shogun could never get inside. He’s always improving. But that doesn’t mean his game isn’t filled with holes, they are just holes that you can’t get to. There’s a good chance he might one day be as technical as Mousasi, but that time isn’t now. Do you remember the little foot sweep Gegard pulled on Soukodjou? That’s the kind of thing Jones is still watching on youtube.

Just like pre-Machida/Shogun 1 the talk was that Shogun wasn’t really “in the picture” as far as guys who should get a shot or have the kind of game to derail Lyoto.

Ha! You and me both…