Gegard Mousasi Confident in his Fight against Babalu at Affliction “Trilogy”

Published on: 8th July, 2009

Gegard Mousasi Confident in his Fight against Babalu at Affliction "Trilogy"   | read this item

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At Affliction “Trilogy” on August 1, from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California not only will former DREAM Middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi make his US debut, he will also be celebrating his 24th birthday facing the current StrikeForce Light Heavyweight champion Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral which will be a tough test for ‘The Young Vagabond’, but with Mousasi training with the best fighters in the world in Fedor Emelianenko he feels no one shake his confidence.

While speaking with The Fight Network Mousasi makes the comparisons of himself and his Red Devil teammate and also adds that no one can hurt him in a fight.

“Standing next to Fedor, I feel so much bigger than him,” explained Mousasi in a recent press release issued through Affliction. “When you train with him, he feels like a middleweight. He’s as strong as a heavyweight but as fast as a middleweight, so I think that makes him special. If I can take my speed as a middleweight, have that explosiveness and mobility and move up to heavyweight, I think that’s something a lot of them don’t have.”

“I feel always that I’m physically stronger than my opponents,” said the former DREAM middleweight champion. “I feel like my opponents can’t hurt me because I’m always comfortable in stand-up and there hasn’t been a fighter that’s ground-and-pounded me,” he says. “I feel like I can hurt them, but they can’t hurt me.”

Mousasi has been impressive in his wins over Denis Kang, Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza and Mark Hunt plus a win over Musashi in a K-1 rules bout at Dynamite, but is well aware that Babalu is going to be a very tough, hard fought matchup at Affliction “Trilogy” but will be ready for whatever Sobral has in store for him as well.

“Babalu is a big challenge,” said Mousasi. “I like the way he fights—he fights to win. He’s a real fighter. I like fighters who come to fight. This fight will be and all out war. I think the fans will get an exciting fight.

“Even if he could take me down, I don’t see him (being able to) ground and pound me. I don’t see him getting mount or top position (or) that he can do any damage. I don’t see him submit(ting) me. So eventually it’ll be a stand up fight again. And sooner or later, I’ll catch him.”

Fan Question: Who takes this fight Mousasi or Babalu?

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