The PFL has launched former Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi.
The promotion despatched out a launch saying they’ve launched Mousasi from his contract, simply someday after he voiced his complaints with the promotion.
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“Bellator has launched Gegard Mousasi from his settlement. We want him all one of the best in his subsequent preventing chapter,” the assertion learn.
Mousasi being launched from the promotion comes only a day after he vented his frustration with the corporate for not getting fights. He additionally threatened authorized motion towards the PFL.
“Effectively they stated the quantity they wish to minimize me is a lot that it’s higher for me to look some place else, do one thing else. At this second, pay attention if somebody don’t need me, I’m like f**okay it, I am going. The staff round me, f**okay it, we sue them. If it was as much as me, I might simply go, however I don’t know we’ll see. However, the staff round me is just not that glad, I feel it’s going to be authorized motion. They don’t even wish to choose up their cellphone and simply discuss to us. It’s not even humorous anymore, it’s the worst group up to now. I’ve fought [for] plenty of organizations, that is the worst one,” Mousasi stated on The MMA Hour.
Gegard Mousasi (49-9-2) hasn’t fought since Bellator 296 in Might of 2023 when he suffered a call loss to Fabian Edwards. Earlier than that, he suffered a call loss to Johnny Eblen to lose his middleweight title. Mousasi was a two-time Bellator middleweight champion and he had defended the belt 3 times in whole. He had gone 7-3 in Bellator as he signed with the promotion after leaving the UFC.
Mousasi can also be the previous Strikeforce mild heavyweight and DREAM mild heavyweight champion. In his profession, he holds notable wins over Chris Weidman, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Santos, Dan Henderson, Rory MacDonald, Jacare Souza, and Mark Hunt amongst others.