According to one of his training partners, Gegard Mousasi has an exemplary career in combat sports, but he may have seen his final career in live competitions. Appears in a recent episode of Talking chatCostello Van Stinis touched on several topics ahead of Johnny Eblen’s bid for the middleweight crown on July 19th at PFL Africa 1. Van Steen deals with the current situation of previous Strike Force and Bellator MMA title holders.
“To be honest, he’s not in town right now. I was with him last week. He’s still training a lot. He’s like he’s enjoying life and training at the same time. His fighting career, he continues with a smile on his face.
Gegard Musashi’s experiences fighting Johnny Eblen and what he told Van Stinis
Gegard Musashi has a direct history with Johnny Eblen, the latter defeating the former, capturing the Bellator Strap he has held for over three years and brings to this Van Stinis contest. When discussing the anecdotal Eblen insights that Gegard Mousasi conveyed before the title fought during the PFL’s first advance into Africa, Van Steny said,
“On the training front, he’s still training, but he actually gets more help from him. He’s not helping me as a fighter, so he’s helping me as a coach. So he’s a big plus for me. He tells me I have to do this. (laughs)
“He’s a coach and to be honest he’s even smarter because he knows exactly the weak spots. He knows how strong he is. He knows how strong Eblem is, especially against Eblem. He knows his weaknesses. He felt that.