Gegard Mousasi segrade tidigare denna månaden mot Uriah Hall via TKO under Fight Night Belfast och detta tog den holländske fightern ett steg närmare en titelmatch. Veckan efter matchen i Nordirland segrade Robert Whittaker mot Derek Brunson under Fight Night i Melbourne, varpå han utmanade Mousasi.
Mousasi har ställt in sig på ett möte med den forne mellanviktsmästaren Luke Rockhold och känner att han med lätthet skulle segra mot australiensaren, men skulle inte ha något emot ett möte.
Det här berättade Mousasi via ’Fightland’:
I think Whittaker is definitely a good fight for me at the moment.
He’s on a good winning streak at the moment. UFC are probably going to do Rockhold versus ‘Jacare’ again, and that will probably determine who will be the next guy to fight for the title.
Those guys are ahead of me. I’m just below that. I feel like I’m in the same place as Whittaker, let’s say. If we fought each other that would show who would be the next guy in line for the title shot too. I think that’s how UFC would see it. It’s definitely a fight that makes sense for me.
There are other fights that make sense for me too – Luke Rockhold, Nick Diaz, Anderson Silva – those guys always make sense to me. Whittaker definitely makes sense for me now, though. He’s coming off a knockout win and he is becoming a contender in the division. It’s definitely a fight I would say yes to.
If I fought Whittaker I would be a huge favorite. I believe I’m better everywhere and I would prove that if we fought.
Whittaker is a very composed guy as he showed in Melbourne last weekend. He really showed us that he knows what he’s doing against Brunson. He showed us that he is a lot more experienced than people give him credit for.
Even with all of that, I think if I fought him I would beat him easily.
