Biography
Iranian fighter Mma Geghard Musasi is known as a professional of his business. A man became a champion of the world 5 times, and today is in the leading positions in the ratings and continues to conquer new titles and titles.
Gegard was born in the summer of 1985 in the capital of Iran, the city of Tehran. According to the nationality of Musashi Armenian. Initially, his ancestors were surname Movsesyan, but about one century ago one of the representatives of the kind changed the name of the current one.
When the boy was 4 years old, along with his family he moved to the city of Leiden in South Holland. There parents arrange him to school. The guy learns well, it regularly performs homework and friendly with peers.
Boy from childhood loved sports. Since 8 years old, Gegard is engaged in judo, where there shows good results, and in 15 years it is written to the boxing section. This sport brought more pleasure to a fighter, he hardly trains a whole year, which brings his fruits. At 16, Musasi becomes the champion of the Netherlands on boxing among lovers. Of the 13 fights, he won everything except one, with 9 fighting finished, sending rivals to knockout.
The guy decided not to dwell on one sport and soon begins to engage in kickboxing, and later it turns into mixed martial arts.
Martial arts
Performances in MMA at a professional level in Gegard biography appear in 2003. And after 3 years, the guy concludes an agreement with PRIDE FC and further participates in the hemorrhasting Grand Prix. During the competition, he knocked out the Olympic Judo Champion Macoto Takoto, but failed to overcome the legend of MMA in Japan Akihiro Hono and flew from the Grand Prix.
In the struggle for the champion title Cage Warriors FC in 2006, Gegard meets with Gregory Buchelagham and at the very beginning of the fight it wins. The following 5 fights were also successful for Musasi, because they all brought victory, and in 2008 the man concluded a contract with the Japanese organization Dream.
In the Grand Prix Dream in the middleweight, Geghard also spent not one fight. In the 1st round, the athlete overcomes Masters Jiu-Jitsu Denis Kangang, then defeats experienced Melvin Manhufa and goes to the final with a professional in Jiu-Jitsu Ronaldo Souze. Were and His, Musasi becomes a champion of Dream in middleweight.
In the summer of 2009, a fight between Gegard Musashi and Renat Collective, where the Stikeforce championship belt was raised on the conjunction of the weighty weight category. The fight was only 1 minute, this fight became the most short struggle for the title in the history of the organization. Gegard won, becoming a champion. However, next year, the fighter lost the championship title, as I lost to King Mo. Participation in 2010 in the Grand Prix in a light heavyweight allows an athlete again to become the best fighter Dream and get a reward in the form of a champion belt.
When UFC redeemed Stikeforce, most athletes who worked with the latter signed a contract with Ultimate Fighting Championship, and in this sense Musashi did not exceed. His debut in the UFC took place in 2013, the opponent was appointed Alexander Gustafsson, but due to injury before the battle was replaced by Latifi, whom he won.
In 2014, Geghard fought with Lioto Machida and lost, but the Mohamo brand defeated, and after a year, Dan Henderson defeated Technical knockout. In 2016, Gegard fought with Tales Leietes, Tiagu Santus, Blesfort and won all the fights.
The battle, which took place at Gegard in 2017 with the former UFC champion Chris Viderman, was remembered for fans. When Musashi in the 2nd round struck the opponent's blow to the knee in the head, the judge interrupted the duel, having considered that the athlete broke the rules. Reviewing the record, the strikes were recognized by the relevant rules, but the referee did not resume the battle. The reason for this was the state of Widerman, so Musasi won.
In the summer of 2017, Gegard signs a contract with Bellator MMA, which includes 6 fights. In Bellator, the fighter made his debut in October of the same year, his rival was the former champion of the organization, the Russian fighter Alexander Schemenko. The battle was tense, and both athletes showed a good technique, but Musashi was awarded to the judicial decision with a breakdown of just 1 point.
Russian fans and Schemenko himself were outraged by the decision of the judges, and even coming out after the fight to contact with fans through the Mobile Application "Pereskop", Alexander allowed himself to insult the Dutchman. Without calming down and on this, the man filed a complaint to the Association of Mixed Martial Arts and demanded to revise the battle. The filed appeal was rejected, because in the work of judges failed to find errors.
In May 2018, Musashi fought with the current BELLATOR champion in middleweight. His opponent was a Brazilian citizen Rafael Karavali. In the first fight, Gegard by technical knockout won in this important competition and received the status of a new Bellator champion in middleweight.
Personal life
Like some public people, Geghard Musasi does not like to advertise a personal life, so it's not exactly known if he has a wife and children. In "Instagram", a man is often divided with subscribers of personal photos, as well as snapshots with fighting, training, recreation with friends and other personnel.Gegard Musashi now
September 29, 2018, in the framework of the Bellator tournament, Musashi fought with Rory McDonald. It was his first defense of the current title, with whom he successfully coped with, because in the 2nd round it produced technical knockout.
Now, like during the whole professional career, Gegard carefully monitors health and supports itself in shape. With an increase in 188 cm its weight is 84 kg.
Awards and titles
- 2006 - CWFC champion in middleweight
- 2008 - Middleweight Dream Champion
- 2009 - Champion Stikeforce in light heavyweight
- 2009 - "The Best Fighter of Europe" WORLD MMA AWARDS
- 2010 - Champion Dream in light heavyweight
- 2010 - the first and only Dream champion who was able to win the title in several categories
- 2018 - Champion Bellator in middleweight