BELLATOR 282: MOUSASI VS. EBLEN RESULTS

“I expected it. I know a lot of haters and a lot of doubters doubted me and thought I would be finished. The way I fought, that’s the way I spar. That’s a normal Thursday sparring session. It was just another Thursday sparring session. I hurt him, and I fucking dominated the wrestling and dominated the grappling. It just shuts up the haters and shuts up the doubters. There’s no question I’m the best middleweight in the world.”

“He didn’t hit that hard. He had a couple stiff jabs. He landed a good calf kick. But no, I hit way harder than him.”

“I’m pretty happy I’m the champion of BELLATOR, and I plan to keep it that way.”

“I get in these guys’ heads before these fights. I very much believe in mental warfare. Once we got into that cage, he was a little timid; a little cautious. He was very scared in there. When I went back and showed him I don’t give a fuck, I fucking broke him. Higo’s a fucking animal, and for me to dominate an animal, that just shows how good I am. Stots doesn’t stand a chance!”

“I feed off excitement, I feed off pressure, and I feed off emotion. I love when people are acknowledging me. We won tonight, and we’re gonna party like fucking champions tonight.”

“He seemed like a little bitch to me. I’m gonna smoke that motherfucker. With Higo, I couldn’t take too many risks; I had to play it smart. I don’t have to fight smart against Stots; I can do whatever I want with this guy because he’s a bum.”

“Right when that bell rang, I didn’t even give a fuck about Higo. I just started picturing Stots and what I’m gonna do to this fucker, and I’m gonna bash his head in.”

“No. Stots is actually an insanely great matchup for me. With Higo, it neutralizes everything with his jiu jitsu. I can dominate him, but all he needs is a split-second. You make one fucking mistake, your lights are out. A guy like Stots, I’ll just fucking smash him. If I make a mistake, what is he going to do? He can’t finish me.”

#4-Magomed Magomedov (19-2) defeated #10-Enrique Barzola (18-6-2) via submission (guillotine) at 1:27 of round four

“This is exactly what I was expecting. I know that the guy is super tough, and that this wasn’t going to be an easy fight. I have a lot of moves. He was trying to take me down and go to the double leg. After a lot of those attempts, I realized, and I’m confident in that guillotine.”

“For this training camp, I was getting ready in the school of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, and those people took me in like family. Those people took me apart in training; they kept smashing me in our training sessions. But this is what makes you a top fighter.”

“It’s a professional sport. He’s doing his job to feed his family, and I’m doing my job to feed my family. I do respect all of my opponents, but when I walk in the cage, I become a bad guy. Before and after, I’m cool.”

“I do this part-time, I really do. That’s no bullshit. I’ll be real here – I only train two, maybe three days a week. I gotta train more; I’m not gonna be able to beat the next level guys [training part-time].”

“I can throw bombs with the best of ‘em. I can punch with the best of ‘em, power-wise. I want to knock dudes out. Yeah, I might look sloppy some times, but I’m throwing fucking hard, man. If I catch you, you’re getting knocked out. As professionals, our dude is to finish fucking fights. I don’t ever want to leave it to the judges.”