Harrie Nak
19-07-2010, 23:26
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"Basically, I was thinking to let [Lawal] take me down," Mousasi said. "The first two rounds, I felt OK, I would say, fighting from my back. Rounds three, four or five, I would come back and finish him. Unfortunately, somehow I got caught in his game."
"I wasn’t thinking about the takedown defense. There's a million things I can say that I did wrong in the fight, but it happened. Now I have to go and see what I did wrong, try and work on my mistakes and come back better."
Mousasi made no such mistakes against O'Brien, also a capable wrestler. Mousasi fended off the shot and latched onto a guillotine choke for the quick finish.
The Dutch-Armenian striker believes the win shows some of his improvement, but he's focused on more.
"[O'Brien] came overweight," Mousasi said. "He was much heavier. I think fight day he was maybe 230 pounds, but I didn't think he was the same caliber wrestler as 'King Mo.' I think with the 'King Mo' fight, people say that maybe it was my wrestling, but I feel like I didn't even sprawl. I think it was a lot more than just my takedown defense.
"I didn't think it was my wrestling, but I wasn't thinking about my takedown defense in the fight. I think that was my mistake in the 'King Mo' fight. Of course I'm working more on wrestling specifically in a wrestling gym, and I'm going to continue to do that in the future."Rest van het interview hier (http://www.hyefighters.com/2010/07/19/hyefighter-mousasi-looking-to-finish-2010-with-3-more-fights/)!
"Basically, I was thinking to let [Lawal] take me down," Mousasi said. "The first two rounds, I felt OK, I would say, fighting from my back. Rounds three, four or five, I would come back and finish him. Unfortunately, somehow I got caught in his game."
"I wasn’t thinking about the takedown defense. There's a million things I can say that I did wrong in the fight, but it happened. Now I have to go and see what I did wrong, try and work on my mistakes and come back better."
Mousasi made no such mistakes against O'Brien, also a capable wrestler. Mousasi fended off the shot and latched onto a guillotine choke for the quick finish.
The Dutch-Armenian striker believes the win shows some of his improvement, but he's focused on more.
"[O'Brien] came overweight," Mousasi said. "He was much heavier. I think fight day he was maybe 230 pounds, but I didn't think he was the same caliber wrestler as 'King Mo.' I think with the 'King Mo' fight, people say that maybe it was my wrestling, but I feel like I didn't even sprawl. I think it was a lot more than just my takedown defense.
"I didn't think it was my wrestling, but I wasn't thinking about my takedown defense in the fight. I think that was my mistake in the 'King Mo' fight. Of course I'm working more on wrestling specifically in a wrestling gym, and I'm going to continue to do that in the future."Rest van het interview hier (http://www.hyefighters.com/2010/07/19/hyefighter-mousasi-looking-to-finish-2010-with-3-more-fights/)!