After Putting ‘Stupid Highlight’ Behind Him, Mousasi Ready to Pursue UFC Title Shot

For more than a year, Gegard Mousasi couldn’t get away from clips of his loss to Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 75.The defeat, in which Hall staggered Mousasi with a spinning back kick to the face and dropped him with a flying knee before finishing the bout with standing-to-ground punches, stood out as one of 2015’s best knockouts and biggest upsets. It’s no surprise the highlights had an extended shelf life among fight fans. Mousasi exacted revenge in the UFC Fight Night 99 headliner in Belfast on Saturday, putting Hall away with a barrage of ground-and-pound 4:31 into the opening stanza of their middleweight encounter. The former Strikeforce champion has won four straight fights since …

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