The Reason Mousasi has so many fans, or "hype," or is getting love from Zuffa

[Franklin U.]

I've been one of Mousasi's biggest supporters for a very long time now...HE's a true fighter/mmartist. He is fighting the very best now and the only thing that could be in his way at 205 is the size(and bones jones).....but, maybe not. He's that good. If his cardio is up to par, I think he can beat Gustafsson. I think he will.

[MMAEXP3RT]

Originally Posted by purpleheart

Your pic tells a lot about your ''expertise''.

I agree.

[PD4838]

His TDD and wresting needs inprovement but other than that his skills are solid and he is very well rounded.

[RBO 75]

Mousasi is gonna wreck shop in the ufc

[dubjab]

Originally Posted by daniel san

Uhm... I'm a Mousasi fan myself, but seriously, did you watch the King Mo fight? Mousasi's wrestling was utter shit and anyone with decent wrestling and GNP would have easily beaten him. Hopefully he has improved his wrestling as then he can be a real threat to the top 5 guys.

With that post you proved to be clueless about combat sports. Saying Mousasi's wrestling looked bad compared to Mo's and saying it's ridiculous...is ridiculous. Mo, not long before the that fight, was ranked high in WORLD AMATEUR WRESTLING. That's the highest level of wrestling. Much higher than Amerian college level wrestling. Only him and Daniel Cormier are on a similar level. Almost every other wrestler in MMA doesn't come close. Mousasi proved to have decent TDD vs Jake O'Brien (top wrestler) and OSP (high school wrestler). That leads to the conclusion that, even though his TDD used to be bad, he may have not put much effort to defend most of them, since you know, he can fight off his back.

You confuse decent wrestling with WORLD CLASS AMATEUR WRESTLING. I'm glad Mousasi got to face Mo at that point in his career.

[salkyrie]

Personally, I know Mousasi is skilled, years ago I thought he could be a Top 5 LHW, now, since he hasn't fought a top opponent in a while, it's hard to tell how well is he going to perform against Gus, so I'm not expecting a domination, or a win, but certainly an evenly matched fight.

For what is worth, he suffers from the Shogun/BJ Penn syndrome, as in, superbly skilled fight with lots of talent and potential, but very questionable work ethic; you can't expect to see a constant value in their performances.

[Walker Smith Jr]

He is one of the most well rounded fighters in MMA.