Lovato was gifted title to begin with. Theres no way he won that "MMA FIGHT FOR 185 TITLE". One of thee most poorly judged mma title fights that I can remember.This was not a grappling event or BJJ title .Lovato won 2 rounds on what I call " defensive grappling "(1st and 5th) .... did little and Gegard Mousasi walked away from London without his title. This " should " be his 4th defense of title and final fight on contract.
obviously, itll be mousasi vs someone. I'd actually like to see( know it's not happening) Gegard vs Machida agsin. Last fight was one sided [ 2 judges had it right and the other was on heroin OR something]. Mousasi " machida-ed " machida for an entire 15 [ stats back it up - both strikes and significant strikes]. My only criticism is mousasi not going for finish the handful times he countered machida and sent him reeling.
Otherwise we'll see Gegard as an enormous favorite over Salter or super fight with Lima. Gegard ,now, making cut easier at 34 and was toying with idea of taking some big fights at 170. I dont know BMMA protocol/mma/rules but if possible , let moose and dougie split the difference at 177.5 and winner takes all ( again, I know that's not a likely scenario but........ )