Gegard Mousasi was hoping to make a good impression in his first fight in the United States, a Strikeforce matchup with Renato "Babalu" Sobral that was salvaged from the doomed Affliction card. Mousasi did just that, beating Babalu by TKO and winning the Strikeforce light heavyweight belt in just a minute.
Did the 24-year-old Armenian expect to win that quickly?
"No, I didn’t expect that the fight would end so quickly," Mousasi told Cagewriter. "I would expect it more in a later round because I thought Babalu was so experienced. About dominating, well, it just went quickly. Ended quickly."
The problem that Mousasi will run into, however, is that the light heavyweight division in Strikeforce is rather thin. There aren’t many fighters who can realistically challenge Mousasi for his belt.
"I think [Scott Coker, president of Strikeforce] will do a good job of finding opponents…
