Gegard Mousasi has had an exemplary profession in fight sports activities, however we could have seen the final of him in reside competitors, in response to considered one of his coaching companions. Showing on a current episode of Bowks Speaking Bouts, Costello Van Steenis touched on a number of matters forward of his bid for Johnny Eblen’s middleweight crown at PFL Africa 1 on July nineteenth. Addressing the present scenario of the previous Strikeforce and Bellator MMA titleholder, who we’ve not seen battle in over two years now, Van Steenis stated,
“Properly to be sincere, he’s not on the town proper now. I used to be with him final week. He’s nonetheless coaching rather a lot although. Properly not rather a lot, he’s like having fun with life and coaching on the similar time. So I don’t know what the deal is with Mousasi in the mean time however I believe he’s simply taking it straightforward and simply going with the move. But when the move stops, I believe he’s good with that as nicely. So he’s simply; like I stated he’s going with the move. If the move stops, like his preventing profession, he simply goes on with a smile on his face. He’s actually all the way down to earth and all chill about it.”
Gegard Mousasi’s expertise preventing Johnny Eblen and what he has imparted to van Steenis
Gegard Mousasi has a direct historical past with Johnny Eblen, with the latter defeating the previous to seize the Bellator strap that he has gone on to carry for over three years and that he carries into this Van Steenis contest. When discussing what anecdotal Eblen insights that Gegard Mousasi has imparted earlier than this title battle throughout PFL’s inaugural foray into Africa, Van Steenis acknowledged,
“Coaching-wise, he’s nonetheless coaching however I’m truly getting extra assist with him now. As a result of he’s not serving to me as a fighter, he’s serving to me as a coach. So it is a huge plus for me. He’s telling me okay, now you must do that. Now you must do a minute of this, now you must try this. Like wow, dude, you’ve by no means achieved this and now you’re making me do the onerous work. Just like the work that you just’ve by no means achieved [laughs], you’re making me do double [laughs]. No, no, it’s an enormous assist training-wise and in addition coaching-wise… The man’s all the time been good preventing.”
“He’s even smarter being a coach, to be sincere. As a result of he is aware of precisely the weak spots. He is aware of how robust; particularly in opposition to Eblen. He is aware of how robust Eblen is, he is aware of his weak spots. He felt it, he’s like telling me okay, don’t try this as a result of that didn’t assist after I did it. So that is actually useful data for me.”
