LONDON – Newly minted Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Lovato Jr. fought back tears when speaking about the title he took from Gegard Mousasi at Bellator Europe 3. “It’s hard to put into words,” he told reporters, including MMA Junkie, backstage at The SSE Arena. “It really is my life’s work, and everybody that’s had the biggest piece of my life were here – just a couple were missing. “I dreamed of it this way. I was telling myself backstage that this would be my masterpiece.” There certainly were moments Lovato (10-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) didn’t envision, such as a fourth round in which Mousasi (46-7-2 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) punished him with strikes on the feet
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Rafael Lovato Jr. on immediate rematch with Gegard Mousasi: I wouldn’t blame them – MMA Junkie