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“What a performance”: Fighters react to Johnny Ebblen’s stunning victory over Geghard Musassi in Bellator 282

Geghard Musassi’s era ended in the middleweight Bellator category.

In a shocking twist of events, Johnny Elben had the performance of a lifetime to dominate Musassi and win the Bellator middleweight title on Friday night at the Bellator 282 main event, which took place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut Elben. , controlled every aspect of the battle, overtaking Musashi on his feet and completely conquering him on the mat, to win in the end a unilateral unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).

This marked only the second loss in Musassi’s five-year series at Bellator and halted a four-game winning streak that led fans to debate whether Musassi deserved to be considered among the best in the middleweight division in the world.

Not surprisingly, the MMA world had something to see for the unexpected result. See the reaction to the Elben title won over Musassi below, courtesy of Jorge Masvidal, Joel Romero and many others.

I don’t remember Musashi ever leaving his chin up so long before! # Bellator282

– Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) June 25, 2022