Talk:Gegard Mousasi

Anderson Silva
Some funny guy added a bout between him and Anderson Silva.

The two never fought so far!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.190.79.73 (talk) 22:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Change from Boxing
"When he figured out that he couldn't make it to the top of the boxing world due to lacking boxing expertise, he switched to kickboxing, and then eventually to mixed martial arts.[1]"

This sentence seems a bit misleading. It suggests he perhaps quit boxing because of his own boxing skills. The source states: "When he figured out that he wouldn't make it to the top of the sweet science in a country as small as Holland, he switched to kickboxing and eventually to mixed martial arts. ...But since the Dutch had not been able to produce a single outstanding boxer in the last 100 years while at the same time being the world's premier kickboxing nation, Mousasi switched sports."

Seems like this is saying he changed because of lack of boxing opportunity in a small country, or the unavailability of quality training, when compared with kickboxing.

SixT-4 (talk) 23:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I changed it to say he simply switched to kickboxing and MMA instead. Feel free to expand to include his reasoning. -- aktsu (t / c) 18:56, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Biography
Mousasi is officially labeled as fighting out of Netherlands both in DREAM, StrikeForce and other companies. He might be ethnic Armenian, but his nationality is Dutch. People should stop changing the flag to Armenia, it is officially Dutch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.209.133.224 (talk) 17:26, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I have seen many of his earlier fights where he is not fighting under dutch flag. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.94.188.29 (talk) 20:42, 8 November 2009 (UTC) Mousasi's parents are Iranian armenians(armenians who was born in Iran)but he is not Iranian. And he is not Dutch because he just lives in Netherlands. Even his surname is Mousisyan( every armenians have surname with -yan) He is Armenian, and on his own facebook page as well as Sherdog profile Armenia is listed as his COUNTRY! Either keep both flags or the Armenian one. There is no room for chauvinism here!--74.207.73.189 (talk) 23:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

But Armenia is not his country. He is ethnic Armenian, yes. But according to this article he was born in Iran, and moved to the Netherlands. The box in the biography is not for ethnicity, its for nationality, which would be Iranian or Dutch. Harley peters (talk) 19:18, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

He is billed as Dutch and his nationality should be changed to Dutch, but stubborn people keep changing it to Armenian since that is his ethnicity. The funny thing is that he isn't even born in Armenia, he's born in Iran and is a Dutch national. So could someone make it so people stop change his nationality (flag) to Armenian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.209.133.224 (talk) 00:46, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

I deleted the Armenian from his nationality, as others have said he may be an ethnic Armenian but he's not an Armenian national. It does say in the opening sentence that he's Armenian though so I don't see the big need to specify that in his nationality. I also added the flag icons to the people on his record since they were missing.--P.4.P. No. 1 (talk) 20:32, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

I removed Armenian from his nationality, but don't feel like going to every single possible page and changing the flag to the Dutch flag. Unless someone can provide a source for him having at least lived in Armenia, then there's nothing but blind nationalism going on with people reverting it. Nationality is separate from ethnicity, his ethnicity is given proper attention in the article, and this site is designed to be as accurate and unbiased as possible. Nationality, by definition, is what nation you are from. He is Iranian and Dutch. PEiP (talk) 23:19, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

MMA Record
There has been major vandalism to his MMA records/table of results. I reverted about half of the intended error, but then got bored; would someone else please do the rest :/ Ecclesispastic2489 16:22, 6 August 2009

Yup, this article is extremely false. Here's the real thing, http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/gegard-mousasi-7466 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.12.150.33 (talk) 17:58, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

UFC
Why hasn't he had a UFC fight yet? Does Dana have something against him? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lenosy (talk • contribs) 17:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Lock request
Is it possible to get this article semi protected or something? People keep changing his nationality to Armenian, when that's his ethnicity. His nationality (What nation he either was born in or where he currently lives.) is Dutch or Iranian-Dutch. He has never lived in Armenia to the best of anyone's knowledge. Also people keep taking down the flag icons next to his opponents names.--P.4.P. No. 1 (talk) 18:46, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Golden Glory?
The article states that Gegard is a member of Golden Glory, however he is not mentioned on their site and I remember him saying in an interview (reacting to the current problems between Alistair Overeem and Golden Glory) that he has nothing to do with Golden Glory. Anyone? --Vunzmstr (talk) 10:25, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

DREAM
Mousasi himself, on his official Twitter page, confirmed that he is still the DREAM light heavyweight champion. See https://twitter.com/mousasi_mma/status/317188583565975552 -- Beast of Bourbon (talk) 08:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * In theory he always will be, because there may never be another. Unless he's going to defend the title, let's not confuse people. --TheShadowCrow (talk) 18:05, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

TROLLING WIKIPEDIA AGAIN XD
We are now february 3rd and someone already wrote the result of the fight with Lyoto Machida on february 15, result a head kick by KO... LOL!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheik07 (talk • contribs) 04:22, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Gegard's loss to Uriah Hall needs to be edited
It's ridiculous to have him losing via "Jumping spinning back kick, knee, and punches." You don't list out all of the previous actions that the fighter did before getting the win/loss, you only list what the final actions were. PLEASE somebody change his loss to "Punches" rather than this rubbish that's currently on there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ufcfan217 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 October 2015
TKO (jumping back kick, flying knee & punches) to TKO (jumping back kick, flying knee and punches

Explanation: More detailed citing

71.121.235.10 (talk) 18:21, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 20:45, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2015
ADCC Championships - In November 21, 2008, ADCC Europe president Marko Leistén confirmed the signing of Mousasi as one of 2009's ADCC Championships. It was rumored he would fight in the -88 kg category. For unknown reasons, Mousasi never participated in the ADCC 2009 Championships.

Explanation: Source

Mixed martial arts record - Uriah Hall (jumping back kick, flying knee & punches) to Uriah Hall (jumping back kick, flying knee and punches)

Explanation: Consistency with Uriah Hall and UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson pages.

71.121.235.10 (talk) 02:39, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Both changes done. Ref added and & -> and. Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 02:54, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 October 2015
TKO (jumping back kick, flying knee and punches) to TKO (flying knee and punches)(no ref needed)

Sherdog officially listed the finish as TKO (flying knee and punches), and a vast majority of wiki "methods" of victory derive from their Fight Finder pages.

100.36.90.87 (talk) 02:40, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.
 * Actually reliable sources would be needed in order to change something that is already sourced. The current source says Uriah Hall upset Gegard Mousasi at UFC Fight Night 75 in Japan Sunday thanks to a phenomenal spinning back kick that caught Mousasi off guard. Hall rocked Mousasi with a kick to the face, and quickly pounced, forcing the referee to stop the fight in the second round.  The source states that there was a back kick and the video confirms that. --Stabila711 (talk) 04:54, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 February 2016
Ref #50: Both the date of the source (which is 2016-01-01, not 2015-01-27) and access date (2015-01-14) are way off.

100.15.163.221 (talk) 04:48, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, thanks for noticing.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:22, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2016
Style - "Kickboxing, Judo" to "Boxing, Kickboxing, Judo"

Given Mousasi's amateur boxing credentials, I think it should be included in that infobox row.

71.166.54.158 (talk) 23:11, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -- Dane 2007  talk 04:11, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2016
S0l3mnh3art (talk) 16:47, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: no request was made. -- The Voidwalker  Whispers 16:51, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2017
He is Armenian too. That makes him Armenian-Dutch. Put that in the opening statement. Many ethnic Armenians who were born/living in the US are considered Armenian-American. He was born in Iran to two Armenian parents and lives in the Netherlands. It is the same thing. It is only fair to add Armenian in the opening statement as well as Dutch. Thank you for you consideration :) 24.205.68.223 (talk) 05:17, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * There is no documented evidence he is an Armenian citizen. Per WP:MOS, ethnicity should not be added to the lede.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:42, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 8 February 2019
EITHER change reach from 190 cm to 193 cm, OR change reach from 76 inches to 75 inches. The issue is that 76 inches does not equal 190 cm, as is currently listed. Which change is correct will depend on the true value of the fighter’s reach. 2001:569:7225:FA00:7D38:2DAA:65E4:B5D7 (talk) 05:36, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2021
His nationality is Armenian, he was born in iran and raised in Netherlands, though his nationality is Armenian 104.33.101.214 (talk) 16:11, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 11 September 2022
He’s Armenian he just lives in Netherland 2600:6C50:47F:C8C2:8050:CE34:124E:581B (talk) 00:21, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
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