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Gegard Mousasi made himself even harder to ignore when discussing top middleweights with a controversial second-round TKO win over former UFC champion Chris Weidman in the co-main event of UFC 210 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday.
The All-American got off to a great start. After a brief feeling-out process from both fighters, Weidman dumped Mousasi on the mat off a single-leg takedown and worked for a choke. Although he was denied the submission, it set the pattern for the first round: Weidman takedown, minimal ground-and-pound, Mousasi working to his feet only to get taken down again.