Twitter reacts to Rafael Lovato Jr.’s upset of Gegard Mousasi to claim Bellator title

Rafael Lovato Jr. accomplished his championship dream on Saturday when he outworked Gegard Mousasi to claim the Bellator middleweight title in the main event of Bellator Europe 3.

Lovato Jr. (10-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) added a belt to his undefeated record when he implemented his grappling-heavy approach to take a majority decision over Mousasi (45-7-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) in the headlining contest at The SSE Wembley in London.

Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Lovato Jr.’s victory over Mousasi at Bellator Europe 3.

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#BellatorLondon main event time is next! Gegard Mousasi defends his middleweight title against Rafael Lovato Jr. pic.twitter.com/HyWecpvT8c

— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) June 22, 2019

Mousasi's takedown defence against the cage is brilliant and then he gets taken down in open water. Mad. #BellatorLondon

— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) June 22, 2019

Strong round for Lovato. #BellatorLondon

— Harry Williams (@Harry_Williams) June 22, 2019

Mousasi surviving some dangerous spots right there

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 22, 2019

Big time human chess match unfolding between Mousasi and Lovato Jr.

— Josh Gross (@yay_yee) June 22, 2019

Amazing transition from @LovatoJrBJJ in round two!#Bellator223 pic.twitter.com/B7jVh8oPnP

— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) June 22, 2019

Lovato Jr isn't just winning here, he's wearing Mousasi out too. Very interesting opening 10 minutes. #BellatorLondon

— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) June 22, 2019

Another solid round for Lovato but I don't know if he can keep this grappling pace that we've seen over the opening 10 mins. https://t.co/wEzcjvvjYE

— Peter Carroll (@PetesyCarroll) June 22, 2019

Lovato is absolutely smashing Mousasi and Gegard simply doesn’t have an answer right now. #BellatorLondon

— Harry Williams (@Harry_Williams) June 22, 2019

Mousasi on top now and HUGE ground and pound. Tide is turning. Lovato fucked underneath.

— Fight Ghost (@Fight_Ghost) June 22, 2019

The reversal in round three goes to @Mousasi_MMA!#Bellator223 pic.twitter.com/cfqsMpbwvJ

— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) June 22, 2019

Moose just turned this shit around. Wow

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 22, 2019

Excellent fight through three rounds. Mousasi could be down 2-1 but has momentum following a heavy salvo of G&P opened a cut near Lovato's left eye.

— Josh Gross (@yay_yee) June 22, 2019

Lovato Jr going full Werdum now. #BellatorLondon

— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) June 22, 2019

Likely 38-38 heading into the final round over at #BellatorLondon. Gegard Mousasi struggled early, but he's taken control of this fight.

— Shaheen Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) June 22, 2019

He gets him down! Now he just has to do something.

— MaddDogg (@NateMillerMMA) June 22, 2019

Did Mousasi just have one of his "Weird Mousasi performance" days or is Lovato that legit?

— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) June 22, 2019

Lovato needed this round and he has been dominant. 48-47 Lovato. I don't know if any 10-8's will come into play, but we're likely looking at the new champ.

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 22, 2019

Here to remind everyone who watched #theMMABeat and listened to #TLTS this week that I warned you Lovato, Jr. was to be taken seriously and could easily win. Well, lo and behold. You have a new Bellator middleweight champion.

— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) June 22, 2019

Wow…lost on Aguilar but won bigger on Lovato! Nice

— Chas Skelly (@ChasSkelly) June 22, 2019

#BellatorLondon results: Rafael Lovato Jr. def. Gegard Mousasi via majority decision to win Bellator middleweight title (47-47, 48-47, 48-47)https://t.co/JMyeQm0lc6

— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) June 22, 2019

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