Keith Jardine: Mousasi Fight is Next Step Toward 'Reinventing Myself'

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SAN DIEGO -- When Keith Jardine heard that Gegard Mousasi had only watched one round of his fight with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 96 to prepare for their bout on Saturday night, a sly smile spread across "The Dean of Mean's" face.

"I love that fight," Jardine said in his soft, low voice. "It's one of my favorite fights, but I definitely didn't do well in that one."

When he thinks back on it now, he was too flat-footed in that bout, and he got exhausted early on. In fact, maybe it's good that Mousasi chose that fight to watch a single round from.

"It might have made him a little more confident," Jardine said.

But even though he lost a decision in that bout, it's what people don't know about it that helped make the performance one of Jardine's personal favorites.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/08/keith-jardine-mousasi-fight-is-next-step-toward-reinventing-my/

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