Check out the Bellator 185 main event scorecard for Gegard Mousasi vs. Alexander Shlemenko

Gegard Mousasi was forced to dig deep in the Bellator 185 main event, but in the end he came out with a narrow unanimous decision victory over Alexander Shlemenko.

Mousasi (43-6-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) made his highly anticipated Bellator debut in Friday’s Spike-televised middleweight headliner at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Shlemenko (56-10 MMA, 13-3 BMMA) nearly spoiled it by giving a hard-fought fight, all of which started with a big right hand that closed Mousasi’s eye.

All 15 minutes of the bout were competitive, and the end result was a somewhat controversial decision which received plenty of reaction from the MMA community.

Despite that, all three cageside judges scored the fight the same. See the complete Bellator 185 main event scorecard below (via Twitter):

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