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Showing posts with label Alexander Gustafsson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alexander Gustafsson. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Ilir Latifi replaces Alexander Gustafsson vs. Gegard Mousasi

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Ilir Latifi replaces Alexander Gustafsson to fight against Gegard Mousasi in Saturday's UFC on FUEL TV 9 main event.

I'm sure nobody knows who he is but Ilir Latifi is from Sweden and training partner of Gustafsson. UFC president Dana White tweeted about the new fight just a few minutes ago:



Latifi comes into his UFC debut on a 3 fight win streak. His most recent loss was against Bellator MMA light heavyweight tournament winner Emanuel Newton in 2011. Mousasi's original opponent Alexander Gustafsson was forced out of the bout with a cut, which was confirmed by the Swedish Athletic Commission this morning.





Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Alexander Gustafsson officially out of UFC on Fuel TV 9 fight

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Alexander Gustafsson is officially out of his fight with Gegard Mousasi at UFC on Fuel 9 because of a cut suffered in training.

Finally we know something official, even though Dana White said everything could continue as planned, Gustafsson will not be medically cleared for his fight with Gegard Mousasi. Ariel Helwani posted a piece of the statement released by the supervising commission:

The SMMAF Medical Committee has today reviewed the circumstances regarding Gustafsson and his injury. The SMMAF Medical Committee recognizes that a competitor cannot be medically cleared earlier than the day before the match. However, bearing in mind that a correct medical examination that met the regulatory demands has been performed, nothing in the SMMAF regulations hinders the SMMAF Medical Committee from making a decision to stop Gustafsson from competing. As it is clear that Alexander Gustafsson will not be fit to compete as planned and cannot be medically cleared on Friday the 5th of April, the SMMAF Medical Committee has today decided that Alexander Gustafsson will not be allowed to participate in the planned match on April 6th.

No replacement has been found yet, but you should look for updates regularly on MMA Europe. Stay tuned!





Monday, April 1, 2013

Dana White says Gustafsson vs Mousasi is still on

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Dispite the news that broke out, that Alexander Gustafsson had suffered an injury during training, Dana White says the UFC plan to continue the event as scheduled.

Earlier it was reported that Alexander Gustafsson suffered a cut during training and was unable to be cleared for this friday's medical check-up. While his camp confirmed the injury and three doctors from the SMMAF said that the cut was bad enough to need 3 week's healing time before Gustafsson would be ready to fight, Dana White says the bout will continue:



Let's hope the fight is still on as everybody wants to see this fight.





Sunday, March 31, 2013

Alexander Gustafsson cut in training, fight may be cancelled

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Swedish media reported that Alexander Gustafsson suffered a cut in training and he will be unable to compete against Gegard Mousasi on April 6, 2013.

Swedish media outlet SVT today reported that Gustafsson suffered a significant cut in training and that he will be unable to compete against Gegard Mousasi on April 6, 2013 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

No official confirmation has come from the UFC or Gustafsson himself for now. Let’s hope that Gustafsson’s cut can quickly heal and that he will not be forced from the card. If he is indeed injured that could mess up the upcoming card. More news about Gustafsson will be available on MMA Europe.

UPDATE!
MMANytt confirmed the injury with Gus's camp:

According to a trusted source of MMANytt the news of Gustafsson's injury is true. Now it comes down to how deep the cut over the eye is and whether SMMAF are going to license him to fight.

MMANytt recently confirmed this with the Swedish MMA Association who explain that it will take a number of weeks before the injury heals up, and that Gustafsson with 99% certainty won't be medically approved in the medical examination which is planned to go down on Friday.

SMMAF spokeperson Gorge Sallfeldt to MMANytt:

This SMMAF doctor has seen the injury in person, while another two doctors say the same thing after having examined pictures of the injury. Our doctors have looked at this injury, and it's very hard to imagine it will be medically approved by Friday.