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.