With great presentation, Alexander Gustafson He showed that he deserves a new chance to challenge for the UFC light heavyweight belt. The Swede, who was the champion's biggest challenge Jon Jones To date, he has used his greatest reach to break Englishman Jimi Manuwa's unbeaten record by technical knockout in the second round. At the end of the fight, the former challenger returned to challenge The fight was the main attraction of UFC Fight Night 37, an event held this Saturday afternoon (Brasília time), in London, England. Among the Brazilians at the show, Igor Araujo and Claudio Mineiro shone and beat English rivals on the preliminary card
Gustafsson wins and competes for the belt
Alexander Gustafson He started the fight playing tactically. As Manuwa is known for his strong striking, the Swede soon took down his rival, once again showing his evolution in the takedown game, and worked on top. Although the English representative managed to get up, he was unable to pose any danger in his striking at the end of the period.
In the second round, with more desire in the fight, Gustafsson opened up in his striking. The Swede used his greater wingspan to hit his rival. Jimi responded with two dangerous blows to Alexander. But the belt candidate tried to end the fight soon. He landed a series of punches, placed his opponent against the fence, landed a knee to the face, which shook Manuwa. With two more uppers, the Brit went to the ground and Alexander Gustafson got the technical knockout.
After the triumph, still in the octagon, Gustafsson asked for a new fight for the belt. “Jon Jones, I want a new fight for the title”, said the Swede, whose request was granted by Dana White.
The franchise president revealed, through his Twitter page, that Gustafsson will have a rematch against Jones if the North American defeats the Brazilian Glover Teixeira at UFC 172, February 26th.
Check out the complete UFC Fight Night 37 results below:
Main Card
Alexander Gustafson defeated Jimi Manuwa via TKO in R2;
Michael Johnson defeated Melvin Guillard via unanimous decision;
Brad pickett defeated Neil Seery via unanimous decision;
Gunnar Nelson submitted Omari Akhmedov with a guillotine in R1;
Preliminary Card
Ilir Latifi submitted Cyrille Diabate with a choke in R1;
Luke Barnatt defeated Mats Nilsson via TKO in R1;
Claudio Mineiro defeated Brad Scott via unanimous decision;
Igor Araújo defeated Danny Mitchell via unanimous decision;
Louis Gaudinot submitted Phil Harris by guillotine choke in R1;
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