BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » alexander gustafsson https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Alexander Gustafsson opens up on UFC departure, GFL signing: ‘I’m not in my top game anymore’ https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-opens-up-on-ufc-departure-gfl-signing-im-not-in-my-top-game-anymore.html https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-opens-up-on-ufc-departure-gfl-signing-im-not-in-my-top-game-anymore.html#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:30:27 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-opens-up-on-ufc-departure-gfl-signing-im-not-in-my-top-game-anymore.html Alexander Gustafsson has come to terms with where he’s at in his MMA career. Gustafsson (18-8) is widely considered one of the best UFC fighters to never win a title.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-opens-up-on-ufc-departure-gfl-signing-im-not-in-my-top-game-anymore.html/feed 0 GFL draft results: Former UFC champions surprise with unexpected entries https://www.badmma.com/gfl-draft-results-former-ufc-champions-surprise-with-unexpected-entries.html https://www.badmma.com/gfl-draft-results-former-ufc-champions-surprise-with-unexpected-entries.html#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:53:51 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/gfl-draft-results-former-ufc-champions-surprise-with-unexpected-entries.html It’s not every day there’s an MMA draft, but Friday there was The 2025 GFL Draft took place virtually with a live stream on MMA Junkie. Six teams, each representing a major city, drafted from a pool of approximately 500 fighters, including big-name free agents and rising prospects. One-hundred-twenty athletes were be selected across 10 weight classes (heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight, women’s bantamweight, women’s strawweight, and women’s atomweight).

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/gfl-draft-results-former-ufc-champions-surprise-with-unexpected-entries.html/feed 0 Global Fight League announces launch, roster includes giant list of former UFC fighters https://www.badmma.com/global-fight-league-announces-launch-roster-includes-giant-list-of-former-ufc-fighters.html https://www.badmma.com/global-fight-league-announces-launch-roster-includes-giant-list-of-former-ufc-fighters.html#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:57:36 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/global-fight-league-announces-launch-roster-includes-giant-list-of-former-ufc-fighters.html A new player has entered the MMA landscape, and it has arrived with some big names. Wednesday, Global Fight League (GFL) announced its official launch will come in the opening weeks of 2025. The GFL concept differs from that of UFC and PFL. While it has a league format and playoffs, it is also team-based and has a draft. There will be six franchises (names and cities to follow). The draft is scheduled for Jan

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/global-fight-league-announces-launch-roster-includes-giant-list-of-former-ufc-fighters.html/feed 0 Alexander Gustafsson: ‘Tom Aspinall will be too much for Jon Jones’ https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-tom-aspinall-will-be-too-much-for-jon-jones.html https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-tom-aspinall-will-be-too-much-for-jon-jones.html#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:48:51 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-tom-aspinall-will-be-too-much-for-jon-jones.html Interim heavyweight champion  Tom Aspinall has been calling out  Jon Jones since winning the interim championship in November 2023.  Jones has been sidelined since tearing a pectoral tendon while preparing to face former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic at UFC 295.  The two are expected to finally fight later this year.   During Jones’ absence, Aspinall was crowned the interim champion and will defend that title at UFC 304 on July 27 in Manchester, England against fourth-ranked  Curtis Blaydes .  A win could put Aspinall on a collision course with Jones. Former three-time light heavyweight title challenger  Alexander Gustafsson believes Aspinall will defeat Jones if a fight between the two comes to fruition.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-tom-aspinall-will-be-too-much-for-jon-jones.html/feed 0 Alexander Gustafsson back to training, not opposed to UFC return: ‘Time will tell’ https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-back-to-training-not-opposed-to-ufc-return-time-will-tell.html https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-back-to-training-not-opposed-to-ufc-return-time-will-tell.html#comments Sun, 07 Jan 2024 23:45:04 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-back-to-training-not-opposed-to-ufc-return-time-will-tell.html Alexander Gustafsson is back to training and he’s leaving the door open for a potential return to the octagon. The two-time UFC title challenger has resumed work at All Stars Training Center in Sweden.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-back-to-training-not-opposed-to-ufc-return-time-will-tell.html/feed 0 Alexander Gustafsson teases UFC return https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-teases-ufc-return.html https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-teases-ufc-return.html#comments Sun, 07 Jan 2024 20:05:04 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-teases-ufc-return.html Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Alexander Gustafsson looks prepped and ready to return to the octagon, should a fight offer be presented to him. ‘The Mauler’ has delivered some of the greatest moments ever seen inside the octagon but has been less than impressive during his recent outings. The setbacks have piled up but it looks like the Swede is now preparing his UFC comeback. During a brief interview inside his gym, Alexander Gustafsson insisted that he’s glad to be back working on his craft.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/alexander-gustafsson-teases-ufc-return.html/feed 0 UFC free fight: Jon Jones pushed to limit in UFC Hall of Fame war with Alexander Gustafsson https://www.badmma.com/ufc-free-fight-jon-jones-pushed-to-limit-in-ufc-hall-of-fame-war-with-alexander-gustafsson.html https://www.badmma.com/ufc-free-fight-jon-jones-pushed-to-limit-in-ufc-hall-of-fame-war-with-alexander-gustafsson.html#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2022 13:05:13 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/ufc-free-fight-jon-jones-pushed-to-limit-in-ufc-hall-of-fame-war-with-alexander-gustafsson.html During a slow weekend in MMA amidst the Thanksgiving holiday, the UFC has posted some archives of some of its most memorable fights. A proper list would have Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson from UFC 165 right near the top, as the epic light heavyweight championship fight from September 2013 in Toronto still stands as one of the greatest fights in company history, and has already been enshrined in the UFC Hall of Fame. The fight was one of the most epic title bouts in UFC history, with Jones t aking a unanimous decision win in what was, at the time, by far the most competitive bout of his career. Going into the fight, Gustafsson was largely written off as a serious contender. Although Jones would later reveal he barely trained for the fight and was partying in the build-up, Gustafsson produced a stellar effort as the challenger and came close to pulling off a monumental upset

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/ufc-free-fight-jon-jones-pushed-to-limit-in-ufc-hall-of-fame-war-with-alexander-gustafsson.html/feed 0 Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Nov. 14-20) https://www.badmma.com/matchup-roundup-new-ufc-and-bellator-fights-announced-in-the-past-week-nov-14-20.html https://www.badmma.com/matchup-roundup-new-ufc-and-bellator-fights-announced-in-the-past-week-nov-14-20.html#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:58:13 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/matchup-roundup-new-ufc-and-bellator-fights-announced-in-the-past-week-nov-14-20.html MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator. Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from Nov.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/matchup-roundup-new-ufc-and-bellator-fights-announced-in-the-past-week-nov-14-20.html/feed 0 Ovince Saint Preux says Alexander Gustafsson out of UFC 282, Philipe Lins to replace https://www.badmma.com/ovince-saint-preux-says-alexander-gustafsson-out-of-ufc-282-philipe-lins-to-replace.html https://www.badmma.com/ovince-saint-preux-says-alexander-gustafsson-out-of-ufc-282-philipe-lins-to-replace.html#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:30:41 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/ovince-saint-preux-says-alexander-gustafsson-out-of-ufc-282-philipe-lins-to-replace.html Ovince Saint Preux has a new opponent. According to “OSP,” his originally scheduled opponent Alexander Gustafsson is off UFC 282 on Dec. 10.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/ovince-saint-preux-says-alexander-gustafsson-out-of-ufc-282-philipe-lins-to-replace.html/feed 0 Volkan Oezdemir out to avenge teammate Alexander Gustafsson’s loss to Nikita Krylov at UFC 280 https://www.badmma.com/volkan-oezdemir-out-to-avenge-teammate-alexander-gustafssons-loss-to-nikita-krylov-at-ufc-280.html https://www.badmma.com/volkan-oezdemir-out-to-avenge-teammate-alexander-gustafssons-loss-to-nikita-krylov-at-ufc-280.html#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2022 23:51:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/volkan-oezdemir-out-to-avenge-teammate-alexander-gustafssons-loss-to-nikita-krylov-at-ufc-280.html ABU DHABI – Fighting Nikita Krylov has twice the incentive for Volkan Oezdemir . Almost immediately after Oezdemir (18-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) and Krylov picked up wins on the same night in London this past July, the pair were matched up for Saturday’s UFC 280 event when Krylov respectfully called him out . Oezdemir snapped Paul Craig’s winning streak , whereas Krylov (28-9 MMA, 9-7 UFC) picked up a quick knockout of Oezdemir’s teammate, Alexander Gustafsson . “This kind of fight makes sense for me,” Oezdemir told MMA Junkie. “I’ve  got to go there and avenge my teammate and get the victory.” He continued, “Obviously Gustafsson was his biggest win ever

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