He won the fight knocking Kulak down several times, earning the unanimous decision victory. Later that year, after another TKO victory against Matteo Minonzio, he replaced his former opponent Florian Muller on less than 24 hours notice against Krzysztof Kulak, who at the time was a top prospect in Poland, on 13 September 2008, at KSW Extra. The most notable victories in his first 8 fights came against German prospect Florian Muller, who he defeated by TKO in the second round on 13 March 2008. By 2009, he had racked up a perfect pro-record of 8–0, with 6 wins coming by the way of KO/TKO, 1 by submission and 1 by decision. Before signing with the UFC, Gustafsson fought mostly in smaller promotions in Sweden and other parts of Europe. He also competed in a smaller amount of submission wrestling and submission grappling matches, in which he was also undefeated.
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Gustafsson also competed in the martial arts form of shootfighting, before starting his professional MMA career, with a Shoot record of 5–1, with 4 wins by KO/TKO and 1 by decision, his only loss came by split decision against Mats Nilsson in the Kaisho Battle 2007 event.
However, his newly awakened boxing career ended when he signed with the UFC in September 2009. He was set to compete in the national championship event the following year, 2010, for which he was a big favorite to win. In 2008–2009 he made a quick return to boxing, winning some amateur tournaments in Sweden and defeating the Swedish heavyweight boxing champion in an amateur fight. He won the national championship (youth-junior level) in 2003, at the age of 16. He trained in boxing which he started when he was around 10 years old. Gustafsson started training MMA in 2006, and before
He is often regarded as one of the best mixed martial artists never to have won a UFC Championship. Gustafsson spent a major part of his MMA career in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC, where he became a top contender and fought for the title three times. Gustafsson currently competes in the light heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Light Heavyweight (2007–2019, 2021–present)Īlexander Gustafsson (born 15 January 1987) is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist. Alexander Gustafsson at the Swedish Sports Awards in 2014
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