Alexander Gustafsson is an all time great MMA fighter. He mainly competes in the Light Heavyweight Division. He has not won a championship thus far in his career, but he is still an All-Time Great.
Speaking of championships, Gus actually holds a really convincing win over current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Glover Teixeira. That bout was actually in 2017, nearly five years ago. Crazy how time flies, it feels like it was yesterday. Here's some highlights from that fight:
Gus also has a victory over the former Champ that just lost to Glover, in Jan Błachowicz. Crazy!
Gus has got a strong striking background and he's normally a problem for anyone in that department. Especially with his boxing. He's pretty well rounded I mean, you don't become an All-Time Great if you're not well rounded. His ground game could be stronger though. He's long, pretty athletic, and has got solid cardio, sometimes great cardio really.
Gus came up and became a well-known fighter during one of the most exciting eras of the UFC Light Heavyweight Division. From like 2011-2016 Alexander Gustafsson was one of the top three best Light Heavyweight MMA fighters in the world. There was a three headed monster in that Division that consisted of Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier, and Alexander Gustafsson.
Those three tore up the Division for that time period. It was clear those three were the best by a good margin. Such a cool time period. It's clear now that from that tremendous period, it was 1. Jones, 2. Cormier, and 3. Gus. But the difference between the three was not too large.
Gus's role as the third best Light Heavyweight of that time was still super significant and historical, and frankly cool.
While Jon Jones, and DC were in their prime, Gus gave them WARS. Gus was a legit threat in those battles. Gus dropped Cormier bad in their fight. Gus took Jones to a razor close decision in one of the best UFC fights of all time. The Jones fight is in the UFC HOF.
Here's the Gus vs Jones fight in full. Man what a fight.
Here is Daniel Cormier speaking on the Gus fight. It's obviously from his perspective and stuff but it's still a good video on the fight.
Gus is not just a guy that fought Jones and Cormier tough. Glover has wins over:
- Maurício 'Shogun' Rua
- Jimi Manuwa
- Jan Błachowicz
- Glover Teixeira
There's no doubt, with everything taken into account, that Gus is one of the greatest ever.
Here's the card! This is a great one, I am a pretty good fan of his. He's a legend!
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