Alexander Gustafsson mötte under nattens gala Jon Jones i deras returmatch om lätt-tungviktsbältet under UFC 232 i Los Angeles, där han förlorade via knockout i tredje ronden.
Det här hade Gustafsson att säga om mötet via MMAJunkie:
He got me very, very early in the first round. Very early. After that I just shut down. I wasn’t tired, I had my conditioning. I felt good. We had our exchanges and everything. He just shut me down very early in the first round and I couldn’t move at all. I told my corner that too and all that. He did what he was supposed to do and made sure he won the fight.
He just keeps a very high level of fighting. I was prepared for it. He just caught me this time. That’s it. I didn’t notice anything about if he was stronger or faster or anything [than the first fight]. He went for his takedowns and his kicks and everything like that. I was prepared for it. He just had a really good move today and he shut me down.
Mötet gick inte som Gustafsson hade tänkte sig, men han har inga planer på att sluta ännu. Han tänker fortsätta gå matcher så länge som han känner att det är roligt, oavsett om det blir i lätt tungvikt eller tungvikt.
It’s not over yet. Let’s see what’s next. Like always, you do this for a reason. That is to compete with the best guys out there, and that’s what I’ll do. I’ll do it as long as it’s fun.
Gustafsson hade innan denna matchen två raka vinster, där den senaste var en TKO-vinst mot Glover Teixeira. Han har nu ett record på 18-5. Detta var den andra gången The Mauler förlorat mot Jones. Vid deras första möte i september 2013 förlorade Arboga-sonen via domslut efter fem väldigt jämna ronder.
