Alexander ”The Mauler” Gustafsson skadad – managern bekräftar

Det blir ingen match för svenske Alexander ”The Mauler” Gustafsson på UFC 227. Svenskens manager, Nima Safapour, bekräftade uppgifterna om en skada under söndagsnatten via sitt instagram konto.

Enligt Nima ska Gustafsson ha dragit på sig skadan, som inte är en allvarlig skada, förra veckan och har varit under uppsikt av både svenska som UFC:s egna läkare sedan dess. Trots skadan var Allstars-fightern redo att gå match den 4:e augusti, men läkarna har avrått svensken att gå match.

Slutligen skriver Nima att Gustafsson kommer att återvända inom kort och är villig att möta vem som helst, så länge matchningen tar The Mauler närmare en titelmatch.

Alex Gustafsson is out of UFC 227 with a minor injury. The injury occurred last week. Since that time, we have been working closely with the UFC doctors, our doctors in Sweden, and the experts at the UFC Performance Institute. We have been advised that Alex has a minor injury and he will not be permitted to compete at UFC 227. Had Alex been fit to fight, we were prepared to face Roundtree or anyone else the UFC had asked us; including DC Cormier at heavyweight.
Alex will be fighting again very soon. He will give his side of the story shortly. We don’t care who the opponent is. But whomever we face it should be for the meaningful result of the LHW UFC Title.

Alex Gustafsson is out of UFC 227 with a minor injury. The injury occurred last week. Since that time, we have been working closely with the UFC doctors, our doctors in Sweden, and the experts at the UFC Performance Institute. We have been advised that Alex has a minor injury and he will not be permitted to compete at UFC 227. Had Alex been fit to fight, we were prepared to face Roundtree or anyone else the UFC had asked us; including DC Cormier at heavyweight. Alex will be fighting again very soon. He will give his side of the story shortly. We don’t care who the opponent is. But whomever we face it should be for the meaningful result of the LHW UFC Title. #combatsports #sports #mma #moments #momentsmgmt #collectexperiences #friends #friendship #clients #fightsports #sportsbusiness #fighter #fighters #ufc #bellator #bellatornation #pfl #pflmma #teammauler #alexandergustafsson #teamallstar #vikingmma #themauler

Ett inlägg delat av Nima Safapour (@moments_mgmt) 22 Jul 2018 kl. 3:26 PDT

Enligt den amerikanske MMA-journalisten Ariel Helwani så tog UFC bort Gustafsson från UFC 227 redan i fredags. Svensken ska då ha efterfrågat att möta den dubbla mästaren Daniel Cormier i tungvikten.

According to sources, Gustafsson was actually removed from 227 on Friday. He had agreed to Rountree contingent on doctor’s approval but then he wasn’t medically cleared. Prior to Rountree he asked for DC at heavyweight but DC has a broken hand.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 22, 2018

He was actually supposed to be in studio tomorrow but they canceled Friday though no reason was given. Now it makes more sense. I’m told the reason the broadcast promoted him on the card today was only a few execs knew he was out. Then after the main they had to address.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 22, 2018

The Mauler var inbokad för en match mot Volkan Oezdemir på UFC 227, men matchen ställdes in efter att Oezdemir brutit näsan under ett träningspass inför matchen. Under söndagens UFC-gala i Hamburg, Tyskland, utmanade Anthony Smith The Mauler  efter sin knockoutvinst mot den forne UFC-mästaren Mauricio ”Shogun” Rua.

Den svenske UFC-stjärnan har inte gått match sedan vinsten mot Glover Teixeira på hemmaplan i maj förra året, som han besegrade via knockout i rond 5. Under hösten 2017 drog The Mauler på sig en axelskada som gjorde att han var borta i drygt 6 månader.