UFC on Fuel 2: 4/14, SWE, T. Silva vs. Gustafsson

Post #1 » by **CPT** » Thu Jan 5, 2012 4:14 pm

http://mmajunkie.com/news/26810/ufc-on- ... sweden.mma

http://mmajunkie.com/event/888/ufc-on-f ... sweden.mma

"Rumoured" (MMA Junkie's rumours are usually confirmed fights that just haven't been officially announced yet) fights include:

DaMarques Johnson vs. John Maguire
Francis Carmont vs. Magnus Cedenblad
Papy Abedi vs. James Head

Gotta think Gustafsson will be on this card. Timing is right, and he's publicly said he wants to fight there. He's kind of at the point where he has to fight top 15ish guys until he loses though. Possible opponents? I'm thinking Lil Nog. Other possibilities could be Forrest Griffin, Rich Franklin (are they both healthy?), maybe Thiago Silva? Stephan Bonnar could be a possibility, seeing as this still is an event on Fuel and they may not want to bring out the big guns.

I'd expect Akira from TUF to get a fight as well.

Article mentions David Bielkheden and Per Eklund as possibilities, but I doubt they go out of their way to find fights for those guys. Maybe they come in as underdogs against guys they want to get wins.

Kinda cool to see them bring smaller shows to other countries. The people in Sweden may not be all that stoked about the lineup, but it takes some pressure off trying to build a PPV card for every country they want to debut in. Now they can do a smaller venue, more affordable ticket prices, etc.

K1NG · Post #2 » by **K1NG** » Thu Jan 5, 2012 6:03 pm

I heard somewhere that Gustafsson wants Shogun. Not sure if he's ready for that much of a step up in competition.

Nemesis21 · Post #3 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Jan 5, 2012 6:04 pm

More fights on this card, Brian Stann vs Alessio Sakara, Cyrille Diabate vs Jorgen Kruth, Besam Yousef vs Simeon Thoresen

http://mmaweekly.com/ufc-sweden-filling ... -vs-sakara

SDM · Post #4 » by **SDM** » Thu Jan 5, 2012 6:15 pm

Nemesis21 wrote:More fights on this card, Brian Stann vs Alessio Sakara, Cyrille Diabate vs Jorgen Kruth, Besam Yousef vs Simeon Thoresen

http://mmaweekly.com/ufc-sweden-filling ... -vs-sakara

I wish he converted earlier, could have been a force. He's still 5-0 as a pro though.

Gold Chain · Post #5 » by **Gold Chain** » Thu Jan 5, 2012 6:30 pm

K1NG wrote:I heard somewhere that Gustafsson wants Shogun. Not sure if he's ready for that much of a step up in competition.

Maybe, but this kid is good.

I think he has a good chance in a fight like this.

Very tough fight, but good fighters want big jumps and shine.

Look at Bones, who some say Gustaffson may challenge in the future, we'll see.

Thiago Silva is coming back and people have been talking about him in this slot as well.

SDM · Post #6 » by **SDM** » Thu Jan 5, 2012 6:32 pm

Franklin is out until late summer, but Griffin should be ready to start training any time now.

Nemesis21 · Post #7 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 12:26 am

Paulo Thiago vs Siyar Bahadurzada added to this card,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=A ... 8af7e9c3cc

Posey H8er · Post #8 » by **Posey H8er** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 3:26 am

i would actually like the shogun matchup. it reminds me a lot of shogun vs cyrille diabate from back in pride.

Nemesis21 · Post #9 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:49 am

Gustaffson vs Lil Nog will headline this Fuel card,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=A ... 06bd128d8c

danzaqk · Post #10 » by **danzaqk** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:21 am

SDM wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:More fights on this card, Brian Stann vs Alessio Sakara, Cyrille Diabate vs Jorgen Kruth, Besam Yousef vs Simeon Thoresen

http://mmaweekly.com/ufc-sweden-filling ... -vs-sakara

I wish he converted earlier, could have been a force. He's still 5-0 as a pro though.

i am waiting for he convert.

Posey H8er · Post #11 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:08 am

Nemesis21 wrote:Gustaffson vs Lil Nog will headline this Fuel card,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=A ... 06bd128d8c

I like it. Lil Nog wanted someone who wasn't a wrestler and he got it. Lil Nog is a step-up from Vlady yet not one of the elites. But who is out there for Shogun? I don't think Machida 3 makes sense. Maybe Thiago Silva who is back. I can think of three great fights from SF with Feijo, Mo, or Mouasi.

Nemesis21 · Post #12 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:03 am

Posey H8er wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:Gustaffson vs Lil Nog will headline this Fuel card,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=A ... 06bd128d8c

I like it. Lil Nog wanted someone who wasn't a wrestler and he got it. Lil Nog is a step-up from Vlady yet not one of the elites. But who is out there for Shogun? I don't think Machida 3 makes sense. Maybe Thiago Silva who is back. I can think of three great fights from SF with Feijo, Mo, or Mouasi.

Vera wants a rematch with Thiago. Maybe Shogun vs Franklin ?

Posey H8er · Post #13 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:38 am

Franklin is coming off shoulder surgery and isn't going to fight until later this summer. I kinda hope Vera doesn't get that fight because Thiago Silva vs Shogun is kinda interesting.

REDDzone · Post #14 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:42 pm

Two muay thai beasts going at it.

Nemesis21 · Post #15 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:01 pm

Posey H8er wrote:Franklin is coming off shoulder surgery and isn't going to fight until later this summer. I kinda hope Vera doesn't get that fight because Thiago Silva vs Shogun is kinda interesting.

Ah damn, guess I forgot about that.

SabasRevenge! · Post #16 » by **SabasRevenge!** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:02 pm

This is actually looking like a pretty deep free card from top to bottom. I'm especially looking forward to seeing Siyar's UFC debut and how Gustafsson fares against Antonio "Gatekeeper" Nogueira.

Nemesis21 · Post #17 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Mar 6, 2012 9:53 pm

Thaigo Silva replaces an injured Lil Nog, in a bout with Alexander Gustaffson.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/27744/silva-r ... um=twitter

T Silva vs Gustaffson
Stann vs Sakara
P Thiago vs Bahadurzada
DeMarques Johnson vs John Maguire

Pickett vs Page
Abedi vs Head
Carmont vs Cedenblad
Thoresen vs Yousef

Not official yet,

Nunes vs Siver
Jason Young vs Eric Wisely
Reza Madadi vs Yoislandy Izquierdo

Gold Chain · Post #18 » by **Gold Chain** » Wed Mar 7, 2012 4:04 pm

That's my guy! Woo!

Let's go Tiago! (And no more fake pee this time!)

Larkin251 · Post #19 » by **Larkin251** » Thu Mar 8, 2012 7:50 am

I heard somewhere that Gustafsson wants Shogun.

Posey H8er · Post #20 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Mar 8, 2012 7:51 am

ugh I thought Lil Nog vs Gustafsson was a much more intriguing matchup. But at least now I can get behind the Swedish guy 100%.