The Swedish MMA Federation made it official earlier today, UFC on FUEL TV 9 headliner Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson (15-1) will not compete this coming Saturday in Stockholm.
Gustafsson suffered a bad cut on his face and the SMMAF felt that there was not enough time for ‘The Mauler’ to heal by this Saturday and did not clear him medically to compete at the television broadcasted event.
The SMMAF Medical Committee has today reviewed the circumstances regarding Gustafsson and his injury. The SMMAF Medical Committee recognizes that a competitor cannot be medically cleared earlier than the day before the match. However, bearing in mind that a correct medical examination that met the regulatory demands has been performed, nothing in the SMMAF regulations hinders the SMMAF Medical Committee from making a decision to stop Gustafsson from competing. As it is clear that Alexander Gustafsson will not be fit to compete as planned and cannot be medically cleared on Friday the 5th of April, the SMMAF Medical Committee has today decided that Alexander Gustafsson will not be allowed to participate in the planned match on April 6th.
Gustafsson was scheduled to welcome former Strikeforce champ Gegard Mousasi (33-3-2) to the Octagon.
UFC on FUEL TV 9 is scheduled to take place on April 6, 2013 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.