UFC on FUEL TV 2: The 10 Best Swedish Fighters in MMA

Go ahead. Do the Muppet voice.Laugh it up about the inexpensive lampshades, the confectionery pop music and the autistic crime fighters with the ostentatious tramp stamps.  Fair warning, though. Their meatballs are off-limits in these parts. …

Go ahead. Do the Muppet voice.

Laugh it up about the inexpensive lampshades, the confectionery pop music and the autistic crime fighters with the ostentatious tramp stamps.  

Fair warning, though. Their meatballs are off-limits in these parts. Because those things are delicious. DELICIOUS, I say!

Sweden may have a checkered international rep, but they’re getting stronger every day in another uncommon but emerging sort of export market: the MMA fighter. But that’s not news to anyone inside Swedish borders, where UFC on FUEL TV 2, taking place in Stockholm April 14, sold out after three measly hours. That made it the fastest sell out ever for an MMA event in Europe.

Here are the 10 best Swedes currently in the fight biz. This list was harder to narrow down than I had anticipated.

Another fair warning. Save your comments about how so-and-so was actually born somewhere else, or what not. If these guys weren’t born in Sweden, they certainly live there now. So if you make this type of comment without at least referencing this disclaimer, you will have exposed yourself as an unconscientious reader. Quite a tactic, isn’t it? American spies used to refer to this as a barium meal.

I’m sorry for rambling. Please enjoy the slideshow.

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