If Alexander Gustafsson’s laceration had occurred on Saturday night, he may have been able to fight through it. We’ll never know for sure, because its terrible timing ripped him out of his UFC on FUEL 9 main event bout after the Swedish MMA Federation examined it and ruled it would not be healed in time for the competition.
A dejected Gustafsson has been replaced by his teammate, the little-known Ilir Latifi, but he still took part in the first day of fight week, discussing the pain of being ruled out of the bout with Gegard Mousasi.
“It’s been terrible. It’s been the worst time in my life so far in my career, I can tell you that,” he told Fighters Only Magazine in an interview. “I lost once in my career, but this is even worse. This has…