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Alexander Gustaffson vs Vladimir Matyushenko Booked Again, This Time for UFC 141

A compelling light heavyweight matchup between former IFL champion Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko and rising star Alexander Gustaffson has just been booked for UFC 141. The match was originally intended to transpire at UFC 133 in Philadelphia, but Matyushenko pulled out due to a last minute injury. Matt Hamill took “The Janitor’s” place and was subsequently beat into retirement by the Swede, so it’s fair to say that Matyushenko has one of his toughest tests to date ahead of him. Well, other than that one guy, which I’m pretty sure was a fluke.

A compelling light heavyweight matchup between former IFL champion Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko and rising star Alexander Gustaffson has just been booked for UFC 141. The match was originally intended to transpire at UFC 133 in Philadelphia, but Matyushenko was forced to pull out due to a last minute injury. Matt Hamill stepped in for “The Janitor” and was subsequently beat into retirement by the Gustaffson, so it’s fair to say that Matyushenko has one of his toughest tests to date ahead of him. Well, other than that one guy, which I’m pretty sure was a fluke.

Matyushenko is coming off his quickest and perhaps most impressive octagon appearance to date, a 20 second storming of Jason Brilz. “The Mauler” on the other hand has put together a three fight win streak since his first round submission loss to Phil Davis at UFC 112, but it was his destructive TKO of Hamill that opened a lot of eyes to he Swedish prospect. UFC 141 also features the epic number one contender match between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem and a slightly less epic welterweight tilt between Jon Fitch and Johny Hendricks. So Potatoites (Potatoians?), how do you see this one going down?

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Surging Alexander Gustafsson to Face Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 141

Filed under: UFC, NewsFresh off his biggest victory, 24-year-old light-heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson has agreed to face rugged veteran Vladimir Matyushenko at December’s UFC 141.

The UFC confirmed the bout’s booking.

At August’s UFC 133, Gustafsso…

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Alexander GustafssonFresh off his biggest victory, 24-year-old light-heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson has agreed to face rugged veteran Vladimir Matyushenko at December’s UFC 141.

The UFC confirmed the bout’s booking.

At August’s UFC 133, Gustafsson captured his most important victory to date when he defeated Matt Hamill via second-round TKO.

It was the third straight win and third straight finish for the Swedish star, who improved to 12-1 overall, and shortly after the bout, Hamill announced his retirement.

Ironically, Gustafsson had originally been scheduled to face Matyushenko that night until an injury to the Belarusian derailed the fight. It turns out the delay was temporary, with the clash only pushed back a few months.

Matyushenko, one of the UFC’s elder statesmen at 40 years old, has earned back-to-back victories, with TKO stoppages of Alexandre Ferreira and Jason Brilz.

UFC 141 goes down on December 30 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the main event, newly signed heavyweight star Alistair Overeem takes on former UFC champ Brock Lesnar.

 

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Einemo vs. Herman Signed for UFC 131; Matyushenko vs. Gustafsson in the Works for UFC 133

(This man is earning his paycheck.)

A pair of UFC fight bookings were reported today by MMAJunkie. Heavyweight Octagon newcomers Jon Olaf Einemo and Dave Herman will meet at UFC 131 next month in Vancouver, BC and Vladimir Matyushenko and  Alexander Gustafsson will square off at UFC 133 in August in Philidelphia, PA.

(This man is earning his paycheck.)

A pair of UFC fight bookings were reported today by MMAJunkie. Heavyweight Octagon newcomers Jon Olaf Einemo and Dave Herman will meet at UFC 131 next month in Vancouver, BC and Vladimir Matyushenko and  Alexander Gustafsson will square off at UFC 133 in August in Philidelphia, PA.

Einemo (6-1), who is coming off of a five-year hiatus from MMA, was originally slated to take on Shane Carwin on the june card before “The Engineer” was promoted to a number one contendership bout opposite Junior dos Santos as a result of Brock Lesnar pulling out of the scheduled bout because of a diverticulitis flare-up. His only loss came by decision at the hands of Strikeforce contender Fabricio Werdum at PRIDE 31.

8-2 in his last ten outings including a DQ loss to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in 2010, Herman (20-2) was supposed to face Joey Beltran on the card before it was reshuffled. A veteran of Bellator, Sengoku, EliteXC, “PeeWee” has stoppages in 19 of his 20 wins.

Matyushenko vs. Gustafsson will see “The Janitor” try to avenge his teammate Jared Hamman’s UFC 105 loss to “The Mauler.” Both fighters will take two-fight win streaks with them into the bout. Matyushenko (26-5) defeated Jason Brilz by devastating KO at UFC 129 last month and Alexandre Ferreira by TKO at UFC  122 in November. Gustafsson (11-1) beat Cyrille Diabate at UFC 120 in October and James Te-Huna at UFC 127 in February. Both wins came by rear naked choke.

Alexander Gustafsson Wants to Fight Again as Soon as Possible

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SYDNEY — MMA Fighting spoke to Alexander Gustafsson after his win at Sunday’s UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia about beating the home favorite James Te Huna and training with rising light heavyweight Phil Davis.

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SYDNEY — MMA Fighting spoke to Alexander Gustafsson after his win at Sunday’s UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia about beating the home favorite James Te Huna and training with rising light heavyweight Phil Davis.

Phil Davis Predicts Teammate Gustafsson Will ‘Smash’ Te-Huna at UFC 127

Filed under: UFCNormally, UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis isn’t one for pre-fight predictions.

When it comes to guys he doesn’t know and hasn’t trained with, he said, he generally doesn’t care who wins and who loses. Even if he has an opinion on it,…

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GustafssonNormally, UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis isn’t one for pre-fight predictions.

When it comes to guys he doesn’t know and hasn’t trained with, he said, he generally doesn’t care who wins and who loses. Even if he has an opinion on it, he usually keeps it to himself because, as he put it, “I know it’s the fight game, but cats get their feelings hurt.”

But Davis made an exception when talking to MMA Fighting about his friend, training partner, and former opponent, Alexander Gustafsson (10-1), who takes on New Zealand’s James Te-Huna (12-4) at UFC 127 on Saturday night.

Alexander Gustafsson Credits Phil Davis Loss for Win at UFC 120

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosLONDON — MMA Fighting spoke to Swedish light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson following his submission win over Cyrille Diabate at UFC 120 about rebounding from his tough loss to Phil Davis at UF…

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LONDON — MMA Fighting spoke to Swedish light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson following his submission win over Cyrille Diabate at UFC 120 about rebounding from his tough loss to Phil Davis at UFC 112, the finish and what he needs to improve on.