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Hope both of them remember to leave their walking sticks at the cage door lad!

Shamrock's in his 50's now surely?

UFC on Fuel TV 9 Update: Alexander Gustafsson Cut Spells Demise of Main Event

Initial reports by Sweden’s SVT Sport and MMA news site MMANYTT.se said that a cut over Alexander Gustafsson’s eye put Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 9 match-up with Gegard Mousasi in jeopardy.

A follow-up report by MMANYTT.se, however, has all but assured that the fight will not happen.

Swedish MMA Federation president Gorge Sallfeldt told MMANYTT.se that three doctors, one in person and two examining photos, have determined that the cut Gustafsson suffered in one of his final sparring sessions will take weeks to heal.

Sallfeldt added that, even if the cut were to heal by Friday, letting someone go into a fight “with heavy scar tissue would not be an option.”

“It is very difficult to see that this will be medically approved on Friday,” said Sallfeldt, adding that Gustafsson wanted to go ahead with the fight, but “this is a medical decision and not up to Alexander himself.”

The bigger question now is how does the UFC handle the situation?

Gustafsson is the hometown hero in Stockholm, where the fight was to have taken place, and the UFC on Fuel TV 9 fight card itself is lacking in other bouts that are generally considered headline worthy.

With less than a week to go until fight time, it could also prove difficult to find a replacement fighter that is prepared and has the necessary documents in place to travel to Sweden and keep Mousasi on the card.

UFC officials had still not commented on the situation at the time of the latest updates from the Swedish MMA Federation.

ESPN Saturday 9pm

Alexander Gustafsson is out of the main event with no replacement as yet for Gegard Mousasi despite someone changing the card on Wikipedia for Gegard Mousasi v Kermit The Frog.

UFC on Fuel TV 9

Main card
Light Heavyweight - TBA vs. Gegard Mousasi
Lightweight - Ross Pearson vs. Ryan Couture
Heavyweight - Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries
Bantamweight - Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton
Featherweight - Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza
Featherweight - Akira Corassani vs. Robbie Peralta

Preliminary card (Facebook)
Lightweight - Reza Madadi vs. Michael Johnson
Middleweight - Tor Troéng vs. Adam Cella
Welterweight - Chris Spång vs. Adlan Amagov
Featherweight Marcus Brimage vs. Conor McGregor
Welterweight - Ben Alloway vs. Ryan LaFlare
Middleweight - Michael Kuiper vs. Tom Lawlor
Welterweight - Papy Abedi vs. Besam Yousef

UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fuel TV 9

Light Heavyweight - TBA vs. Gegard Mousasi - Mousasi TKO
Lightweight - Ross Pearson vs. Ryan Couture - Pearson TKO
Heavyweight - Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries - Mitrione TKO
Bantamweight - Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton - Pickett Dec
Featherweight - Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza - Brandao TKO
Featherweight - Akira Corassani vs. Robbie Peralta - Peralta TKO

Alexander Gustafsson's cut, ooofff!!!



Gegard Mousasi will now face Gustafsson's training partner Iliir Latifa.

Uriah Hall!!!

(03-04-2013 20:45 )mitchell Wrote:  Gegard Mousasi will now face Gustafsson's training partner Iliir Latifa.

Still sticking with me original prediction for it. Ta.

UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fuel TV 9

Light Heavyweight - Ilir Latifi vs. Gegard Mousasi - Mousasi TKO
Lightweight - Ross Pearson vs. Ryan Couture - Pearson Dec
Heavyweight - Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries - Mitrione TKO
Bantamweight - Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton - Pickett Dec
Featherweight - Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza - Brandao Dec
Featherweight - Akira Corassani vs. Robbie Peralta - Peralta TKO

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UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fuel TV 9

Light Heavyweight - Ilir Latifi vs. Gegard Mousasi - Mousasi TKO
Lightweight - Ross Pearson vs. Ryan Couture - Pearson DEC
Heavyweight - Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries - Mitrione TKO
Bantamweight - Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton - Pickett Dec
Featherweight - Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza - Brandao TKO
Featherweight - Akira Corassani vs. Robbie Peralta - Peralta TKO

UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fuel TV 9

Light Heavyweight - Gegard Mousasi vs. Ilir Latifi - Mousasi TKO
Lightweight - Ross Pearson vs. Ryan Couture - Pearson TKO
Heavyweight - Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries - Mitrione TKO
Bantamweight - Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton - Pickett Decision
Featherweight - Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza - Brandao Decision
Featherweight - Akira Corassani vs. Robbie Peralta - Peralta TKO