Alexander Gustafsson Forced Out Of UFC Fight Night 100 Headliner
Alexander Gustafsson is out of a scheduled bout with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira for a second time.
News arrived from MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani this evening that ‘The Mauler’ has been forced to withdraw from his UFC Fight Night 100 main event versus ‘Lil’ Nog’ due to an undisclosed injury. Ryan Bader has stepped in to replace him in the feature bout of November 19’s card from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Gustafsson was coming into the bout against Nogueira with a bit of momentum, as he recently snapped a two-fight losing skid to Daniel Cormier and Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson by beating Jan Blachowicz with a grappling-heavy decision at September’s UFC Fight Night 94 from hamburg, Germany.
‘Darth’ also fought on that card, knocking out Ilir Latifi with a highlight reel knee to score his sixth win in his last seven bouts. Bader fought Nogueira before as well, outlasting him in a hum-drum decision back at 2010’s UFC 119. Luke Gustafsson, he was brutally knocked out by consensus top contender ‘Rumble’ within his last three bouts.
UFC Fight Night 100 also features a women’s strawweight fight between former title challenger Claudia Gadelha and Cortney Casey, in addition to a bantamweight bout between Pedro Munhoz and touted prospect Justin Scoggins.
