{"id":20053,"date":"2012-04-17T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T19:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=20053"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:34:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:34:36","slug":"alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gust-wins1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20165\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>By Evan Stoumbelis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter defeating Thiago Silva this past weekend, Light Heavyweight Alex Gustafsson feels he&#8217;s ready to face one of the top 5 light heavyweight fighters in the division, and feels &#8220;more than ready&#8221; to fight for the title should the opportunity present itself. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson said that he had no added pressure during this last fight, and said &#8220;<em>\u201cIt just motivated me more. I was super excited for this fight. I don\u2019t feel any pressure. I just go out there and do what I love to do,\u201d<\/em> Gustafsson told Fox Sports. <em>\u201cThe crowd was amazing. I couldn\u2019t even hear my coaches in the corner. I\u2019m proud fighting here at home and in the UFC.\u201d<\/em> \u00a0Gustafsson&#8217;s may have exaggerated a bit, seeing as how this was a big fight for him, against Thiago Silva, who was making his comeback in this fight. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dana White felt the same way, saying <em>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s full of shit, I think there was a ton of pressure on him.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson said after the fight: <em>&#8220;Silva is a tough guy, I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for him, and I know he has some good power in his punches. I had my game plan to stay active, like I always do, and tried to pick him apart.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Based on that statement, it seems like Gustafsson successfully implemented a game plan that worked well for him. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keeping Silva at arm length, but not letting him close the gap, Gustafsson picked apart the hard hitting Silva, for the most part not letting him get any power shots that could potentially be fight ending, and until the last round, he was fairly successful at this. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson was asked about the hard hook Silva connected with at the end of the fight, saying &#8220;Silva threw, and I felt it, but it didn\u2019t rock me.&#8221; \u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Stoumbelis: After defeating Thiago Silva this past weekend, Light Heavyweight Alex Gustafsson feels he&#8217;s ready to face one of the top 5 light heavyweight fighters in the division, and feels &#8220;more than ready&#8221; to fight for the title should the opportunity present itself. \u00a0 Gustafsson said that he had no added pressure during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[86,255,9,10038,400,836,900,1018],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Evan Stoumbelis: After defeating Thiago Silva this past weekend, Light Heavyweight Alex Gustafsson feels he&#8217;s ready to face one of the top 5 light heavyweight fighters in the division, and feels &#8220;more than ready&#8221; to fight for the title should the opportunity present itself. \u00a0 Gustafsson said that he had no added pressure during [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-17T19:40:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-06T21:34:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gust-wins1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"BJPENN.COM News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"BJPENN.COM News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"BJPENN.COM News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/c76eda1459929ee246658565d177d029\"},\"headline\":\"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-17T19:40:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-06T21:34:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Alexander\",\"Dana White\",\"featured\",\"Flyweight\",\"Gustafsson\",\"Silve\",\"Thiago\",\"ufc on fuel tv\"],\"articleSection\":[\"UFC NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2012\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/\",\"name\":\"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-17T19:40:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-06T21:34:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UFC NEWS\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/c76eda1459929ee246658565d177d029\",\"name\":\"BJPENN.COM News\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenn-com-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones | BJPenn.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones | BJPenn.com","og_description":"By Evan Stoumbelis: After defeating Thiago Silva this past weekend, Light Heavyweight Alex Gustafsson feels he&#8217;s ready to face one of the top 5 light heavyweight fighters in the division, and feels &#8220;more than ready&#8221; to fight for the title should the opportunity present itself. \u00a0 Gustafsson said that he had no added pressure during [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2012-04-17T19:40:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-06T21:34:36+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gust-wins1.jpg"}],"author":"BJPENN.COM News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"BJPENN.COM News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/"},"author":{"name":"BJPENN.COM News","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/c76eda1459929ee246658565d177d029"},"headline":"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones","datePublished":"2012-04-17T19:40:01+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-06T21:34:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/"},"wordCount":317,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"keywords":["Alexander","Dana White","featured","Flyweight","Gustafsson","Silve","Thiago","ufc on fuel tv"],"articleSection":["UFC NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2012","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/","name":"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-04-17T19:40:01+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-06T21:34:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-ready-to-fight-jon-jones\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UFC NEWS","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/c76eda1459929ee246658565d177d029","name":"BJPENN.COM News","sameAs":["http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenn-com-news\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}