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Last night, in the main event of the UFC’s latest trip to Stockholm, Sweden<\/a>, national MMA hero Alexander Gustafsson picked up a dominant win over Glover Teixeira, piecing him up with crackling combos for four rounds, and putting him away with a violent volley of punches <\/a>in the third.<\/p>\n

With this win in the books, Gustafsson is now right on the precipice of another light heavyweight title shot \u2013 though it’s hard to say whether his next shot will come against champ Daniel Cormier or former champ Jon Jones, who fight in the main event of UFC 214 this July.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the UFC Stockholm post-fight press conference, Gustafsson explained that he hopes Cormier wins, because he respects him, while he doesn’t consider Jones to be a good person.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t like him,\u201d Gustafsson said of Jones (via MMAFighting.com)<\/a>. \u201cI give him that he\u2019s the best fighter of all-time<\/a>, the best pound-for-pound fighter of our division \u2014 of course, everybody knows that. He hasn\u2019t even lost a fight yet, he demolishes everyone he fights. But as a person, as a champion, he\u2019s not a champion, in my eyes. He\u2019s not a good person, in my eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I always tell the guys, \u2018I hope that DC [Daniel Cormier] wins, because I like the guy, he\u2019s a worthy champion. So that\u2019s what I mean when I say that he\u2019s the biggest enemy of all-time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Gustafsson then weighed in on potential rematches with Jones and Cormier, both of whom he’s battled to razor close decision losses in the past.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s all about the lost rounds,\u201d Gustafsson said of these failed title shots. \u201cI\u2019ve just been so close to winning the fights, I lose a little bit in the end, but we’ve changed our camp and our conditioning is on another level. Today, I\u2019m not going to lose on the finish line again. It\u2019s not going to happen. Today, I could go 10 rounds. I could go 10 rounds next time I fight DC or Jones.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Alexander Gustafsson will claim UFC light heavyweight gold?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/29\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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