{"id":274707,"date":"2018-04-17T06:54:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274707"},"modified":"2018-04-17T06:54:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:54:59","slug":"alexander-gustafsson-feels-beating-jon-jones-is-a-bigger-accomplishment-than-winning-the-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexander-gustafsson\/alexander-gustafsson-feels-beating-jon-jones-is-a-bigger-accomplishment-than-winning-the-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gustafsson feels beating Jon Jones is a bigger accomplishment than winning the belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riding a nice knockout win over Glover Teixeira<\/a>, Alexander Gustafsson expected to get the next crack at UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. Regrettably for him, Cormier is headed back up to the heavyweight division, where his career began, to battle reigning heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n

Speaking on The JRE MMA Show<\/a> this week, Gustafsson explained his frustration with Cormier’s temporary departure from the division. He feels the absentee champion has put the division he rules in limbo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does [put the division in limbo],\u201d Gustafsson said (transcribed by MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cI didn\u2019t see that superfight coming at all. It\u2019s a great fight for them and for the fans and for the sport but for us standing in line, we\u2019re just sitting there waiting for an opportunity and it\u2019s not gonna come, it\u2019s not gonna be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had my eyes on that gold,\u201d Gustafsson added. \u201cI actually counted on fighting DC but then it was all gone by him going up to Stipe. It\u2019s a crazy situation. The whole division is crazy right now. We don\u2019t even know if he comes back. Who knows what happens in that fight. DC’s a really good heavyweight so who knows what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Gustafsson, however, there is one potential challenge at light heavyweight that’s even bigger than a title fight with Cormier: a rematch with troubled former champion Jon Jones, who he lost a razor-close decision to in 2013.\u00a0In Gustafsson’s eyes, Jones remains the greatest fighter of all time, regardless of his recent failed drug tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m telling you, that guy is such a beast,\u201d Gustafsson said of Jones. \u201cIt\u2019s so stupid because he\u2019s the best guy, pound-for-pound, out there. He\u2019s done things nobody else has done. He\u2019s just a beast and still, shit just comes up all the time. He doesn\u2019t even need that steroid. He doesn\u2019t need that shit in him. He\u2019s still the best guy out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFighting him and beating him, that\u2019s bigger than taking the belt right now, that\u2019s how I feel,\u201d he continued. \u201cLook at what he did to DC. And DC is tough. He finished DC. That\u2019s just insane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Alexander Gustafsson will ever get his desired rematches with Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/17\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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