{"id":274896,"date":"2018-04-20T06:01:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274896"},"modified":"2022-04-22T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:09:59","slug":"alexander-gustafsson-announces-new-ufc-deal-takes-dig-at-daniel-cormier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexander-gustafsson\/alexander-gustafsson-announces-new-ufc-deal-takes-dig-at-daniel-cormier\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gustafsson announces new UFC deal, takes dig at Daniel Cormier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though Alexander Gustafsson&#8217;s recent career has been somewhat hindered by unfortunate injuries, it sounds like he&#8217;s still far from the end of the road.\u00a0On Thursday afternoon, the long-time light heavyweight contender and two-time title challenger took to Instagram to announce a lucrative new deal with the UFC. In the caption for this Instagram post, he also took a subtle dig at reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who has assured he&#8217;ll be retiring soon.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bhw3N4dn4NL\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While others are talking about retirement, I just signed my new deal with the @ufc today,&#8221; Gustafsson said in the caption for his post. &#8220;I am grateful, excited, and I will be fighting very soon! I need to thank my family, my team @wesportagency and @allstarsgymsweden. I would also like to give a special thank you to my fight management @neems01 and @majdishammas at Moments Sports Management for securing the biggest deal of my career. Soon to be the world champion!!!\u00a0&#x1f3c6;&#x1f947;#soontobeworldchamp #team #loyalty #family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Gustafsson is currently on a two-fight win-streak composed of a decision defeat of Polish contender Jan Blachowicz, and an impressive knockout over former title challenger Glover Teixeira. These wins were preceded by a pair of losses, to champion Daniel Cormier, and top contender Anthony &#8220;Rumble&#8221; Johnson. Gustafsson is currently 18-4 overall, and a solid 10-3 in the dangerous UFC light heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>The light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier, meanwhile, will next compete at heavyweight, where he will battle divisional champ Stipe Miocic for gold. From there, the expectation is that he&#8217;ll return to light heavyweight, where an eager Gustafsson is likely to be waiting. That said, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-gives-precise-date-retirment-mma\/\">Cormier plans to retire in less than a year<\/a>, so Gustafsson is short on time with respect to a rematch with the champ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome March [of this year], I will have 12 months, at max, left,\u201d Cormier said on a recent episode of the MMA Hour. \u201cI\u2019m going to be done by Mar. 20, 2019. I won\u2019t be fighting again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be done at 40,\u201d he added. \u201cI won\u2019t be back. There won\u2019t be jumping around or, \u2018I\u2019m done until I get the right type of fight.\u2019 It\u2019ll be over. 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