ESPN<\/a> on Monday, Alexander Gustafsson shared his reaction to the frustrating series of events that resulted in his withdrawal from the card.<\/p>\n“Well I can tell that I’ve been very frustrated, these couple of days,” Gustafsson said. “It doesn’t go my way, really. It’s just crazy.”<\/p>\n
“It’s just a minor injury,” Gustafsson continued, elaborating on the injury that forced him off the card. “It’s nothing to talk about really. It’s just a [expletive] thing, and it gets on my nerves. But it is was it is. I’m here now, and I’ll do everything in my power to bounce back, and I will in a couple of weeks.”<\/p>\n
Alexander Gustafsson continued:<\/p>\n
“It’s been frustrating. I don’t know what’s going on. I feel like I don’t have any flow right now. It’s just [expletive] crazy, I’m telling you, I’m so frustrated because this was my card, this was my fight, then Volkan fell off. It was a fight that really motivated me, to fight Volkan. It’s the best fight for me, and it makes the most sense. I felt great fighting him. Then he got injured, and you know, it is what it is. [Expletive] happens.”<\/p>\n
“I’m in the best shape of my life, and then I got injured. I get injured from nowhere. It’s just crazy, that’s all I can say to you.”<\/p>\n
Here’s hoping Alexander Gustafsson makes a speedy recovery and gets himself back in the mix soon.<\/p>\n
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