{"id":290387,"date":"2018-11-05T19:11:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T03:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=290387"},"modified":"2018-11-05T19:11:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T03:11:28","slug":"alexander-gustafsson-unimpressed-by-jon-jones-strength-ive-never-been-this-motivated-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-gustafsson-unimpressed-by-jon-jones-strength-ive-never-been-this-motivated-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gustafsson &#8216;unimpressed&#8217; by Jon Jones&#8217; strength, &#8216;I\u2019ve never been this motivated before&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard, Jon &#8216;Bones&#8217; Jones is back, and welcoming him back will be his old Swedish rival, &#8216;The Mauler&#8217; Alexander Gustafsson.<\/p>\n<p>The two iconic light heavyweight staples will meet for the second time on December 29 in the main event of UFC 232 as they fight over the vacant title.<\/p>\n<p>This past Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/video-ufc-232-headliners-square-off-jon-jones-vs-alexander-gustafsson-2-and-cris-cyborg-vs-amanda-nunes\/\">Gustafsson and Jones found themselves squaring off<\/a> for the first time since their initial encounter in 2013 when they met at a pre-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Not so surprisingly, things got a bit physical between the two as Jones ended up shoving Gustafsson after the two jockeyed for position posing in front of the other.<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson isn&#8217;t sure why Jones put his hands on him, but he told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zuMdPYADyCI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Hour<\/a>\u00a0that it left him unimpressed with his rival.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know [why he shoved me]. He just did that, and the only thing I noticed was that I wasn\u2019t impressed by his power at all. We had some fun up there, and the 29th of December, we\u2019re going to give all the fans a really good show, even better than the first one, I can promise you that. I\u2019m excited and I\u2019m looking forward to it. I\u2019ve never been this motivated before.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although Jones is the one that most are viewing as the returning party, Gustafsson actually has gone a longer time without fighting. Jones&#8217; last bout came in July 2017 while Gustafsson&#8217;s was in May 2017 when he earned a spectacular fifth-round knockout over Glover Teixeira.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore getting his first fight back in a good while against someone like Jones couldn&#8217;t be any more\u00a0of a perfect situation for The Mauler.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m so happy to have my return and get my first fight [back] with Jon for the belt. I can\u2019t ask for more, and it\u2019s for sure the biggest [fight for me] ever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s been five years [since the first fight], so let\u2019s see what happens. I\u2019m just going to make sure I\u2019ll be in my best shape ever, and I\u2019m going to make sure I\u2019m going to do my homework for this fight. Everybody knows what Jon brings to the table, and whatever he brings, I\u2019m going to have an answer for it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I think I just respected him too much the first time. I didn\u2019t have the same experience like I have now, and these are different times. It\u2019s a new time, and it\u2019s my time. That\u2019s how I see it. I see myself [having evolved], and I\u2019m going to stay busy, we\u2019re going to do this rematch, and everything\u2019s just going to go like I want it to be. Like I said, it\u2019s my time, and no matter what happens, I\u2019m not leaving that Octagon without the belt. I\u2019m going to show the world, the guy who\u2019s never been beaten is beatable.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the end, Gustafsson just hopes to go home with the win to close out the year and leave no possible excuses for his adversary.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhatever Jon comes with \u2014 he says he didn\u2019t train for the first fight, whatever, I don\u2019t care \u2014 I really hope he brings his A-game. I really hope he brings his best to the table because I\u2019m getting ready for the best. I\u2019m getting ready for Jon\u2019s A-game. I don\u2019t want to hear any excuses after I beat him.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 11\/5\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard, Jon &#8216;Bones&#8217; Jones is back, and welcoming him back will be his old Swedish rival, &#8216;The Mauler&#8217; Alexander Gustafsson. The two iconic light heavyweight staples will meet for the second time on December 29 in the main event of UFC 232 as they fight over the vacant title. 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