{"id":296818,"date":"2019-01-02T10:22:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=296818"},"modified":"2019-01-02T10:22:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:22:54","slug":"alexander-gustafsson-is-considering-a-move-to-heavyweight-following-ufc-232","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-gustafsson-is-considering-a-move-to-heavyweight-following-ufc-232\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gustafsson is considering a move to heavyweight following UFC 232"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Gustafsson hoped to cap of 2018 by toppling the seemingly unbeatable Jon Jones and capturing the UFC light heavyweight title. Regrettably, things did not go as planned for the fearsome Swede, as he wilted amid a storm of third-round ground-strikes from his foe.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this tough loss to Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson is now considering a move to the perilous UFC heavyweight division for a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson discusses this possibility at the UFC 232 post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, of course,\u201d Gustafsson said when asked about potentially heading north to test his mettle in the heavyweight division (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/01\/alexander-gustafsson-contemplates-heavyweight-run-after-ufc-232-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cThe heavyweight division is also an alternative. I\u2019m here to fight, either if it\u2019s at light heavy or heavy. I have to talk to my coaches and see what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Gustafsson assures he has not yet reached the end of the road. He says he&#8217;ll continue fighting for now, and that he&#8217;ll stop when he no longer finds the experience fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see what\u2019s next,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Like always, you do this for a reason, and it\u2019s to compete with the best guys out there, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do. I will do it as long as I think it\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt meant everything to me [to beat Jones],\u201d he added. \u201cThis is not football or tennis we\u2019re practicing \u2013 it\u2019s pure fighting, and every fight is life-changing for you. It\u2019s a big setback for me losing to Jon again, but at the end of the day, it\u2019s a sport, and we do this because we love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Alexander Gustafsson after UFC 232? Would you be interested in seeing him fight at heavyweight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/2\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Gustafsson hoped to cap of 2018 by toppling the seemingly unbeatable Jon Jones and capturing the UFC light heavyweight title. Regrettably, things did not go as planned for the fearsome Swede, as he wilted amid a storm of third-round ground-strikes from his foe. In the wake of this tough loss to Jon Jones, Alexander [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":295820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10572,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alexander Gustafsson is considering a move to heavyweight following UFC 232 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alexander Gustafsson is contemplating a move up to the heavyweight division after his TKO loss to Jon Jones in the main event UFC 232.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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