{"id":297309,"date":"2019-01-06T23:05:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T07:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=297309"},"modified":"2019-01-06T23:05:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T07:05:01","slug":"alexander-gustafsson-issues-statement-after-losing-third-title-fight-at-ufc-232","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-gustafsson-issues-statement-after-losing-third-title-fight-at-ufc-232\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gustafsson issues statement after losing third title fight at UFC 232"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the third time in his storied career Alexander Gustafsson fell short in his bid to capture the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 235.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexander-gustafsson\/alexander-gustafsson-opens-up-on-loss-to-jon-jones\/\">The Mauler<\/a>&#8221; suffered a third-round knockout loss to division kingpin Jon Jones last weekend in Los Angeles, marking the second time in his career that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Gustafsson\">the Swede<\/a> had fallen victim to &#8220;Bones&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The pair had first met at UFC 165 in Toronto, with Jon Jones being awarded a decision victory after a twenty-five minute fight of the year contest.<\/p>\n<p>In their most recent scrap at UFC 232, Jon Jones looked seemingly unbeatable and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-stops-alexander-gustafsson-in-ufc-232-main-event\/\">eventually put Gustafsson away with ground and pound in round three<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now over a week removed from the devastating setback, Alexander Gustafsson (18-5 MMA) has taken to Instagram where he issued the following statement on his second career setback to Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BsUpTeNBXE_\/<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I just wanna give my fans massive gratitude for giving me so much support and love before and after the fight &#x2764;&#xfe0f; thanks!<br \/>\nI\u2019ll been of the social media last week just needed to catch up with the family.. I lost my third title fight which sucks so much!!! But the end of the day Im in this business because I love it!! Gonna take one fight at the time and work my way back in the mix &#x1f44a;&#x1f3fb; Let\u2019s see who\u2019s next &#x1f44a;&#x1f3fb;&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Alexander Gustafsson<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson recently mentioned a possible move to the promotions heavyweight division for his next octagon appearance. However, nothing has been made official as of this time.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his knockout loss to Jon Jones at UFC 232, Alexander Gustafsson had scored back-to-back victories over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jan-blachowicz\/jan-blachowicz-vs-thiago-santos-set-to-main-event-ufc-prague\/\">Jan B\u0142achowicz<\/a> and Glover Teixeira. <\/p>\n<p>As for Jon Jones, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/breaking-jon-jones-set-to-return-at-marchs-ufc-235-event-in-las-vegas\/\">the newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion will return to the octagon at March&#8217;s UFC 235 event where he will defend his title against surging division contender Anthony Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Alexander Gustafsson fight in his next octagon appearance? 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