{"id":315251,"date":"2019-06-01T15:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315251"},"modified":"2019-06-01T15:01:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:01:48","slug":"video-alexander-gustafsson-explains-decision-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-alexander-gustafsson-explains-decision-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Alexander Gustafsson explains decision to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Gustafsson shocked the mixed martial arts world earlier today when he announced his retirement from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson&#8217;s surprising <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-gustafsson-announces-retirement-following-loss-to-anthony-smith\/\">announcement<\/a> came shortly following his fourth round submission loss to Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat can I say\u2026 The show is over guys.\u201d Alexander Gustafsson said while putting down his gloves and proceeding to walk out of the octagon.<\/p>\n<p>The loss marked the Swede&#8217;s second in a row, as he was previously defeated by Jon Jones at UFC 232 via third round knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his obvious ability to still compete at a high level, Alexander Gustafsson explained his decision to retire in a post-fight interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It feels like I don&#39;t have it in me anymore.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexTheMauler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexTheMauler<\/a> explains his retirement to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanFitzTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrendanFitzTV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danhardymma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danhardymma<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCStockholm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCStockholm<\/a> ESPN+ post-show <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PHFg6hOEc1\">pic.twitter.com\/PHFg6hOEc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN MMA (@espnmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1134932719945826304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Now because&#8230; it feels like I don&#8217;t have in me anymore to be honest. It feels like I do mistakes I shouldn&#8217;t do. I just feel like, I just have the feeling like it is the time now. I don&#8217;t want to be a journeyman, I don&#8217;t want to do this because I am getting paid. I just want to do this because I love it and I want to be at the top.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Alexander Gustafsson<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Mauler&#8217; will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest light heavyweight fighters of all time.<\/p>\n<p>During his illustrious career, Alexander Gustafsson scored notable wins over James Te Huna, Matt Hamill, Vladimir Matyushenko, Thiago Silva, Shogun Rua, Jimi Manuawa, Jan Blachowicz and Glover Teixeira.<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson challenged for the UFC light heavyweight title on three separate occasions, but ultimately came up short in those contests with Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier respectively.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think will be the next step in the life of former UFC title challenger Alexander Gustafsson? Sound off in the comments section of this article PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPENN.com June 1, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Gustafsson shocked the mixed martial arts world earlier today when he announced his retirement from the sport. Gustafsson&#8217;s surprising announcement came shortly following his fourth round submission loss to Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC Stockholm. \u201cWhat can I say\u2026 The show is over guys.\u201d Alexander Gustafsson said while putting down his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":295816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10129,39522,39610,27375],"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>VIDEO | Alexander Gustafsson explains decision to retire | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alexander Gustafsson shocked the mixed martial arts world earlier today when he announced his retirement from the sport at UFC Stockholm.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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