{"id":331055,"date":"2019-11-06T06:31:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=331055"},"modified":"2022-04-22T13:01:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:01:54","slug":"dana-white-confirms-discussions-are-underway-for-alexander-gustafsson-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-confirms-discussions-are-underway-for-alexander-gustafsson-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White confirms discussions are underway for Alexander Gustafsson comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White says that Alexander Gustafsson plans on coming out of retirement to fight again.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish fighter last fought in June when he was defeated by Anthony Smith via fourth-round submission. Prior to that, &#8220;The Mauler&#8221; was TKO&#8217;d by light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Following these back-to-back losses, the Swedish fighter was forced to reconsider his career and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-gustafsson-announces-retirement-following-loss-to-anthony-smith\/\">subsequently announced his retirement<\/a> in front of his home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Now the UFC President confirms that the light heavyweight&#8217;s retirement was short-lived. During the UFC 244 post-fight press conference, White revealed that discussions are underway with Gustafsson regarding an Octagon return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe definitely talked to him and he definitely wants to fight again,&#8221; White said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he had a timeframe, White responded:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson is taking the appropriate steps to get back into competition and will take part in a <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/10\/alexander-gustafsson-one-step-closer-to-uf-return-grappling-match\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no-gi grappling match<\/a> on December 11 in Gothenburg, Sweden. During an interview with (<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/10\/alexander-gustaffson-potential-ufc-return-anything-can-happen\">MMA Junkie<\/a>), &#8220;The Mauler&#8221; confirmed he is ready to get back to action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got the itching back when I started training, but I am not prepared for a full MMA camp yet,&#8221; Gustafsson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also need to work on my grappling so this [upcoming competition] is perfect, and that I get the chance to do it at home in a town I haven\u2019t been competing at for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy competition mind is always there and I would lie if I said this is not the first step but let\u2019s see what happens. Anything can happen but I am sure that when it happens, I will be the best I\u2019ve ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson added that he needed a break to rediscover his love for competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I needed to do honestly [take a break]. I\u00a0believe that you sometimes need to take a break to realize what you have and that is not only meant for sports only but life in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Alexander Gustafsson will look in his return to the cage?<\/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 11\/6\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White says that Alexander Gustafsson plans on coming out of retirement to fight again. The Swedish fighter last fought in June when he was defeated by Anthony Smith via fourth-round submission. Prior to that, &#8220;The Mauler&#8221; was TKO&#8217;d by light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in the third round. Following these back-to-back losses, the Swedish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":315435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10129,10112,39610],"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>Dana White confirms discussions are underway for Alexander Gustafsson comeback | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dana White reveals Alexander Gustafsson is planning on coming out of retirement to fight in the light heavyweight division again.\" \/>\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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