{"id":45066,"date":"2012-11-13T17:25:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T01:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=45066"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:27:33","slug":"alexander-gustafsson-says-he-will-be-more-than-ready-for-jones-after-he-defeats-shogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafsson-says-he-will-be-more-than-ready-for-jones-after-he-defeats-shogun\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gustafsson says he will be more than ready for Jones after he defeats Shogun | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gustafsson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gustafsson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gustafsson.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gustafsson-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gustafsson-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<\/p>\n<p>UFC light heavyweight fighter Alexander Gustafsson says that he will be more than ready to fight for the title after he defeats Mauricio &#8216;Shogun&#8217; Rua December 8th at UFC on Fox 5 in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I want to fight the champion. 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