Alexander Gustafsson
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Gustafsson at the Swedish Sports Awards in 2014
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| Born |
15 January 1987 Arboga, Västmanland County, Sweden |
| Other names | The Mauler, The Viking |
| Nationality |
 Swedish
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| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Division | Light Heavyweight |
| Reach | 79.0 in (201 cm) |
| Style | Boxing, Shootfighting, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | , Sweden |
| Team | Allstars Training Center Alliance MMA |
| Rank | Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 21 |
| Wins | 17 |
| By knockout | 10 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Alexander L. Gustafsson (born 15 January 1987) is a Swedish mixed martial artist. He is signed to the UFC, where he fights in their light heavyweight division. As of February 23, 2016, he is the #2 ranked light heavyweight contender in official UFC rankings, the #4 ranked light heavyweight in the world by Sherdog, and the #5 ranked light heavyweight in the world by ESPN.
Gustafsson started training MMA in 2006, and before that he trained in boxing which he started when he was around 10 years old. He won the national championship (youth-junior level) in 2003, at the age of 16. In 2008-2009 he made a quick return to boxing, winning some amateur tournaments in Sweden and defeating the Swedish heavyweight boxing champion in an amateur fight. He was set to compete in the national championship even the following year, 2010, for which he was a big favorite to win. However, his newly awakened boxing career ended when he signed with the UFC in September, 2009.
He also competed in the martial arts form of shootfighting, before starting his professional MMA career, with a Shoot record of 5-1, with 4 wins by KO/TKO and 1 by decision, his only loss came by split decision against Mats Nilsson in the Kaisho Battle 2007 event. He also competed in a smaller amount of submission wrestling and submission grappling matches, in which he was also undefeated. Before signing with the UFC, Gustafsson fought mostly in smaller promotions in Sweden and other parts of Europe. By 2009, he had racked up a perfect pro-record of 8–0, with 6 wins coming by the way of KO/TKO.
The most notable victories in his first 8 fights came against German prospect Florian Muller, who he defeated by TKO in the second round on 13 March 2008, and later that year, after another TKO victory, when he replaced his former opponent Florian Muller on less than 24 hours notice against Krzysztof Kulak, who at the time was a top prospect in Poland, on 13 September 2008 at KSW Extra. He won the fight knocking Kulak down several times, earning the unanimous decision victory.
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