UFC Fight Night Gustafsson Vs Smith
The UFC returned to Stockholm Sweden this past weekend, with a main event that featured home town hero Alexander Gustafsson against Anthony Smith in a Light Heavyweight bout. This was Smiths fourth consecutive main event fight and he came out victorious by way of a rear naked choke in the fourth round. It was a fairly evenly matched affair to this point, but Smith managed to capitalise on a mistake to get the victory. In his post-fight interview Gustafsson announced his intention to retire from fighting For Smith however, he is moving forward and looking towards that title fight that he feels is rightfully his
The co-main event was scheduled to be Volkan Oezdemir of Switzerland squaring up to the Swede Ilir Latifi, in another light heavyweight battle. However, just days before the event Latifi was forced to withdraw due to a back injury.
A further notable fight was the battle between Aleksandar Rakic and Jimi Manuwa in which Rakic achieved the knock out of the night, and resulted in Manuwa subsequently announcing his retirement
Rest of fight card – Results
145 lbs.: Makwan Amirkhani vs. Chris Fishgold Featherweight
Amirkhani def. Fishgold by submission at 4:25 of Round 2
155 lbs.: Christos Giagos vs. Damir Hadzovic Lightweight
Giagos def. Hadzovic by unanimous decision (29-27 x2, 29-28)
145 lbs.: Daniel Teymur vs. Sung Bin Jo Featherweight
Teymur def. Jo by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
135 lbs.: Tonya Evinger vs. Lina Lansberg Bantamweight
Lansberg def. Evinger by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
155 lbs.: Stevie Ray vs. Leonardo Santos Lightweight
Santos def. Ray by KO (punch) at 2:17 of Round 1
170 lbs.: Nick Hein vs. Frank Camacho Lightweight
Camacho def. Hein by TKO (punches) at 4:56 of Round 2
135 lbs.: Bea Malecki vs. Eduarda Santana Bantamweight
Malecki def. Santana by submission at 1:59 of Round 2
205 lbs.: Darko Stosic vs. Devin Clark Light heavyweight
Clark def. Stosic by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
155 lbs.: Joel Alvarez vs. Danilo Belluardo Lightweight
Alvarez def. Bellluardo by TKO (punches and elbows) at 2:22 of Round 2
