Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira headlines UFC Fight Night in Stockholm

The UFC’s return to Stockholm has a headliner, and it’ll feature a pretty famous Swede.

Light-heavyweight contenders Alexander Gustafsson (17-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) and Glover Teixeira (26-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) have been tapped for the main-event slot, officials today announced (via Twitter):

The bout, first reported by MMAFighting.com, headlines a UFC Fight Night card, possibly UFC Fight Night 109. It takes place May 28 at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. Broadcast plans weren’t announced; past Stockholm events have been FOX, FUEL TV and UFC Fight Pass offerings.

Teixeira is No. 6 and Gustafsson is No. 7 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light-heavyweight rankings.

Gustafsson, a former UFC title challenger who will be a massive crowd favorite in his home country, recently completed a 1-3 skid in which he suffered title losses to Jon Jones (2013) and Daniel Cormier (2015), though he won three fight-night bonuses during the stretch. In his lone 2016 appearance, the 30-year-old got back on track with a unanimous-decision victory over Jan Blachowicz in September. Two months later, he was slated to fight Antonio Rogerio Nogueira but was forced off the card with a back injury.

Teixeira, who fell short in his 2014 title bid against then-champ Jones, had won three consecutive bouts and was inching toward another title shot before a knockout loss to Anthony Johnson in August. However, the 37-year-old Brazilian got back in the winner’s column and moved to 4-1 over his past five fights with a unanimous-decision victory over Jared Cannonier earlier this month at UFC 208.

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