The Swedish MMA Federation today announced that Alexander Gustafsson (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has not been approved by the Medical Committee to fight Mousasi (33-3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at Saturday's UFC on FUEL TV 9 event due to his facial cut. Read official statement below.
In the case of Alexander Gustafsson there was a request for an early indicative medical examination which was immediately performed on March 30th (Easter Eve). The federation doctors that performed the examination informed Gustafsson that his injury was of such a nature that it was very unlikely that he would be medically cleared for a match in the near future. These doctors did not have a mandate to stop the match at the time of that examination.
The SMMAF Medical Committee has today reviewed the circumstances regarding Gustafsson and his injury. The SMMAF Medical Committee recognizes that a competitor cannot be medically cleared earlier than the day before the match. However, bearing in mind that a correct medical examination that met the regulatory demands has been performed, nothing in the SMMAF regulations hinders the SMMAF Medical Committee from making a decision to stop Gustafsson from competing. As it is clear that Alexander Gustafsson will not be fit to compete as planned and cannot be medically cleared on Friday the 5th of April, the SMMAF Medical Committee has today decided that Alexander Gustafsson will not be allowed to participate in the planned match on April 6th.
This is a bad news, and the worse that Wanderlei Silva was kidding about replacement.
However “The Dreamcatcher” has arrived and UFC haven't yet announced anything officially.
Will the UFC pull the fight from the card or will they find a replacement. I want a replacement and I want Mousasi to fight Gusstaffson as soon he is healed. What do you want MMA fans?
