Video: 'Stories from Stockholm: Swedish Giant' documentary previews UFC Fight Night 53

Is the world finally starting to recognize Sweden, which hosts Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 53 event, as an MMA hotbed? Swedish folks believe so.

Ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 53 event, which streams on UFC Fight Pass (12:10 p.m. ET/9:10 a.m. PT) from Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, the UFC has produced “Stories from Stockholm: Swedish Giant,” which looks at the country’s quickly growing MMA scene.

More specifically, it looks at top UFC light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson, as well as some of his Allstars Training Center teammates who will be in action on Saturday, including Ilir Latifi, Magnus Cedenblad, Tor Troeng and Niklas Backstrom.

Check out the well-produced piece above.

The UFC Fight Night 53 card includes:

MAIN CARD (3 p.m. ET, UFC Fight Pass)

• Gunnar Nelson vs. Rick Story
• Akira Corassani vs. Max Holloway
• Jan Blachowicz vs. Ilir Latifi
• Niklas Backstrom vs. Mike Wilkinson

PRELIMINARY CARD (12:10 p.m. ET, UFC Fight Pass)

• Scott Askham vs. Magnus Cedenblad
• Nico Musoke vs. Alexander Yakovlev
• Charles Rosa vs. Dennis Siver
• Cathal Pendred vs. Gasan Umalatov
• Krzysztof Jotko vs. Tor Troeng
• Marcin Bandel vs. Mairbek Taisumov
• Ernest Chavez vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

For more on UFC Fight Night 53, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.