· UFC Sweden Sells Out In Hours, Nogueria vs. Gustaffson Headlining
The UFC is set to debut in Sweden in April and the tickets sold out faster than any European UFC event in history—lasting only a matter of hours. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Alexander Gustafsson have been tapped to main event the fight card. UFC Sweden will take place April 14 in Stockholm at the Ericsson Globe Arena.
It was reported that Dan Henderson was originally asked to fight Nogueira but he declined. Gustafsson is coming off a lightning fast knockout of Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 141 two weeks ago. Twelve of his 13 wins have come by knockout or submission. A bout with Rogerio Nogueira is a steep climb in competition for Gustafsson, who fights out of Stockholm.
Meanwhile, Nogueira fought just a few weeks before Gustafsson, also dispatching of his opponent in just one round with a TKO victory over Tito Ortiz at UFC 140. The win snapped a two fight losing streat improving his UFC record to 3-2 since his UFC debut in November 2009.
The rest of the announced fight card is as follows:
- Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Paulo Thiago
- Demarcus Johnson vs. John Maguire
- Jorgen Kruth vs. Cyrille Diabate
- Magnus Cedenblad vs. Francis Carmont
- Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara
- Brad Pickett vs. Damacio Page
- James Head vs. Papy Abedi
