Gustafsson suffered a one-sided TKO loss to Jones this past December, delivering an anticlimactic conclusion to a rematch five years in the making following his legendary war of attrition against Jones in Sept. 2013 at UFC 165. The setback sunk Gustafsson’s record in championship contests to 0-3 and continued the Swede’s Sisyphean struggles in title opportunities. But rather than sit back on the sidelines and lick his wounds, as he has sometimes done in the past, “The Mauler” was eager to jump right back into the fray.
Now he will do exactly that on June 1 when he meets fellow recent Jones victim Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC Stockholm.