Time can change some things, but it can’t change facts and one fact is that the UFC light heavyweight division is not now — nor was it ever — Alexander Gustafsson’s division.
Gustafsson, who returns to the octagon for the first time since July 2020 and competes for the first time at 205 pounds since June 2019, made the above claim in the days leading up to his fight opposite the No. 11 ranked light heavyweight, Nikita Krylov. Gustafsson, who claimed ownership of the division, is unranked.
Gustafsson was in two of the greatest fights in UFC light heavyweight history.