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Alexander Gustafsson eyes heavyweight move to avoid fighting Ilir Latifi and Jimi Manuwa

When Daniel Cormier decided to jump up to heavyweight to fight Stipe Miocic this July at UFC 226, Alexander Gustafsson all of a sudden lost a would-be opponent. Now that he could potentially be matched up against two of his friends, “The Mauler” is also considering a jump up in weight class.

“I can move up to heavyweight, in the light heavyweight division we have Jon Jones coming back, [Daniel Cormier] who maybe is coming back or maybe not. We’ll see how it all plays out,” Gustafsson told Viaplay Fight Week (transcript by MMA NYTT).