"I'm fighting in this division against guys who are more my size. When I grab these dudes, compared to the other guys, the difference is unbelievable. It's unbelievable how much smaller they are. I'm scared of every one of them (heavyweights). I walk past them and I'm like, ‘that dude is huge.' Andrei Arlovski is massive. What in the world would I have done if I had to fight him? He's thick, big, and tall. I've trained with him. I'm looking at him and going, dude, did I shrink or are these dudes that much bigger than me?"
Alexander Gustafsson is clearly a much taller fighter than UFC 192 opponent Daniel Cormier, but it sure beats trying to mix it up with some of the "massive" dudes in the heavyweight division, like former 265-pound kingpin Andrei Arlovski.