Alexander Gustafsson hoped to cap of 2018 by toppling the seemingly unbeatable Jon Jones and capturing the UFC light heavyweight title. Regrettably, things did not go as planned for the fearsome Swede, as he wilted amid a storm of third-round ground-strikes from his foe.
In the wake of this tough loss to Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson is now considering a move to the perilous UFC heavyweight division for a fresh start.
“The heavyweight division is also an alternative. I’m here to fight, either if it’s at light heavy or heavy. I have to talk to my coaches and see what’s next.”
Alexander Gustafsson is considering a move to heavyweight following UFC 232 | BJPenn.com
Clearly he's never going to be a LHW champion, but I can't see him having much success at HW.
It's the same route many other fighters have taken after consecutive losses in their weight class. And then some of them, like Diego Sanchez, wind up moving up and down repeatedly because they have no clear path to a title anymore.