MMA in Sweden » Uncategorized http://www.mmaviking.com Bring the UFC to Sweden! Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Gustafsson Wins!!! http://www.mmaviking.com/gustafsson-wins-ufc-debu/ http://www.mmaviking.com/gustafsson-wins-ufc-debu/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:19:17 +0000 admin http://www.mmaviking.com/?p=225 Alexander Gustafsonn, Sweden’s only fighter currently under UFC contract, won his debut tonight at UFC 105.  The fight was shown on TV Sport 4 15 minutes before the main card started.  The Mauler’s straight right put an end to the fight in the first round.  Pictures and additional reports coming soon!

Congrats to Gustafsson, and I hope his right hand helps bring the UFC to Sweden.

]]> http://www.mmaviking.com/gustafsson-wins-ufc-debu/feed/ 0 Alexander Gustafsson Story on Yahoo! Sports http://www.mmaviking.com/alexander-gustafsson-story-on-yahoo-sports/ http://www.mmaviking.com/alexander-gustafsson-story-on-yahoo-sports/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:28:29 +0000 admin http://www.mmaviking.com/?p=220 How awesome.  Alexander Gustafsson’s name was on the main page of Yahoo! sports in the UFC section at http://sports.yahoo.com/ufc.  You can see the beginning of the post – UFC newcomers Alexander Gustafsson and Jared Hamman meet at UFC 105.  The article stems from an MMAJunkie.com story by Dann Stupp.  It basically announces the light heavyweight matchup planned for November 14 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.  I hope that it will be shown live on TV4 Sport, which was made possible when other Swedish fighters were on the preliminary card of UFC events.  More on this soon!

]]> http://www.mmaviking.com/alexander-gustafsson-story-on-yahoo-sports/feed/ 0 Exclusive Interview with Swedish MMA Fighter Victor Cheng http://www.mmaviking.com/exclusive-interview-with-swedish-mma-fighter-victor-cheng/ http://www.mmaviking.com/exclusive-interview-with-swedish-mma-fighter-victor-cheng/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:37:36 +0000 admin http://www.mmaviking.com/?p=162 Victor and Frank Shamrock at the tryouts in San Jose, CA

Victor and Frank Shamrock at the tryouts in San Jose, CA

Read an exclusive mmaViking.com interview with Strikeforce contract winner Victor Cheng.

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