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UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva (also known as UFC on Fuel TV 2 or UFC Sweden) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 14, 2012 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

Official fight card

Main card

Light Heavyweight bout: Sweden Alexander Gustafsson vs. Brazil Thiago Silva
Middleweight bout: United States Brian Stann vs. Italy Alessio Sakara
Welterweight bout: Brazil Paulo Thiago vs. Afghanistan Siyar Bahadurzada
Featherweight bout: Germany Dennis Siver vs. Brazil Diego Nunes
Welterweight bout: United States DaMarques Johnson vs. England John Maguire
Bantamweight bout: England Brad Pickett vs. United States Damacio Page

Preliminary card

Welterweight bout: Sweden Papy Abedi vs. United States James Head
Light Heavyweight bout: France Cyrille Diabate vs. United States Tom DeBlass
Middleweight bout: France Francis Carmont vs. Sweden Magnus Cedenblad
Lightweight bout: Sweden Reza Madadi vs. Cuba Yoislandy Izquierdo
Welterweight bout: Norway Simeon Thoresen vs. Sweden Besam Yousef
Featherweight bout: England Jason Young vs. United States Eric Wisely



Background

This will be the first UFC event held in Sweden, and is the fastest selling European event in UFC history, selling out in three hours.

A rematch between Ross Pearson and Dennis Siver at featherweight was briefly linked to this event. However, Siver is now expected to face Diego Nunes.

Mike Goldberg is slated to do play by play for this event in place of Jon Anik due to scheduling issues.

Akira Corassani was expected to face Jason Young at the event, but Corassani pulled out of the bout with an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Eric Wisely.

Antônio Rogério Nogueira was expected to face Alexander Gustafsson at this event but pulled out due to injury. His replacement will be Thiago Silva.

Jorgen Kruth was expected to face Cyrille Diabate at the event but pulled out of the bout with an injury, Tom DeBlass has agreed to step in for Kruth and fight Diabate.


Jan 18 - updated fightcard & background
Feb 15 - updated fightcard & background (several changes)
Mar 06 - updated fightcard (new headliner)
Mar 19 - updated fightcard & background
Apr 04 - updated fightcard & background
Apr 10 - updated background

Feb 15 - updated fightcard & background (several changes)

INJURED AKIRA CORASSANI WITHDRAWS FROM UFC ON FUEL 2 BOUT WITH JASON YOUNG



Hard-hitting featherweight Akira Corassani has suffered an injury and will be unable to compete against Jason Young as originally expected at UFC on Fuel 2.

The promotion recently issued a press release to members of the Swedish media, revealing that Young will meet a to-be-announced replacement at the April 14 event, which marks the UFC’s inaugural trip to Sweden.

Headlined by a light heavyweight confrontation between top Swedish prospect Alexander Gustafsson and former Pride Fighting Championships star Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, UFC on Fuel 2 takes place at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

A cast member of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 14, Corassani has seen his UFC debut delayed twice to date. After falling to Dennis Bermudez in the show’s semifinal round, Corassani was expected to face Steven Siler at the live finale on Dec. 3 before suffering an injury. The 29-year-old’s last in-cage appearance came one year ago, when he was knocked out in the second round by Paul Reed.

Known for his technical and accurate standup attack, Young is still searching for his first UFC victory. After debuting with a hard-fought decision loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 131, “Shotgun” was again outpointed five months later, this time by Michihiro Omigawa at November’s UFC 138. The Brit owns half of his career wins by decision and has never been knocked out.

Ryan O’Leary contributed to this report.




Source:

Mar 06 - updated fightcard (new headliner-Thiago Silva in, Nogueira out)

Mar 19 - updated fightcard & background

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arEqdwq9ec4[/youtube]

"UFC Live from sweden" amazing...

Apr 04 - fightcard updated (Jorgen Kruth injured, Tom DeBlass replaced)

Apr 10 - updated background

Main Card:

Alexander Gustafsson (205) vs. Thiago Silva (205)
Alessio Sakara (186) vs. Brian Stann (185)
Siyar Bahadurzada (170) vs. Paulo Thiago (170)
Diego Nunes (146) vs. Dennis Siver (147.5 initially, 147 after taking off shorts)*
DaMarques Johnson (171) vs. John Maguire (170)
Damacio Page (135) vs. Brad Pickett (136)

Preliminary Card:

Papy Abedi (171) vs. James Head (170)
Tom DeBlass (205) vs. Cyrille Diabate (206)
Francis Carmont (186) vs. Magnus Cedenblad (185)
Yoislandy Izquierdo (155) vs. Reza Madadi (155)
Simeon Thoresen (170) vs. Besam Yousef (170)
Jason Young (145) vs. Eric Wisely (145)

* Siver needs to lose one pound


EDIT: Dennis Siver made weight on his second attempt. Nunes-Siver is official.