UFC Fight Night 37: Alexander Gustaffson Stops Jimi Manuwa in London

by Dr. Octagon, J.D.

Alexander Gustaffson landed a huge knee in the second round at UFC Fight Night 37 in London, and that was it for Jimi Manuwa.

Gus landed a few punches and followed Manuwa to the ground for some hammerfists before the fight was stopped. It was an expected victory for Gustaffson, as Manuwa had never really faced anyone on Gustaffson’s level and had won his last two fights via flukey leg injuries.

There is talk about a rematch with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones for Gustaffson, who came closer than anyone else to beating the champ (save  Matt Hamill, lolz).  For the record, we’d rather see the newly-svelte Daniel Cormier get the shot.

The co-main event between Melvin Guillard and Michael Johnson was shockingly boring. Johnson was game, but Melvin did not look like he really wanted to be there. Melvin moved slowly, and would throw a single haymaker every now and again, only to be countered by the quicker Johnson.

Johnson tried to make it a fight and even taunted Guillard a la the Diaz bros, but to no avail. Melvin didn’t even push forward in the third round when it was pretty clear he was losing the fight. We don’t know where Melvin goes from here.

On the main card: Brad Pickett won a unanimous decision over Neil Seery in a so-so fight.

Gunnar Nelson continued to look impressive, taking Omari Akhmedov to the ground and working elbows before sinking a guillotine in the first round.

I didn’t catch the undercard. Cro Cop is fighting in a kickboxing match tonight in Zagreb, Croatia. It’s being aired on on Spike with a tape delay in the United States, so stay off Twitter if you don’t want spoilers.