UFC 105 Matchup Breakdown

The second fight on the Prelim card is Swede Alexander Gustafsson Vs. American Jared Hamman in the shark tank called the UFC Light-heavy weight division. Both fighters will be making their debuts under the big lights of the UFC.

Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson is 22 years old stands 6'5" and weighs in at 205 lbs., he fights with an undefeated record of 8-0, 6 of those wins by TKO. He is known for his boxing, his precision striking and power should give him an edge in any stand up situations. He trains in Sweden with Team Gladius MMA and holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jistsu under August Wallen. He is able to keep most opponents at bay with his reach and height advantage. The question will be if he is ready to lead the Scandinavian invasion into the UFC, and if the training and opponents he fought in Sweden are on a high enough level to translate to the UFC.

Jared Hamman is 10-1, all ten wins by stoppage and of those, 8 by knockout. He has a notable win over Travis Wiuff and has headlined 3 ShoXC shows while the promotion was still in business with Showtime. His lone loss was from eating a flying knee 0:14 secs. into the fight from Poai Suganuma, Hamman revenged that loss only 4 months later knocking Suganuma out in the first round of their rematch. Jared has never fought past 2 mins. into the second round. This will be his first fight in 15 months because of injury, he trains with Team VMAT.