Andreas Gustafsson Recounts TKO Finish, Proud to Represent Sweden MMA | DWCS 68

DWCS 68 winner Andreas Gustafsson talks to MMA Junkie and other reporters after being awarded a UFC contract from Dana White for his TKO victory on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
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[@emil139]

I'm also Swedish, and when I close my eyes he sounds just like Alexander Gustafsson. The voice, accent, the hesitation in speaking sometimes since English isn't their first language. But who cares, we have another prospect from Sweden in the UFC. Now we just need the UFC to come back here, it's been waaaaaaaaay too long.

[@oldSailor24]

@@emil139 haha dom låter väldigt lika i rösten helt klart

[@JohnBirtchetSharpe]

Bane is the real deal! this has been a long time coming . Followed him for a while. A real good human and hard worker outside of the ring .. and an absolute monster in the cage.

[@Danne313]

Ödmjuk och riktig! Fyfan vad kul det ska bli att följa resans gång. Som Gävlebo är man extra hypad. Ballt som fan, go get it!

[@oldSailor24]

This guy is a monster and should already have been in the UFC along time ago. He was supposed to fight Khamzat in Sweden but the fight got cancelled due to Khamzat getting injured. The next time they were booked to fight, Bane suffered a heavy concussion in training and the fight had to be cancelled once again. Andreas Gustafsson is THE prospect from Sweden.

[@jonde4445]

He got chinned multiple times and did basically nothing in the first round. Anyone with decent wrestling is going to ko this guy

[@oldSailor24]

@@jonde4445 I don't know what fight you were looking at but he dominated every minute of that fight. He is a greco roman elite wrestler and has been wrestling since he was 6 y/o. He is a pure bred Swedish Viking that has been doing combat sports for a loooooong time. He displayed elite level MMA last night.

[@danielgunnarsson226]

​@@jonde4445 He has wrestled since he was 6 years old, switched to mma 6 years ago. He likes to bleed, and he likes violence, not tapping people out. He can wrestle and grapple, but just like Sean Strickland he chooses his fists instead, except Strickland is a snoozefest, and Andreas has a crazy chin.

[@notnirup]

@@jonde4445 Relax a bit, you sound like a casual to say this and that would happen yada yada. Overall it was a brutal beatdown and impressive performance and who knows what happens in next fight. Its MMA.

[@TheNorrlander]

There aren't many Swedish Vikings these days. But this guy is a thurough-bred savage.

[@keen-dji]

💛💙💛💙💛💙tungt! Bra jobbat! Ser fram emot att se dig i ufc!

[@naaaej]

I hope this dude goes far and represents our country well

[@edmundvalero6841]

He had a a very impressive performance, high pressure clinch looking for nasty elbows and knees. However, I believe he got clipped in the first round. fighting high level strikers might be worrisome.

[@oldSailor24]

@@edmundvalero6841 Now that he does not have to work on his normal job anymore, he can sharpen his striking skills and defense. The margin for errors in UFC are so small though but he fought a guy with 9 wins all by knockouts and never let him get started. Crazy cardio as well .

[@screamingchimpo]

Så stolt. Kör nu för fan

[@flintldan]

Glover is back!

[@crazypato3752]

His Nickname is Bane but he would play a good Mr. Zsasz

[@danielgunnarsson226]

It´s actually not "Batman Bane", in sweden "Bane" is an old word for something like a murderer, but a better translation would be "someone who slowly kills you by applying physical and psychological pressure and infecting and poisoning your wounds". And as you can see, "bane" is a good shortening for that!=)

[@Mificusuhejc]

@@danielgunnarsson226hade ingen aning om det faktiskt, intressant

[@clasbjorklund]

​@@danielgunnarsson226 Bane means like "cause of violent death" or someones undoing. If you're someones "bane" it means you are the reason they die. But it's not specified to a person, it can also be an object, disease and event etc. When it is specifically a person, the word is baneman. Det är ett jävla svåröversatt begrepp, men i stort sett betyder det ett skäl till att någon dör av onaturliga skäl. Kan också i vardagligt tal till varför något går åt helvete.

[@Hirriburro]

Monster in FCR he will represent sweden good in UFC. supposed to meet khamzat way back when hopefully they will get match in future

[@karlsfishtube5305]

So we'll deserved, sad that Bane did not get in earlier than now. He's a pure warrior.

[@seattleryan5721]

He's only 33. lol I mean...I know that is on the older side when starting in the UFC, but I think they will move him quickly to see where he is at comparative to the rest if the UFC WW division

[@Tobias-eu5eg]

🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 Bane 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@Isak.a]

He mentioned Alexander Gustafsson but not Khamzat Chimaev and other Swedish fighters in UFC. Doesn't he see them as Swedish or what?

[@TheNorrlander]

Chimaev is from Chechnya, speaks Russian, he lived in Sweden a few years, and now lives in Dubai, right?

[@notnirup]

Khamzat was born in Russia and lives in arabemiraten, but he is a Swedish fighter? 🤣🤣

[@Isak.a]

He is a swedish citizen like myself but not ethnic Swedish.

[@notnirup]

@@Isak.a No he isnt, he is not Swedish and he doesnt live in Sweden. Thats a fact. End of story.

[@rasmuspersson385]

Neither Khamzat nor you will ever be "swedish" You may be citizens but you're still guests and that's the most you'll ever be.

[@LosPollosHermanos187]

Gott! Nu kör vi 🇸🇪

[@regonalderfonolper5565]

Swedish volk lmao

[@Tobias-eu5eg]

Bror jag lider med din engelska 😂❤

[@iknowilookdumbwhenisaythis5593]

Saw him fight as an amatuer in 2018!!!! Damn crazy to see he's in UFC now, did not expect that