Early in round one, Gustasfson connected with a left and right hand that dropped his adversary. From there, Shogun looked for a leglock to no avail and then the two came to their feet. Shogun then took his opponent down later in the round after a hard right hand, and started with punches until Gustafsson got up. The two were pretty even for the rest of the stanza. But the early knockdown likely won the Swedish fighter the round.
Early in round two, Shogun nailed Gustafsoon with a couple of rights and then a left. That said, Gustafsson netted two takedowns and controlled things from there.
Tough round to call.
In the end, Gustafsson won the final round from both a takedown and upright perspective. Not a dominant performance necessarily, but a good win.
Alexander Gustafsson defeats Mauricio "Shogun" Rua by unanimous decision.
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