Andreas Michael (Gustafsson's head trainer) says that Alexander Gustafsson is 'a viking who has come down from the mountains to fight.' That statement makes his upcoming fight with Shogun Rua sound more like a battle from an episode of Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior than a modern day UFC fight. If he really is like a viking let's hope he chooses to celebrate vikingdom by walking to the Octagon sporting a full beard, horned helmet and shield and dragging a wench behind him by her hair. If Gustafsson performed an amazing walkout like that at UFC on FOX 5, then maybe FOX would have to make the decision to start letting us see fighter walkouts again. We will just have to cross our fingers and hope it happens.

What we don't have to cross our fingers and hope for though is a damn good fight. It's Shogun and Gustafsson we are talking about-we already know we're going to witness a battle of majestic proportions. Check out some behind the scenes footage of Gustafsson and his trainer talking to Kimura.se about training and preparing to knock Shogun out, viking style.

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+14 # Guest 2012-08-20 11:50

Viking God Alexander after trainings done: "I'm hungry, wanna get some shawarma?

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-6 # KevZeeBest 2012-08-21 07:40

Quoting PeeMcPants:

Viking God Alexander after trainings done: "I'm hungry, wanna get some shawarma?

i dont understand this "joke" and its shoarma.

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+3 # Sambro 2012-08-21 12:49

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0 # Guest 2012-08-22 11:55

The joke is that the viking culture is long gone and that Scandinavians today eat middle eastern cuisine such as kebabs. Kebabs kick ass.

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+14 # Guest 2012-08-20 11:54

Who here wants to see Rousey and Tate Scissor?

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+3 # Beefheart 2012-08-21 06:50

like, 50/50?

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+11 # Guest 2012-08-20 12:15

Kötta Gustafsson
SVERIGE UNITE!

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+1 # Tom Hanks 2012-08-20 16:41

kölle luktar rumpa!

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+8 # TheFuckingBest 2012-08-20 12:37

Swedish Machida

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+9 # Guest 2012-08-20 13:08

Gustaffson is 6'5" right? Then i got a question...

WTF fuck do they eat in Sweden? Almost all of the dudes in the video seem 6'1" or 6'2" at least, compared to Gus!

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+15 # Guest 2012-08-20 14:01

Christians.

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+4 # Tom Hanks 2012-08-20 16:44

Knäckebröd och gröt. Å Kalles kaviar.

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+6 # Guest 2012-08-20 21:11

No one with short genes survived.

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+3 # Guest 2012-08-21 03:57

They drink milk

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+2 # Guest 2012-08-21 04:06

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergmann's_rule

Bergmann's rule is an ecogeographic principle that states that within a broadly distributed genus, species of larger size are found in colder environments, and species of smaller size are found in warmer regions.

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+3 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-08-20 13:11

Still think Shogun get's it done.

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-3 # Guest 2012-08-20 13:29

Quoting TIMinBALTIMORE:

Still think Shogun get's it done.

Nope. Shogun has had his day in the sun... That sun is now setting on his career.

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+6 # CanadianHour4 2012-08-20 16:47

he'll be brawlin' til hendo's age. what with trt and all

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+2 # Guest 2012-08-21 04:07

Shogun is only 30 years old. You really see him still fighting in 2023?

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-5 # Guest 2012-08-20 13:12

I guess Shogun is going to take this. He'll improve his cardio and beat Gustaffson, making the division staked as hell

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+14 # Guest 2012-08-20 13:12

Oh and BTW, Gus isn't knocking Shogun out, anyone who can take more than one H-Bomb, is not going to get KO'ed ever

Maybe TKO in the later rounds, but if he wins, i think it will be a UD

Rooting for Shogun

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+1 # Guest 2012-08-20 13:13

"When asked what he believed in, a viking once answered '- I believe in my own strength and nothing else'"
Think that's the case with Alex aswell. He's not great at interviews, promoting fights etc. He's a fighter, plain and simple and a really good one I might add. Gustafsson kommer ta Shogun och snart hämtar han hem bältet till Sverige! WAAAR

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-4 # Guest 2012-08-20 13:44

Really? A Viking?

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+8 # Guest 2012-08-20 14:26

Too scrawny and not enough beard.

Like saying all men from Japan are Samurai's... when in reality the majority of them are video game nerds.

Obviously rooting for Shogun.

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+11 # Tom Hanks 2012-08-20 16:52

He's a young viking. Give him 5 more years of looting and pillaging and he'll fit your description.As for now this is what we have.

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+13 # Guest 2012-08-20 23:18

Gustafson is the man to beat Jon Jones.

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-3 # Sambro 2012-08-21 12:47

WTF? Did you just get into MMA. Who has Gus beat to make you think he'll be the next champ. This is like that "Machida Era" nonsense.

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+4 # Guest 2012-08-21 06:03

vikings didn't really wear horns, ya fekkin tittybird!

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0 # Guest 2012-08-21 08:20

I like Gustafsson but I'm fearing another fight like the one against Silva.

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-1 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2012-08-21 11:28

I wonder if he could get me a deal on a Capital One card?

Whats in your wallet?

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