# UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
**UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira** (also billed UFC Fight Night 109 or UFC Fight Night Stockholm) was a mixed martial arts event held by the [Ultimate Fighting Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/ultimate-fighting-championship) on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at the [Ericsson Globe](https://www.edgepedia.org/ericsson-globe) in Stockholm, Sweden, headlined by a light heavyweight bout between [Alexander Gustafsson](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexander-gustafsson) and Glover Teixeira.[1](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-stockholm-2017?page=1) • [2](https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/44414-ufc-fight-night) Gustafsson, fighting in his hometown, knocked Teixeira out 1:07 into the fifth round in a title-eliminator for the 205-pound division.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | Sunday, May 28, 2017, Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden[1](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-stockholm-2017?page=1) |
| Main event result | Alexander Gustafsson def. Glover Teixeira via fifth-round KO (1:07)[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira) |
| Records after the fight | Gustafsson 18-4; Teixeira 26-6[4](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-shines-stockholm-kos-teixeira) |
| Main event striking | Gustafsson out-landed Teixeira 97-42 in significant strikes and 108-62 in total strikes, with knockdowns in rounds 3 and 5 (FightMetric)[5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Matches-to-Make-After-UFC-Fight-Night-Gustafsson-vs-Teixeira-122155) |
| Co-main event | Volkan Oezdemir def. Misha Cirkunov via first-round TKO (0:28)[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira) |
| Attendance and gate | 12,668 spectators; live gate of $1,920,000[2](https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/44414-ufc-fight-night) |
| Broadcast | Main card on Fox Sports 1; preliminary card on UFC Fight Pass[2](https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/44414-ufc-fight-night) |
## Background and stakes
The UFC announced its return to Stockholm in February 2017, headlining the nation's most successful MMA fighter, the No. 2-ranked light heavyweight Gustafsson (17-4), against the No. 3-ranked Teixeira (26-5), who fought out of [Danbury, Connecticut](https://www.edgepedia.org/danbury-connecticut).[6](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-vs-teixeira-set-ufc-return-stockholm) Both men entered as former title challengers seeking a second, or in Gustafsson's case a third, opportunity at the belt.[6](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-vs-teixeira-set-ufc-return-stockholm)
Gustafsson had twice fallen short in championship bouts, losing to [Jon Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/jon-jones) at UFC 165 in 2013 and to [Daniel Cormier](https://www.edgepedia.org/daniel-cormier) at [UFC 192](https://www.edgepedia.org/ufc-192) two years later, both by narrow margins on the judges' scorecards.[7](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/ufc/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-dan-hardy-stockholm-preview-a7757791.html) After a near year-long break he returned in 2016 to defeat Jan Blachowicz in Hamburg, Germany, his only fight that year.[6](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-vs-teixeira-set-ufc-return-stockholm) Teixeira had challenged Jones for the title in April 2014 and was shut down over the full 25 minutes.[7](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/ufc/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-dan-hardy-stockholm-preview-a7757791.html) Commentators framed the bout as a number one contender fight, with the winner positioned to face the victor of the planned Cormier-Jones rematch at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017.[7](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/ufc/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-dan-hardy-stockholm-preview-a7757791.html) • [5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Matches-to-Make-After-UFC-Fight-Night-Gustafsson-vs-Teixeira-122155)
At the weigh-ins, Gustafsson weighed 205 pounds and Teixeira 206. [Darren Till](https://www.edgepedia.org/darren-till) came in at 176 pounds for his welterweight bout against Jessin Ayari, missing weight and ceding 20 percent of his purse to his opponent.[8](https://us.ufcespanol.com/news/ufc-estocolmo-resultados-pesaje-oficial)
## The main event
Gustafsson dominated from the start with superior size, speed, and skill, and the uppercut was his most effective weapon throughout.[5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Matches-to-Make-After-UFC-Fight-Night-Gustafsson-vs-Teixeira-122155) • [9](https://www.ufc.com/node/83455) In the opening round he landed a fast uppercut repeatedly, survived an early slam from Teixeira, and continued scoring after an inadvertent eye poke briefly halted the action past the midpoint of the round.[4](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-shines-stockholm-kos-teixeira) Teixeira opened a cut over Gustafsson's left eye, but Gustafsson bloodied his nose and staggered him with a spinning elbow followed by a barrage of blows in the second round.[4](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-shines-stockholm-kos-teixeira)
A combination put Teixeira on the canvas 30 seconds into round three, and Gustafsson was credited with knockdowns in the third and fifth rounds.[4](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-shines-stockholm-kos-teixeira) • [5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Matches-to-Make-After-UFC-Fight-Night-Gustafsson-vs-Teixeira-122155) Teixeira repeatedly got back to his feet despite absorbing punches, kicks, elbows, and ground and pound.[9](https://www.ufc.com/node/83455) The finish came 1:07 into the fifth round, when two uppercuts staggered Teixeira and a flush right hand ended the bout, with referee Marc Goddard stepping in.[4](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-shines-stockholm-kos-teixeira) Sherdog described the closing sequence as three right uppercuts and a right hook.[5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Matches-to-Make-After-UFC-Fight-Night-Gustafsson-vs-Teixeira-122155)
With the win, the No. 1-ranked Gustafsson moved to 18-4 and the No. 2-ranked Teixeira fell to 26-6.[4](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-shines-stockholm-kos-teixeira) Gustafsson became only the second fighter in the UFC to finish Teixeira by strikes.[10](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-fantasy-rewind) After the victory he proposed to his girlfriend, Moa Antonia Johansson, in the octagon, and she accepted.[11](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/31/15711110/fortunes-changed-for-five-at-ufc-fight-night-109)
## Rest of the card
The co-main event produced one of the night's upsets: [Volkan Oezdemir](https://www.edgepedia.org/volkan-oezdemir), whom only 18 percent of UFC fantasy players picked, flattened the highly regarded [Misha Cirkunov](https://www.edgepedia.org/misha-cirkunov) with punches 28 seconds into the first round.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira) • [10](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-fantasy-rewind) Peter Sobotta also scored an upset, stopping Ben Saunders by second-round TKO in a featured welterweight bout.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira) • [10](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-fantasy-rewind)
Other main-card results included [Omari Akhmedov](https://www.edgepedia.org/omari-akhmedov)'s split decision over [Abdul Razak Alhassan](https://www.edgepedia.org/abdul-razak-alhassan), Nordine Taleb's unanimous decision over Swedish newcomer Oliver Enkamp, and [Jack Hermansson](https://www.edgepedia.org/jack-hermansson)'s first-round TKO of Alex Nicholson, Hermansson's first fight in his home country after seven years in the sport.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira) • [9](https://www.ufc.com/node/83455) On the undercard, Joaquim Silva edged the popular Swedish veteran Reza Madadi by split decision, and Damir Hadzovic knocked out Marcin Held seven seconds into the third round.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira)
## Attendance and viewership
The event drew 12,668 fans and a live gate of $1,920,000 to the Ericsson Globe.[2](https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/44414-ufc-fight-night) The Fox Sports 1 broadcast averaged 496,000 viewers, peaking at 665,000, with the FS1 prelims drawing 353,000.[2](https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/44414-ufc-fight-night)
## Aftermath
The win was Gustafsson's second in a row and positioned him for a third title shot, with writers expecting him to face the winner of the July 2017 Cormier-Jones rematch.[10](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-fantasy-rewind) • [11](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/31/15711110/fortunes-changed-for-five-at-ufc-fight-night-109) For the 37-year-old Teixeira, it was the most punishment he had absorbed in his career to that point, and he had been knocked out twice in his previous three outings.[11](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/31/15711110/fortunes-changed-for-five-at-ufc-fight-night-109) • [5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Matches-to-Make-After-UFC-Fight-Night-Gustafsson-vs-Teixeira-122155) Gustafsson then dropped a December 2018 title shot against Jon Jones at [UFC 232](https://www.edgepedia.org/ufc-232) and, following a further defeat by [Anthony Smith](https://www.edgepedia.org/anthony-smith-fighter) in June 2019, walked away from the sport; ESPN would point out that no other UFC fighter had ever connected with over 100 strikes in two championship bouts and come up short in both.[12](https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/26873316/gustafsson-legacy-more-just-being-bridesmaid-never-bride)
## References
1. [UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Teixeira event page, UFC](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-stockholm-2017?page=1)
2. [UFC Fight Night 109: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira, Tapology](https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/44414-ufc-fight-night)
3. [UFC Fight Night 109 Results: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira, MMA Fighting](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/28/15703930/ufc-fight-night-109-results-gustafsson-vs-teixeira)
4. [Gustafsson shines in Stockholm, KO's Teixeira, UFC](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-shines-stockholm-kos-teixeira)
5. [Matches to Make After UFC Fight Night 'Gustafsson vs. Teixeira', Sherdog](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Matches-to-Make-After-UFC-Fight-Night-Gustafsson-vs-Teixeira-122155)
6. [Gustafsson vs. Teixeira set for UFC return to Stockholm, UFC](https://www.ufc.com/news/gustafsson-vs-teixeira-set-ufc-return-stockholm)
7. [UFC Fight Night Gustafsson vs. Teixeira preview by Dan Hardy, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/ufc/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-dan-hardy-stockholm-preview-a7757791.html)
8. [UFC Estocolmo: Resultados Pesaje Oficial, UFC Español](https://us.ufcespanol.com/news/ufc-estocolmo-resultados-pesaje-oficial)
9. [Gustafsson schlägt Teixeira in Stockholm KO, UFC (German)](https://www.ufc.com/node/83455)
10. [UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira Fantasy Rewind, UFC](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-fight-night-gustafsson-vs-teixeira-fantasy-rewind)
11. [Fortunes changed for five at UFC Fight Night 109, MMA Fighting](https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/31/15711110/fortunes-changed-for-five-at-ufc-fight-night-109)
12. [Gustafsson's legacy more than just being the bridesmaid and never the bride, ESPN](https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/26873316/gustafsson-legacy-more-just-being-bridesmaid-never-bride)
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