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UFC on Fox 14: Gustafsson vs. Johnson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on January 24, 2015 at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.


Official fight card

Main Card (Fox)

Light Heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Johnson UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title eliminator.
Middleweight Dan Henderson vs. Gegard Mousasi
Light Heavyweight Phil Davis vs. Ryan Bader
Featherweight Akira Corassani vs. Sam Sicilia

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Welterweight Nico Musoke vs. Albert Tumenov
Welterweight Kenny Robertson vs. Sultan Aliev
Featherweight Andy Ogle vs. Makwan Amirkhani
Light Heavyweight Nikita Krylov vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Lightweight Mairbek Taisumov vs. Anthony Christodoulou
Featherweight Mirsad Bektic vs. Paul Redmond


Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Heavyweight Viktor Pešta vs. Konstantin Erokhin
Flyweight Neil Seery vs. Chris Beal



Background

This will be the fourth event that the UFC has held in Sweden and the first to take place in a different arena as the previous events were held at Ericsson Globe Arena. It will also be the second stadium venue to host a UFC event after UFC 129, which took place at the Rogers Centre in Canada.

The event is expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson. The UFC subsequently announced that the winner of the main event will receive a title shot against UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Initially, the UFC was preparing a main event between Gustafsson and Rashad Evans. However, Evans announced he would not be ready during that time frame as he was still rehabilitating from a lingering knee injury.

In order for the event to be broadcast live during Prime time hours on the east coast of North America, the main card is expected to begin at 2:00am local time in Stockholm (CET), with a full preliminary card slated to begin at approximately 11:00pm local time.

Yan Cabral was expected to face Mairbek Taisumov at the event. However on December 30, Cabral was pulled from the fight for undisclosed reasons and replaced by promotional newcomer Anthony Christodoulou.

Alan Omer was expected to face Mirsad Bektic at the event. However on January 12, Omer was pulled from the fight with an undiclosed injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Paul Redmond.


Jan 7 - Updated fight card & background
Jan 20 - Updated fight card & background

Jan 7 - Updated fight card & background

Jan 20 - Updated fight card & background