Some of the most epic moments in Swedish combat sports history!

6. Alexander Gustafsson headlines Tele2 Arena, 2015

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The fight between Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson in Stockholm is one of the absolute highlights in Swedish combat sports.

The pair headlined a UFC event at a sold out Tele2 Arena, and for the card to be broadcasted live during Prime time hours in the US, the main card began in a very inconvenient hour in Sweden.

To be able to sell out 30,000 seats for an MMA event, with a main card starting at two o’clock in the morning local time, shows what an enormous star Gustafsson was at the time.

Perhaps the Swedish National Football team could pull off something similar if they played the World Cup finals, but other than that, no other sports star in Sweden could ever sell out such a crazy event in the middle of the night. Period.