Heading into this week, welterweight Khaos Williams all the time knew that he would have a struggle on his schedule this weekend. Williams, who’s posted a report of 15-4 in MMA and a 6-3 report underneath the UFC promotional banner, final fought over the Presidents Day weekend in February.
On Feb. 15, Khaos Williams’ stroll to the well-known UFC Octagon resulted in defeat. Gabriel Bonfim (17-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) locked in a second-round technical submission by the use of D’arce choke with solely two seconds remaining on the clock.
From there, Williams and his camp had been keen to show the web page, trying to get again within the win column in late spring. Upon a cancelled struggle in opposition to Uros Medic, who bowed out of UFC 316 late final week as a result of latter falling ailing (sinusitis), he was then rebooked to sq. off with Albert Tadevosyan. This reserving, too, was scrubbed after Medic’s substitute failed his medical examinations.
Khaos Williams Lands Third Totally different Opponent on Monday of UFC 316 Battle Week
Because the outdated adage goes, “The third time is the attraction.” This couldn’t be extra becoming for the Williams camp forward of UFC 316 on Saturday evening. He’ll be touching down in Newark, NJ for a Saturday night contest from Prudential Middle for the most recent pay-per-view occasion from MMA’s No. 1 promotion.
Khaos Williams’ short-notice adversary for this upcoming weekend is a person who was presupposed to have fought on the UFC Apex on the evening of Could 31. Andreas Gustafsson (11-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) had initially been booked to look throughout final Saturday’s UFC Battle Night time for a contracted catchweight struggle at 180 lbs versus Trevin Giles (16-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC.)
The struggle in opposition to Giles was postponed on the morning of the weigh-ins. Gustafsson later revealed on social media that Giles was compelled out of the UFC Apex occasion attributable to a bump on the pinnacle whereas he was slicing weight for the bout final weekend. Provided that the UFC not too long ago launched a patch to be worn on a debuting fighter’s trunks forward of UFC Vegas 107, Andreas Gustafsson might be sporting the patch every week later than he had anticipated versus Khaos Williams.
Khaos Williams, Andreas Gustafsson in Related Predicament Forward of UFC 316 Saturday Night time in Newark
Very similar to Andreas Gustafsson, Khaos Williams additionally now has to arrange for his third totally different adversary on June 7. As talked about beforehand, each Uros Medic and Albert Tadevosyan resigned from UFC 316 for varied causes inside a matter of days of one another.
Gustafsson, who secured his UFC promotional contract late final August throughout the eighth season of Dana White’s Contender Collection, has needed to wait since January of this yr to make his first stroll to the Octagon since becoming a member of the promotion’s lively roster by the use of the Tuesday evening summer season MMA promotion. Initially, his promotional debut was to have occurred on Jan. 11.
That night, he had been scheduled to verse Preston Parsons contained in the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, NV. Previous to the occasion, the competition needed to be scrapped attributable to Gustafsson withdrawing from the struggle. Jacobe Smith as an alternative fought Parsons on every week’s discover.
From there, Andreas Gustafsson was set to struggle final Saturday night throughout UFC Vegas 107 in opposition to unique adversary, Cage Fury Preventing Championships alumnus Jeremiah Wells. This bout would additionally get postponed forward of the present, resulting in the finally postponed contest versus Giles.
Khaos Williams Faces Robust Opponent in Andreas Gustafsson
Greater than 9 months faraway from Andreas Gustafsson punching his ticket to the UFC and virtually 5 months after he was scheduled to make his promotional debut on the Apex, he’ll lastly make his first look in Dana White’s promotion this coming Saturday versus Khaos Williams. The latter fighter seems to have a tough task within the cage over the upcoming weekend.
Whereas UFC 316 will mark Williams’ twentieth profession look in MMA and his tenth underneath the UFC promotional banner, Andreas Gustafsson has confirmed himself to be a pressure to be reckoned with as soon as the cage door slams shut.
It’s what acquired him to the UFC final August. Throughout his Contender Collection struggle, Gustafsson unloaded a vicious barrage of knees to the pinnacle of opponent Pat Pytlik within the second spherical of a scheduled three, knocking him out on contact, his face bloodied.
Gustafsson has posted a 4-1 mark over the course of his final 5 fights and has gotten his hand raised after his final three bouts. Throughout the best way, Khaos Williams enters the struggle at UFC 316 sporting a report of 3-2 in his final 5 fights and hasn’t had a profitable streak since rising victorious from two bouts between Could of 2023 and Could of 2024. His newest win was recorded by the use of first-round knockout attributable to a proper hook in simply 90 seconds versus Carlston Harris on the UFC Apex final spring.
Closing Ideas
Saturday’s struggle between Khaos Williams and Andreas Gustafsson at UFC 316 is a bout between two fighters at a crossroads of their respective careers. Williams will attain two milestones, 20 profession bouts in MMA and 10 bouts within the sport’s high promotion.
So far as Andreas Gustafsson is worried, he’ll be making his long-awaited UFC promotional debut after a sequence of postponed contests and is trying to construct off of his highlight-reel knockout from final summer season. This ought to be a enjoyable struggle to observe over the weekend.
