I will be blogging live as I travel from Stockholm to Philadelphia and back. Visit this page for frequent updates.
Thursday, August 4 – Travel Day
Today is a travel day. Β At the Arlanda Airport in Sweden to catch a 11:20am flight to NY with a connection to PA. Β Had a confirmed reservation for 19A, a window seat, but got bumped to 34B a middle seat. Β Tried to flash my Silver Delta Card, but 10-9 loss versus the counter lady. Β
Hmmm. No individual TV’s… So perhaps I’ll practice some more Swedish, as I’m sandwiched between two Swedish women. Taking off soon. OK, trying to type up a few recent interviews, so I can post when I land.
4:30pm local time in New York. Ah, the sight of Starbucks. More Starbucks (2) in this terminal at JFK than all of Sweden (1). Ok. Heading out to Philly now.
Checking Twitter and seems Gustafsson fight will be live on Canal +! After reading more, it seems that Mazdak from MMANytt.se and StudioMMA.com worked directly with Dana White and his team to make it happen. Mazdak has been pushing and trying to work to make this happen on either Facebook or TV for three weeks, and it seems they came to this solution so Swedes can see the fights on TV.
On the Studio MMA front, below is the final video in preparation for UFC 133. “I will pick him appart, that’s the plan” says Gustafsson about his upcoming bout with Matt Hamill. The Mauler also receives the praise of Brandon Vera who helps Brandon train his wrestling and ground game. “Be ready guys” exclaims the confident Swede.
On another note, still can’t get over Einemo being released by Zuffa. Not right.
