Alexander Gustafsson is willing to get to great lengths to fight Daniel Cormier again.

Title contender Alexander Gustafsson voiced his displeasure because he thought he was next in line for a title shot.

If you recall, the two fighters already faced each other at UFC 192 in 2015, where Cormier won via split decision.

Gustafsson has won back-to-back fights since losing a close split decision to Cormier at UFC 192. In those fights, he scored a unanimous decision victory over Jan Blachowicz and knocking out Glover Teixeira.

Gustafsson was supposed to fight Volkan Oezdemir at the upcoming UFC 227 pay-per-view event but that fight got nixed after the former title contender pulled out of the bout due to injury.

Gustafsson is waiting to see if the promotion can find him a suitable replacement, which time will tell if that happens.

If you recall, he was expected to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Shogun Rua at UFC Chile then got moved to fight Gustafsson at UFC 227 and as a result of the former title contender being pulled from this show.

The UFC currently seeking a replacement for Gustafsson but the only problem is, with it being on somewhat short-notice, there is no safe bet that he will stay on the card if the promotion can’t find him a replacement.

Gustafsson is more than willing to move to heavyweight to make a rematch with Cormier happen once again.

“It’s frustrating because he has something I want,” Gustafsson stated in a recent interview (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting). “He doesn’t come back down and face me and he’s keeping the belt. But at the same time, the hunt isn’t over. … I might continue chasing [DC]. If I need to move up to heavyweight to face him, I will.”

“It’s funny, it’s clear he doesn’t want to face me,” Gustafsson said. “First of all, he is never coming back down to light heavyweight. He is struggling to stay at heavyweight. DC is a big boy, as tall as he is wide. I don’t think he will go down again. He loves food and loves to eat. To sacrifice so much with dieting and food and then going down to face me? I think I will have to move to heavyweight to get a piece of DC again.”

“DC is smart and he’s a big inspiration for me,” concluded Gustafsson. “Thirty-nine years old and two belts. I can’t really trash the guy and I can’t really have beef with him. I think he’s great in every way, it just sucks that he has my belt. Let’s see how we solve it.”

The UFC 227 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

This event will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight pitting champion TJ Dillashaw against Cody Garbrandt in a rematch.