Unfortunetly, Alexander Gustafsson was forced to pull out by the Swedish MMA Federation (SMMAF) on Tuesday, and was quickly replaced by UFC newcomer Ilir Latifi, one of his main training partners. Latifi is officially set to face former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi, who is thrilled that he stepped up with such short notice.

The weigh-ins took place yesterday, and we have a recap of all 26 fighters who stepped on the scale that morning to meet the official weight limit. You can tune in now to watch the LIVE Facebook prelims via UFC.

Here is the official fight card for UFC on Fuel TV 9:

Main Card

Light Heavyweight: Gegard Mousasi vs. Ilir Latifi
Lightweight: Ross Pearson vs. Ryan Couture
Heavyweight: Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries
Bantamweight: Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton
Featherweight: Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza
Featherweight: Akira Corassani vs. Robbie Peralta

Preliminary card (Facebook)

Lightweight: Reza Madadi vs. Michael Johnson
Middleweight: Tor Troéng vs. Adam Cella
Welterweight: Chris Spång vs. Adlan Amagov
Featherweight: Marcus Brimage vs. Conor McGregor
Welterweight: Ben Alloway vs. Ryan LaFlare
Middleweight: Michael Kuiper vs. Tom Lawlor
Welterweight: Papy Abedi vs. Besam Yousef

Strikeforce Champions, Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy stalwarts and self-proclaimed brothers Nick Diaz and Gil Melendez reigned supreme Saturday night with emphatic stoppages.

Diaz dispatched upstart British challenger Paul Daley with just seconds remaining in a scintillating first round of their Welterweight title fight. As expected, the main event bout featured fierce exchanges in the stand-up and may prove to be Fight of the Year.

Melendez attacked from the first second of the fight throwing power punches that repeatedly landed, damaging Kawajiri early and often. Following an onslaught of punches that dropped the Japanese challenger, Melendez unleashed a series of vicious elbows forcing the TKO in the first round of the championship fight.

Source: STRIKEFORCE