Honestly, the fight sucked. Imagine going through all this trouble of switching locations from Vegas to LA, disappointing tons of fans and ripping off their wallets, for it to end so quickly. Gustafsson seemed way better and aggressive in the 2013 fight when he was an underdog and had a lot to prove. Seems to me like these fighters nowadays already established some kind of fame and are getting too comfortable sitting on a pile of money, therefore don't really care about the outcome of the fights anymore. They're not hungry.
This portrait UFC paints every big title fight, with the good vs evil scenario, the loud vs quiet, the hero vs villain (see Khabib vs McGregor, Jones vs Gustafson, DC vs Jones) etc, seems to me like a fake market stunt to bring in more viewers. And that's fine, but it rarely lives up to the hype anymore. It's all about money nowadays in the combat sports world.
Take a look of the most recent example of Wilder vs Fury. What a joke draw decision. It's in their favor to pull that stunt because of their contracts saying there must be a rematch. And guess what that means? Big $$$$ on the line and who doesn't like money? The fight of the night was Nunes vs Cyborg if anything. Nunes destroyed the 20-1 champ like it was nothing. Flashback to when she destroyed Ronda Rousey in UFC 207. This girl is scary... up and coming for a long time.
And the case about Jon Jones juicing, come on now... 90% of the top athletes in professional combat sports take PED's. He was just stupid enough to get caught. He's a legend, imagine what kind of pressure he must have gone through with a shit storm and everyone hating him, media, rumors etc and he still managed to come on top. Not a fan of him, but this guy stayed positive throughout. No pun intended he he.
Of course, he took Turinabol, you'd be a fool to believe he is clean. But the thing with Jones is that he's a poster boy for ufc. He's been the face of ufc for many years prior to his big failed drug test scandal. He has been preached as the best fighter to ever step foot inside the ufc octagon, that's a big statement to live up to. The organization helped him get through this shit because they needed the money this event generated. He's a special case treatment. If not for the money, it was definitely for not losing face to the media, claiming the dosage found in his body was ONLY a picogram. I don't believe it for a second. But he's an entertaining fighter, so i won't hate on him.