Wanderlei April Fools Mousasi fight, Gegard not amused

Alexander Gustafsson reportedly received a cut in training and may not be cleared at present to fight Gegard Mousasi in the main event at UFC on Fuel 9 in Sweden on Saturday. According to Wanderlei’s twitter, it looks like he could be in instead.

Wanderlei Silva ‏@wandfc

•UFC news my guys fight Saturday agains Musasi!!! What you think? UFC just contact me about Saturday, UFC acabeu de me ligar o que acha?

•I am read I don’t have any injure and training a lot,to treinadinho e sem lesao nenhuma!!!

•Fight is fight!!!

•Retweeted by Wanderlei Silva – Joe White ‏@39Jw 27m @wandfc vs Moussasi? YES! #legend

•Retweeted by Wanderlei Silva – Bruno Cesar ‏@BruTheHuntaMMA RUMOR: @wandfc vs. @mousasi_mma set for UFC ON FUEL 9

MMAWeekly apparently offered confirmation.

Ken Pishna ‏@KenPishna

It’s true, @wandfc just confirmed to me via text message that he is fighting @mousasi_mma on Saturday! #ufc @ufc

Even the other main even fighter was apparently game.

Gegard Mousasi ‏@mousasi_mma

hey mr Silva, if this is true and you are ready to fight me than I accept the fight, It’s an honor for me Much respect for you

Wanderlei Silva ‏@wandfc

I catch you wand the best April first ever!!

So the whole thing was just an April Fools prank. If it was anyone but Wand, fans might be a little upset about being fooled, but it was Wanderlei Silva, so all you can do is smile.

One figure who was not smiling was Gegard himself, via Twitter:

Gegard Mousasi ‏@mousasi_mma

@wandfc @arielhelwani IDIOOT OF THE YEAR 2013!! Good job JACKASS!!!

Retweeted by Gegard Mousasi

Luke ‏@luke_hl 1h

All this “April Fools” stuff is stupid. But Wand lied to media outlets, he took it too far.