Alexander Gustafsson said he almost quit the sport after losing in his hometown of Stockholm, Sweden against Anthony "Rumble" Johnson. He got a blessing when he got the title shot against newly minted UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier later this year. But nagging issues to Cormier's knee will make the Swede wait for his second title shot a while longer.

As reported by MMA Weekly, Cormier has been fighting on a bad knee for years now. He nearly had to pull out of his UFC 173 fight against Dan Henderson because of it, and opted for alternative treatments to his knee instead of having surgery before his title fight with former champion Jon Jones.

According to the former Olympian's doctor, Cormier is basically walking around without an ACL in one of his knees. The report says that DC will still hold out on having surgery, opting instead to undergo stem cell and Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections.

As noted by MMA Weekly, the procedure consists of withdrawing a portion of the patient's blood, which is then placed in a centrifuge to separate the platelet-rich plasma from it. The separated plasma is then injected into the injured part of the body.

The report also points out that in recent years, several high-profile athletes have undergone the procedure. MMA Weekly lists Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who both received PRP before winning Super Bowl XLIII. Other notable athletes that have also undergone the procedure are Tiger Woods, and MLB pitchers Takashi Saito and Bartolo Colon.

Cormier has expressed his desire to defend his title for the first time in October at UFC 192 slated at the Toyota Center in Houston.

Recently, word came out that Gustafsson has rediscovered his motivation for training in MMA and expressed that he is extremely happy training in the sport. With Cormier taking care of his knee issues, he's Gustafsson is gong to have to keep training some more before he gets another chance at the belt.