They gave him Svensson in the QF too. But they gave him Mehdi in the 1st round so I don't know.
Wasn't Svensson a pretty bad match up for Artem based on what what we had seen in previous episodes? Artem is that kind of fighter that likes give-and-take exchanges and Svensson would 100% try to take it to the ground where I see him as much much better than Artem.
I think Thanh Le is the better striker compared to Artem and see what happened to him.