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Cub Swanson vs. Giga Chikadze Set For May 1

Cub SwansonUFC featherweight prospect Giga Chikadze will face the toughest test on his career when he takes on 145lb veteran Cub Swanson on May 1. Swanson was originally supposed to fight Gavin Tucker on this same card but Tucker is now matched up against Dan Ige. The Georgian fighter enjoyed a busy and impressive 2020. Chikadze […]

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UFC featherweight prospect Giga Chikadze will face the toughest test on his career when he takes on 145lb veteran Cub Swanson on May 1.

Swanson was originally supposed to fight Gavin Tucker on this same card but Tucker is now matched up against Dan Ige.

The Georgian fighter enjoyed a busy and impressive 2020. Chikadze fought four times and won all four bouts. The 32-year-old edged past Jamall Emmers in March before dominating Irwin Rivera over three rounds, two months later.

In October, Chikadze picked up another decision win when he fought Omar Morales on the undercard of Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen.

One month later the kickboxing sensation got his first UFC finish against promotional newcomer Jamey Simmons. Chikadze landed a flush head kick before following up with ground strikes to stop his opponent.

Swanson may be on the tail end of his career at 37-years-old but the featherweight legend is not done yet. Last time out be scored an impressive stoppage win over Daniel Pineda at UFC 256. Before that he beat Kron Gracie over three rounds to stop his four-fight losing skid.

‘Killer’ has fought pretty much every featherweight you can think of. He holds several high profile wins over the likes of Ross Pearson, Charles Oliveira, Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver, Jeremy Stephens and Artem Lobov.

Who do you think will win when Cub Swanson & Giga Chikadze square off on May 1?

Giga Chikadze vs. Cub Swanson Slated For May 1 Fight Night Card

UFC veteran Cub Swanson will face rising star Giga Chikadze on May 1 in what should serve as an entertaining scrap for MMA fans of all levels. As reported by adjasport Monday and since confirmed by multiple outlets, Cub Swanson and Giga Chikadze will b…

UFC veteran Cub Swanson will face rising star Giga Chikadze on May 1 in what should serve as an entertaining scrap for MMA fans of all levels. As reported by adjasport Monday and since confirmed by multiple outlets, Cub Swanson and Giga Chikadze will be making their 2021 debuts to kick off the month of […]

Report: Cub Swanson Set To Face Gavin Tucker In UFC’s May 1 Event

SwansonCub Swanson will be back in action soon. According to MMA DNA, the featherweight veteran is set to take on Gavin Tucker in the UFC’s upcoming May 1 event. There is no location or venue for the event as of now, but based on the events during the COVID-19 pandemic so far, it will likely […]

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Cub Swanson will be back in action soon.

According to MMA DNA, the featherweight veteran is set to take on Gavin Tucker in the UFC’s upcoming May 1 event.

There is no location or venue for the event as of now, but based on the events during the COVID-19 pandemic so far, it will likely take place in Las Vegas or Abu Dhabi.

Swanson is on a two-fight winning streak and will be looking to make it three against the Canadian.

The 37-year-old most recently knocked out Daniel Pineda at UFC 256 back in December. Prior to that, he snapped a four-fight losing streak after outpointing Kron Gracie in October 2019.

He was previously targeting fun matchups in various divisions such as bantamweight and lightweight but it appears he will continue competing at 145 pounds for now.

Tucker, meanwhile, is is coming off a unanimous decision win over Billy Quarantillo which notably took place at UFC 256 as well.

That put him on a three-fight winning streak while the 34-year-old has also won four of his last five overall since debuting for the UFC in 2017.

What do you think of the matchup? And who wins?

Cub Swanson Returns on May 1 to Face Gavin Tucker

Cub Swanson has his return date and matchup, as the UFC veteran will be taking on Gavin Tucker on May 1. According to a report from MMA DNA, a featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Gavin Tucker will be taking place on May 1. There is currently no …

Cub Swanson has his return date and matchup, as the UFC veteran will be taking on Gavin Tucker on May 1. According to a report from MMA DNA, a featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Gavin Tucker will be taking place on May 1. There is currently no headliner announced for the event. Both men […]

Cub Swanson Interested In Legend Fights Against Anthony Pettis, Urijah Faber, and Jose Aldo

Cub Swanson is looking to fight some legends now that he is no longer ranked. Swanson has been ranked at featherweight for years but due to inactivity, he was removed from the rankings. Although many would be mad they were removed, the 37-year-old actu…

Cub Swanson is looking to fight some legends now that he is no longer ranked. Swanson has been ranked at featherweight for years but due to inactivity, he was removed from the rankings. Although many would be mad they were removed, the 37-year-old actually says it is freeing as he can now pursue fights in […]

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Cub Swanson Interested In Jose Aldo, Anthony Pettis, Urijah Faber Fights

SwansonUFC featherweight veteran Cub Swanson is enjoying the freedom that comes with being unranked. Swanson is set to return to action from a knee injury when he faces Daniel Pineda at UFC 256 on December 12. The injury was unfortunate in itself as it came during a Submission Underground appearance just a few weeks after […]

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UFC featherweight veteran Cub Swanson is enjoying the freedom that comes with being unranked.

Swanson is set to return to action from a knee injury when he faces Daniel Pineda at UFC 256 on December 12. The injury was unfortunate in itself as it came during a Submission Underground appearance just a few weeks after he returned to the win column with an impressive unanimous decision win over Kron Gracie.

That said, Swanson is enjoying where his career is at right now — especially as he feels he can now explore fights that have interested him in multiple divisions now that that he is unranked.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about – because I’m not ranked right now that was kinda freeing actually,” Swanson told MMA Junkie Radio. “It was funny. I was actually talking to Dominick Cruz one day at the (UFC Performance Institute), and he was asking me about fights, this and that, and I was like I could only fight certain people because I was ranked. And he was like, ‘Tell them to unrank you.’ And I was like, what? I had never even thought of that. Like, who would ask for that? But at this point in my career it was a little freeing because I could fight anybody.

“It made me think of the possibilities of fighting at (135 pounds), fighting at 55. There are fights that I’ve always thought would be great like at 55, a friend of mine, Anthony Pettis, at 35, Urijah Faber. I could even fight Aldo at 35, so there’s a lot of possibilities. I could see that in the later part of my career they’d want to see some old school WEC matchups.”

Those are certainly exciting matchups with Aldo being one in particular that Swanson has eyed for a while.

The pair, of course, met in the WEC with Aldo requiring just eight seconds to knock Swanson out in their 2009 meeting. And given how Aldo has performed since making the move down to 135, Swanson is looking to emulate him — especially as he feels he has become smaller as he’s gotten older.

“I’ve never tried to make it that far down,” Swanson said of bantamweight. “I feel like I have gotten a little bit smaller in the last couple of years. Making (145) has actually gotten a little easier for me, but yeah it just kinda opened up the idea of me possibly doing a 35 fight, possibly doing 55. I’m open to the ideas.

“I think the biggest thing at this point is, for one, I got this fight ahead of me. I’m trying to get some momentum, and I’ve made a lot of changes in my style, brought some things back, introducing new things, so I’m just trying to get on rhythm of Cub 5.0 and then whatever happens after that, just fun fights at 55 or 45 or 35. I think that’s the biggest thing. I just want fights that are interesting to me.”

Who do you think Swanson should face after Pineda?