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Cub Swanson is advising Kron Gracie to humble himself. This past Saturday night (Oct. 12), Swanson and Gracie did battle in the co-main event of UFC Tampa. The bout was praised for its action and while Gracie hung in tough, he was defeated via unanimou…
Cub Swanson is advising Kron Gracie to humble himself. This past Saturday night (Oct. 12), Swanson and Gracie did battle in the co-main event of UFC Tampa. The bout was praised for its action and while Gracie hung in tough, he was defeated via unanimous decision. It’s the first loss in Gracie’s young professional mixed […]
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Cub Swanson vs. Kron Gracie was a slugfest at UFC Tampa. The two fighters met in a featherweight bout at the UFC Tampa event on Saturday night from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Gracie started to turn things up …
Cub Swanson vs. Kron Gracie was a slugfest at UFC Tampa. The two fighters met in a featherweight bout at the UFC Tampa event on Saturday night from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Gracie started to turn things up and was popping Swanson with some good shots near the […]
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Cub Swanson will be making his return to the Octagon against Kron Gracie next week in the co-main event of UFC Tampa. All the action goes down from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, October 12. Speaking to the “UFC Unfiltered” podcast ahead of the matchup with Gracie, Swanson admitted he had trouble […]
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Cub Swanson will be making his return to the Octagon against Kron Gracie next week in the co-main event of UFC Tampa.
All the action goes down from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, October 12. Speaking to the “UFC Unfiltered” podcast ahead of the matchup with Gracie, Swanson admitted he had trouble finding a gym that would train him given he was facing a Gracie. The Gracie name is almost synonymous with jiu-jitsu, so when some schools found out Swanson was fighting Kron Gracie, he was given the boot. (H/T MMA Junkie)
“I’ve been able to get a lot of jiu-jitsu in because he’s a Gracie, and he has the name. It’s been an interesting one,” Swanson said. “I’ve been kicked out of a couple of jiu-jitsu schools because of the respect. They don’t want to train somebody that isn’t a Gracie, which really pisses me off.”
It’s an unfortunate situation for Swanson, who says jiu-jitsu really saved his life and opened up the door for his venture into MMA. Of course, the reason he decided to begin training in MMA is because he learned the politics within the sport of jiu-jitsu itself.
“This is what I mean by it takes me back, because when I got into jiu-jitsu as a sport, it helped save my life,” Swanson said. “I was going down the wrong path. People know the story, I was getting into trouble, and I found jiu-jitsu. I fell in love, and I just competed all the time, and it became a passion.”
“I was really interested in the Gracie family and what they did,” Swanson added. “And huge honor and respect to them and then after competing and doing all that, I learned the politics of the sport and how ridiculous it could be, and it kind of left a little sour taste in my mouth, and that’s why I started doing more MMA.”
What do you think about Swanson being kicked out of jiu-jitsu schools ahead of his fight with a Gracie?
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UFC Hall of Famer, Urijah Faber is back. After retiring in 2016, “The California Kid” is set to return to the Octagon on Saturday. There, he will take on Ricky Simon. However, the 26-year-old was not his first choice. Rather, he had interes…
UFC Hall of Famer, Urijah Faber is back. After retiring in 2016, “The California Kid” is set to return to the Octagon on Saturday. There, he will take on Ricky Simon. However, the 26-year-old was not his first choice. Rather, he had interest in fighting jiu-jitsu ace, Kron Gracie. And, it appeared the Las Vegas-based […]
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When rumors starting coming out that Urijah Faber was looking to return to the Octagon, it appeared he and the UFC had a similar opponent in mind. That was Kron Gracie, the jiu-jitsu ace who is now 1-0 in the UFC and is set to take on Cub Swanson. He says he has been thinking […]
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When rumors starting coming out that Urijah Faber was looking to return to the Octagon, it appeared he and the UFC had a similar opponent in mind. That was Kron Gracie, the jiu-jitsu ace who is now 1-0 in the UFC and is set to take on Cub Swanson.
He says he has been thinking about a return for a while and knew it would eventually come. And, when the Las Vegas-based promotion made its return to Sacramento, he knew it was time:
“I’d been thinking about it for a while,” Faber told MMA Junkie. “I’d been teased with opportunities from the UFC throughout for some short-notice fights and whatnot, but there’s no secret I stayed within the USADA drug pool throughout my retirement time just because I want to be able to if I decide to jump in.
“I’m the kind of guy that follows his heart and the current landscape is exciting for UFC, for mixed martial arts in general and I was having a big FOMO. I’m in the gym every day testing myself against these guys and being around it.”
When the UFC first sent him an offer, it read the name of Kron Gracie. He was super interested in the fight, but it never came to fruition and he is now taking on Ricky Simon. Here’s what Faber had to say about it:
“They offered me the Kron Gracie fight and they said it would be the main event and I said, ‘Yeah, I would be interested in that,’” Faber said. “I know he trains with Nick and Nate Diaz. I don’t know how involved he is with them. I have a really good relationship with those guys and maybe that’s why the fight didn’t happen. Maybe he just didn’t feel like he wanted to do it in Sacramento during that time. He’s a bit of a unique cat. That was offered, they’d talked about Cub Swanson who they’d offered me a couple times in the past. When that was brought up they said no to that deal.”
Regardless, Urijah Faber is just excited to return to the Octagon this Saturday.
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When rumors starting coming out that Urijah Faber was looking to return to the Octagon, it appeared he and the UFC had a similar opponent in mind. That was Kron Gracie, the jiu-jitsu ace who is now 1-0 in the UFC and is set to take on Cub Swanson. He says he has been thinking […]
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When rumors starting coming out that Urijah Faber was looking to return to the Octagon, it appeared he and the UFC had a similar opponent in mind. That was Kron Gracie, the jiu-jitsu ace who is now 1-0 in the UFC and is set to take on Cub Swanson.
He says he has been thinking about a return for a while and knew it would eventually come. And, when the Las Vegas-based promotion made its return to Sacramento, he knew it was time:
“I’d been thinking about it for a while,” Faber told MMA Junkie. “I’d been teased with opportunities from the UFC throughout for some short-notice fights and whatnot, but there’s no secret I stayed within the USADA drug pool throughout my retirement time just because I want to be able to if I decide to jump in.
“I’m the kind of guy that follows his heart and the current landscape is exciting for UFC, for mixed martial arts in general and I was having a big FOMO. I’m in the gym every day testing myself against these guys and being around it.”
When the UFC first sent him an offer, it read the name of Kron Gracie. He was super interested in the fight, but it never came to fruition and he is now taking on Ricky Simon. Here’s what Faber had to say about it:
“They offered me the Kron Gracie fight and they said it would be the main event and I said, ‘Yeah, I would be interested in that,’” Faber said. “I know he trains with Nick and Nate Diaz. I don’t know how involved he is with them. I have a really good relationship with those guys and maybe that’s why the fight didn’t happen. Maybe he just didn’t feel like he wanted to do it in Sacramento during that time. He’s a bit of a unique cat. That was offered, they’d talked about Cub Swanson who they’d offered me a couple times in the past. When that was brought up they said no to that deal.”
Regardless, Urijah Faber is just excited to return to the Octagon this Saturday.
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