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Cub Swanson Returns At UFC 227

Cub Swanson is returning at what could be the best event of the year.

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Cub Swanson has his next fight under the UFC banner set.

The promotion recently announced that the top contender would take on Renato Moicano in a featherweight bout at the upcoming UFC 227 pay-per-view event, which is currently shaping up to be a stacked card with several big names and entertaining fights.

Swanson enters this fight with needing to get a W in the win column as he has suffered back-to-back losses after picking up a four fight winning streak with wins over names such as Hacran Dias, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Dooho Choi and Artem Lobov.

In his latest fights, he was submitted by Brian Ortega this past December and then lost by decision to former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar in April.

On the flip side, Moicano is coming off a unanimous decision win over Calvin Kattar at UFC 223. Before that, he was submitted by Ortega in the third round at UFC 214. In his first three fights in the UFC, he picked up wins over Tom Niinimaki, Zubaira Tukhugov, and Jeremy Stephens.

The UFC 227 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

This event will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight pitting champion TJ Dillashaw against Cody Garbrandt in a rematch.

The promotion will be announcing more bouts for the upcoming event in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:

Champ T.J. Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt – for bantamweight title
Wuliji Buren vs. Bharat Kandare
J.J. Aldrich vs. Polyana Viana
Kyung Ho Kang vs. Ricardo Ramos
Renato Moicano vs. Cub Swanson
Derek Brunson vs. Antonio Carlos Junior
Danielle Taylor vs. Weili Zhang
Pedro Munhoz vs. Alejandro Perez
Benito Lopez vs. Ricky Simon
Irene Aldana vs. Bethe Correia
Beneil Dariush vs. opponent TBA

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Cub Swanson vs. Renato Moicano Official for UFC 227

Cub Swanson and Renato Moicano are headed to Tinseltown under the bright lights of Hollywood’s UFC 227 extravaganza. Cub Swanson (25-9) is eager to bounce back from his loss to Frankie Edgar last month and will do so by going home to take out his pent-…

Cub Swanson and Renato Moicano are headed to Tinseltown under the bright lights of Hollywood’s UFC 227 extravaganza. Cub Swanson (25-9) is eager to bounce back from his loss to Frankie Edgar last month and will do so by going home to take out his pent-up frustration on rising featherweight Renato Moicano. A mainstay in […]

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Dana White Reportedly Wants Cub Swanson vs. Renato Moicano For UFC 227

We may get to see Cub Swanson vs. Renato Moicano soon thanks to Dana White. Swanson and Moicano have expressed interest in doing battle. Moicano recently said that Swanson would provide a “good test” for him. Swanson responded by laying dow…

We may get to see Cub Swanson vs. Renato Moicano soon thanks to Dana White. Swanson and Moicano have expressed interest in doing battle. Moicano recently said that Swanson would provide a “good test” for him. Swanson responded by laying down a challenge for UFC 227. It appears both men may be getting their wish. […]

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Cub Swanson Answers Renato Moicano, Wants Bout at UFC 227

Cub Swanson wants to grant Renato Moicano his wish. Moicano recently expressed interest in a match-up with Swanson. While his ideal opponent is Frankie Edgar, he feels they’re too far apart in the rankings for the bout to materialize at this time…

Cub Swanson wants to grant Renato Moicano his wish. Moicano recently expressed interest in a match-up with Swanson. While his ideal opponent is Frankie Edgar, he feels they’re too far apart in the rankings for the bout to materialize at this time. He believes a win over Swanson could change that. It didn’t take long […]

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Renato Moicano Says Cub Swanson Would be “Good Test”

Renato Moicano is ready to tackle a stern challenge. Moicano recently bounced back from the first loss of his professional mixed martial arts career. He defeated Calvin Kattar via unanimous decision on the main card of UFC 223. In the bout prior, Moica…

Renato Moicano is ready to tackle a stern challenge. Moicano recently bounced back from the first loss of his professional mixed martial arts career. He defeated Calvin Kattar via unanimous decision on the main card of UFC 223. In the bout prior, Moicano was submitted by Brian Ortega in the third round. Admittedly, Moicano would […]

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Renato Moicano Destroys Calvin Kattar’s Leg In New York

Featherweight Renato Moicano sought to recover from his only loss, a submission to No. 1-ranked contender Brian Ortega last July, when he met surging prospect Calvin Kattar on the main card of tonight’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. But it promised to be no easy task, […]

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Featherweight Renato Moicano sought to recover from his only loss, a submission to No. 1-ranked contender Brian Ortega last July, when he met surging prospect Calvin Kattar on the main card of tonight’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

But it promised to be no easy task, as Kattar had won 10 straight fights including two in the UFC.

The early going proved just that, with Kattar pressing forward and landing a big shot that appeared to have Moicano hurt. But the Brazilian recovered well, only to eat another big shot from Kattar. Moicano answered with a body kick and the fighters squared off looking position until he landed a right hand counter shot followed by another body kick. Moicano landed a light shot which Kattar countered before Moicano landed another kick. Moicano snapped a stiff jab and threw more low kicks and landed a flurry with a right and low kick to end the opening round.

Moicano kept attacking the leg in the second, landing a big punch over the top as well. A high kick then scored in addition to a big body kick and stiff low kick. More low and high kicks landed from Moicano as he was hitting Kattar at will with all sorts of kicks. Kattar landed a decent punch but his leg appeared to be hurt as he continued to get hit with low kicks, an uppercut and a body kick.

In the third, Moicano kept using a precis matador style to continue blasting the rushing Kattar’s lead leg, using it to open a path for some big punches as well. Kattar was a game challenger, but he had no answer overall for Moicano’s superior striking and gameplan.

In the end, Moicano took home the unanimous decision.

Final Result: Renato Moicano def. Calvin Kattar via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

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