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Cub Swanson: Jag blir den första att avsluta Frankie Edgar

Cub Swanson har i dagsläget radat upp sex segrar och är mycket nära en titelmatch, men det är något som Swanson valt att inte vänta på. Cub har nämligen en match inplanerad mot Frankie Edgar och detta hade han att säga om varför han tog den, via ”MMAJunkie”:

I sat out a whole year waiting for a big fight, and I got Jeremy Stephens. It was a tough fight, but he wasn’t very high in the rankings. I was kind of upset that they made me wait that long, so this time around, they wanted me to wait again, and they said I was getting next title shot, just to sit out and wait. I figured I’m in my prime now, I can’t be sitting out years at a time for one fight.

The crazy thing is, every time (Edgar) gets hurt, he seems to get stronger, so that’s something we’ve looked at. But I have a lot of confidence in myself at this point in my career. I feel like I’m going to be at the top, it’s inevitable, and I’m really just trusting in my coaches, and I really feel like I’m going to be the first one to stop him, that we’re not going to go five rounds.

He’s kind of Muhammed Ali-ish, and I give him credit for that. When he called me out early on, I was like, ‘Look, man. Work your way up the ladder, then talk,’ and he did it. I can’t hate on somebody. He backed everything up. He did a great job of that, it’s just obviously, when someone’s disrespectful to you, you have a hard time liking them.

After so long in my career, I know I’m firing on all cylinders. I’m hungry, and I feel like I’m owning that spot. I feel like I deserve to be in the spotlight and deserve to have the big names, so I think Frankie Edgar is the perfect opponent at this point.

Swanson kommer att ta sig an Edgar den 22 november, då de möts vid ”UFC: Fight Night 57” i Texas.

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