Cub Swanson tog sig under helgen an Frankie Edgar, då de möttes vid ”UFC: Fight Night 57” i Texas. Matchen slutade i förlust för Swanson, som blev tvungen till att klappa med bara fyra sekunder kvar av sista ronden. Nu tackar Cub för allt han lärt sig under mötet, och detta hade han att säga via presskonferensen efter matchen:
Obviously, it was super frustrating, but he did what he had to do, and he exposed me. I was super confident. I thought I prepared, and I obviously underprepared. I want to thank him for the lesson. I’m going to be better.
I learned where my weaknesses are; he was able to expose it. I took this fight because I felt he was one of the best in the world at a lower weight class, and I wanted to test myself. I’m getting up there in age, and I wanted to see how bad I am. I know I took a beating, but I was still hopeful all the way to the end.
I took a lot of elbows on my jaw, so my jaw was pretty tired. When I kept turning, turning, turning I was like, ‘He is not going to finish me.’ Then my mouth was open, and he cranked my jaw pretty hard. I don’t want a broken jaw again. I’ve already lived through that, so, oh well.
If you want to be the best, sometimes you get the raw end of the deal. That’s life.
Swanson hade en vinstsvit på sex matcher inför mötet mot Edgar, och vad som står på tur för Cub återstår att se.
