Cub Swanson sågs senast i oktogonen när han tog sig an koreanske Doo Ho Choi under UFC 206 i Kanada, då han segrade via domslut. Matchen var en utav de mest spektakulära under 2016 och utsågs sedan till ’Fight of the Year’.
Härnäst kommer Swanson att möta Conor McGregors lagkamrat Artem Lobov under UFC Fight Night 108, då han planerar att lära ryssen en läxa för sina respektlösa uttalanden i samband med utmaningen.
Det här hade Swanson att säga via ’FloCombat’:
I feel I’m better than ever. This sport teaches you some painful lessons but if you really pay attention every loss or injury is a chance to learn and get better and I’ve done that. What motivates me the most is my own criticism and expectations. Not anyone else’s.
I can respect Artem asking to fight me. Real fighters want to test themselves. What I don’t respect is him being extremely disrespectful in the process. He thinks he can call me names and it’s going to intimidate me or throw me off my game. All it’s doing is motivating me to be a monster. I’m gonna teach this disrespectful poser that I’m on another level and to learn some damn respect.
Fight Night 108 äger rum i Nashville i Tennessee den 22 april.
