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Cub Swanson
Featherweight
United StatesUFCRetired🔥 2-fight win streak
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31WINS
14LOSSES
0DRAWS
15KO/TKO
4SUB
12DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 42 · born Nov 2, 1983 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′8″ 173 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 70″ 178 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 38″ 97 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Featherweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Joel Diaz Boxing UFC.com
- Born
- Palm Springs, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Nov. 12, 2011 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
52%Striking accuracy1883⚑ of 3652⚑ landed
21%Takedown accuracy11 of 52⚑ landed
4.84Sig. strikes landedper min
3.99Sig. strikes absorbedper min
59%Striking defense
1Takedownsper 15 min
64%Takedown defense
0.39Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.46Knockdownsper 15 min
11:27Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 26 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Nate Landwehr | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 11, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Billy Quarantillo | KO/TKO | 3 | Dec 14, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Andre Fili | Decision - Split | 3 | Jun 29, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Hakeem Dawodu | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 12, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Jonathan Martinez | KO/TKO | 2 | Oct 15, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Darren Elkins | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 18, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Giga Chikadze | KO/TKO | 1 | May 1, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Daniel Pineda | KO/TKO | 2 | Dec 12, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Kron Gracie | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 12, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Shane Burgos | Decision - Split | 3 | May 4, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Renato Moicano | Submission | 1 | Aug 4, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Frankie Edgar | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 21, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Brian Ortega | Submission | 2 | Dec 9, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Artem Lobov | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Apr 22, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Dooho Choi | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 10, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 6, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Hacran Dias | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 16, 2016 | ↗ |
| L | Max Holloway | Submission | 3 | Apr 18, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Frankie Edgar | Submission | 5 | Nov 22, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Jeremy Stephens | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jun 28, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Dennis Siver | KO/TKO | 3 | Jul 6, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Dustin Poirier | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 16, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Charles Oliveira | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 22, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Ross Pearson | KO/TKO | 2 | Jun 22, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | George Roop | KO/TKO | 2 | Jan 28, 2012 | ↗ |
| L | Ricardo Lamas | Submission | 2 | Nov 12, 2011 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.