Cub Swanson has been hitting his mark on the scale for featherweight for more than 16 years. Friday, he’s got a new challenge at bantamweight. Swanson (28-12 MMA, 13-8 UFC), who will turn 39 early next month, takes on Jonathan Martinez (16-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) at 135 pounds in the UFC Fight Night 212 co-main event Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Given Swanson never has missed weight in nearly 30 featherweight bouts in the UFC and WEC before that, he said the new challenge at bantamweight is meant to reinvigorate him. Related VIDEO: Cub Swanson's best finishes before UFC Fight Night 212 UFC Fight Night 212's Jonathan Martinez expects same Cub Swanson that competed at featherweight Video: Cub Swanson doesn't speak, has stand-in for bizarre UFC Fight Night 212 media day session “Honestly, I was inspired by (Jose) Aldo – he looked so great when he did it,” Swanson told longtime MMA broadcaster Ron Kruck earlier this week for SuperBook.com. “I felt like me and him had such similar body types when we fought a long time ago.
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