At this point in his career, there’s probably no reason for Cub Swanson to mince words. Swanson (19-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) fights Dennis Siver (21-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) next week at UFC 162, which takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It’s a fight Swanson is fine with. Sort of. Considering the musical chairs that have been going on in the UFC’s featherweight division of late, Swanson thought if there was any flip-flopping that went on, he might be the recipient of a fight that would get him closer to a title shot – or into the next title fight itself. Swanson recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) the Siver fight was what was offered, and rather than sit back with no other options, he took it – with a caveat he was hoping the UFC would be down with. But when Anthony Pettis pulled out of his featherweight title fight with champ Jose Aldo at UFC 163, the UFC broke up the Ricardo Lamas – Chan Sung Jung fight at UFC 162 and put “The Korean Zombie” into the fight with Aldo, leaving Lamas without an opponent. And instead of Swanson getting a call, his fight with Siver was left intact
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