Cub Swanson
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| Born | Kevin Luke Swanson November 2, 1983 Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Killer |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
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Featherweight Lightweight |
| Reach | 70.0 in (178 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Palm Springs, California, United States |
| Team | Jackson's Submission Fighting |
| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Rigan Machado Black belt in Judo |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 32 |
| Wins | 25 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 10 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 1 |
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Kevin Luke "Cub" Swanson (born November 2, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of December 5, 2016, he is #4 in the official UFC featherweight rankings. and ranked the #6 Featherweight in the world by Sherdog.
Swanson was born and raised mostly in Palm Springs, California to a Swedish-American father and a Mexican mother, along with his four siblings. Swanson's father died three months after he was born, and because of his mother's heavy grieving, Swanson and his siblings were then adopted by a distant relative until his mother healed. He was raised by a religious family and spent most of his early life in church. Swanson was also home-schooled for most of his young life. However, when Swanson was 14, his adoptive parents divorced and he was returned to his mother. He then went to Cathedral City High School, along with future boxer Timothy Bradley, but Swanson soon began associating himself with street gangs, and was involved in many fights. When he was still a teenager, the young Swanson and two of his friends were caught committing a house robbery which caused Swanson to be placed in a juvenile detention center. Two years after his release when he was 19 years old, Swanson was working with children who have cerebral palsy and then practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He was eventually given an invitation to train with UFC fighter Joe Stevenson, which Swanson accepted and soon began his MMA career. Swanson is married to Kenda Perez and the two are expecting their first child in August 2017.
Swanson made his WEC debut on March 24, 2007 with a victory over Tommy Lee by guillotine choke. He next defeated Micah Miller at WEC 28 via unanimous decision. Following an eleven fight winning streak, Swanson lost to former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver, who was making his WEC and Featherweight debut. Swanson was forced to tap out at just 0:35 of round one due to a guillotine choke after attempting a single leg takedown.
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