Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, pretty good fight between Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night and UFC Fight of the Night).The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Cub Swanson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 featherweight in the world. He lost two consecutive fights between 2014 and 2015, against Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson) and current #1 Ufc Fw champion Max Holloway (=Swanson vs Holloway), but then he has won four bouts beating Artem Lobov in 2017 (=Swanson vs Lobov).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj Brian Ortega, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has beat Diego Brandao (=Ortega vs Brandao), Clay Guida (=Ortega vs Guida) and Renato Moicano Carneiro (=Carneiro vs Ortega). Ortega vs Swanson is the mian event of UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC Fight Night 123: Swanson vs Ortega
Date: 2017-12-09
Where: Save Mart Center, Fresno, California, USA
Division: featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg)
UFC Fight Night 123 fight card (main fights):
Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega
Jason Knight vs Gabriel Benitez
Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Moraes
Eryk Anders vs Markus Perez Echeimberg
Ortega’s next fight: Frankie Edgar vs Brian Ortega
Swanson’s next fight: Frankie Edgar vs Cub Swanson 2
Swanson vs Ortega Fight Video:
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJlF6QzkGm0
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good fight … just as soon as Cub started to take control with his strikes … this kid got him into the clinch and …. that’s it
kid’s a submission ace