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Professionally known as Cub Swanson, Kevin Luke Swanson is an American-Swedish-Mexican professional mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
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- His fight name is Killer.
- He was born and raised in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- He has palm trees tattooed on his stomach, which are for Palm Springs.
- His father is Swedish and his mother is Mexican.
- He is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Rigan Machado and a black belt in judo.
- As an MMA fighter, he competes in the bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight divisions.
- In his spare time, he plays golf in Indio, California.
- He played soccer before he became an MMA fighter.
- White attending Cathedral City High School in Cathedral City, California, he associated himself with gangs, participated in streets fights, drank alcohol and took recreational drugs. He and two of his friends were arrested for committing a house robbery and he was placed in a juvenile detention center.
- He has two older brothers namely Steve Swanson and Aaron Swanson. When they were young, Aaron could not say Kevin and called him Cub instead and it became his nickname.
- He has two sisters. The younger one has Down syndrome.
- He is 5’8″ tall.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 28 wins and 13 losses.
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TIMELINE
1984
- In January 1984, his father died of melanoma. While grieving, his mother suffered from drug addiction so he and his siblings were adopted by his father’s cousin.
1997
- His adoptive parents divorced. He reunited with his mother, who had recovered from drug addiction.
2000
- He was released from a juvenile detention center.
2002
- He started working for United Cerebral Palsy and helped children with disabilities.
2003
- He began training MMA.
2004
- On July 25, 2004, he made his professional MMA debut at “Total Combat 4” in Tijuana, Mexico where he was submitted by Shannon Gugerty.
- On October 24, 2004, he defeated Joe Morales via technical knockout at “Total Combat 6” in Tijuana.
2005
- On January 29, 2005, he submitted Martin Bautista at “Total Combat 7” in Tijuana.
- On August 5, 2005, he defeated Armando Sanchez via technical knockout at “KOTC 58” in San Jacinto, California.
- On September 23, 2005, he defeated Mike Corey via technical knockout at “KOTC 61” in San Jacinto.
- On December 2, 2005, he defeated Fernando Arreola via technical knockout at “KOTC 63” in San Jacinto.
2006
- On August 4, 2006, he defeated Richard Montano via unanimous decision at “KOTC: Rapid Fire” in San Jacinto.
- On October 13, 2006, he defeated Charlie Valencia via technical knockout at “KOTC: BOOYAA” in San Jacinto.
- On November 17, 2006, he knocked out Chuck Kim at “BIB” in Bakersfield, California, USA.
2007
- On March 24, 2007, he submitted Tommy Lee at “WEC 26” in Las Vegas.
- On June 3, 2007, he defeated Micah Miller via unanimous decision at “WEC 28” in Las Vegas.
- On December 12, 2007, he was submitted by Jens Pulver at “WEC 31” in Las Vega.
2008
- On February 23, 2008, he submitted Donny Walker at “IFBL 11” in Niles, Ohio, USA.
- On December 3, 2008, he defeated Hiroyuki Takaya at “WEC 37” in Las Vegas.
2009
- On June 7, 2009, he lost to Jose Aldo via technical knockout at “WEC 41” in Sacramento, California.
- On November 18, 2009, he submitted John Franchi at “WEC 44” in Las Vegas.
2010
- On August 18, 2010, he lost to Chad Mendes via unanimous decision at “WEC 50” in Las Vegas.
- On November 11, 2010, he defeated Mackens Semerzier via split decision at “WEC 52” in Las Vegas.
2011
- On November 12, 2011, he made his UFC debut at “UFC on Fox 1” in Anaheim, California where he was submitted by Ricardo Lamas.
2012
- On January 28, 2012, he defeated George Roop via technical knockout at “UFC on Fox 2” in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- On June 22, 2012, he defeated Ross Pearson at “UFC on FX 4” in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- On September 12, 2012, he knocked out Charles Oliveira at “UFC 152” in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2013
- On February 16, 2013, he defeated Dustin Poirier via unanimous decision at “UFC on Fuel TV 7” in London, England.
- On July 6, 2013, he knocked out Dennis Siver at “UFC 162” in Las Vegas.
2014
- On June 28, 2014, he defeated Jeremy Stephens via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 44” in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- On November 22, 2014, he was submitted by Frankie Edgar at “UFC Fight Night 57” in Austin, Texas.
2015
- On April 18, 2015, he was submitted by Max Holloway at “UFC on Fox 15” in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
2016
- On April 16, 2016, he defeated Hacran Dias via unanimous decision at “UFC on Fox 19” in Tampa, Florida.
- On December 10, 2016, he defeated Choi Doo-ho via unanimous decision at “UFC 206” in Toronto.
2017
- On April 22, 2017, he defeated Artem Lobov via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 108” in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- On May 10, 2017, he taught intermediate MMA classes at the UFC Gym in Costa Mesa, California, which he co-owns with Michael Bisping.
- On August 21, 2017, Kenda Perez gave birth to their first child Royal Rae Swanson.
- On December 9, 2017, he was submitted by Brian Ortega at “UFC Fight Night 123” in Fresno, California.
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2018
- On April 21, 2018, he lost to Edgar via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 128” in Atlantic City.
- On June 1, 2018, he married Perez.
- On August 4, 2018, he was submitted by Renato Moicano at “UFC 227” in Los Angeles, California.
- On September 2, 2018, Perez gave birth to their identical twin sons Saint Cub Swanson and King Cub Swanson.
2019
- On May 4, 2019, he lost to Shane Burgos via split decision at “UFC Fight Night 151” in Ottawa, Ontario.
- On October 12, 2019, he defeated Kron Gracie via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 161” in Tampa.
2020
- On December 12, 2020, he knocked out Daniel Pineda at “UFC 256” in Las Vegas.
2021
- On May 1, 2021, he lost to Giga Chikadze via technical knockout at “UFC Vegas 25” in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On December 18, 2021, he defeated Darren Elkins via technical knockout at “UFC Vegas 45” in Enterprise.
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2022
- On October 15, 2022, he lost to Jonathan Martinez via technical knockout at “UFC Vegas 62” in Enterprise.
2023
- On August 12, 2023, he defeated Hakeem Dawodu via unanimous decision at “UFC Vegas 78” in Enterprise.
- On November 2, 2023, he will turn 40.