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Ahead of his UFC-Fresno headliner, watch Cub Swanson's decimation of Dennis Siver


Cub Swanson is on a pretty stellar run right now with four straight featherweight wins.

It’s been so solid, in fact, that when champ Max Holloway lost Frankie Edgar as his UFC 218 opponent and got Jose Aldo as a replacement, there was a fairly significant outcry that Swanson should’ve been given the title shot, instead.

But he was kept in his spot headlining Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 123, which takes place at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. It airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass. Swanson (25-7 MMA, 10-3 UFC) meets the unbeaten Brian Ortega (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in the main event.

But before Swanson’s current run, which came on the heels of back-to-back submission losses to Holloway and Edgar, he had a six-fight tear with four knockouts and an impressive four fight-night bonus awards.

One of those wins came at UFC 162 in Las Vegas with a third-round knockout of Dennis Siver that picked up “Fight of the Night” honors. It gave Swanson five straight wins and put him squarely into title contention.

Ahead of his fight against Ortega on Saturday, check out vintage Cub Swanson and his bonus-winning KO of Siver in the video above.

For more on UFC Fight Night 123, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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