Cub Swanson

Acting

Cub Swanson

Born 1983-11-02 · Palm Springs, California, USA

Professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Featherweight division.

Acting credits

Lights Out poster
7.0

A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.

Lights Out

2024

UFC Fight Night 92: Rodríguez vs. Caceres poster
6.2

UFC Fight Night 92: Rodríguez vs. Caceres was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on August 6, 2016, at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. A featherweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner Yair Rodríguez and Alex Caceres served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 92: Rodríguez vs. Caceres

2016

UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg poster
7.5

UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 11, 2026 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, United States. A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Jiří Procházka (also the inaugural Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion) and Carlos Ulberg headlined the event.

UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg

2026

UFC Fight Night 161: Joanna vs. Waterson poster
NR

UFC Fight Night 161: Joanna vs. Waterson was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 12, 2019 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. A women's strawweight bout between former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk and former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 161: Joanna vs. Waterson

2019

UFC Fight Night 44: Swanson vs. Stephens poster
7.0

UFC Fight Night 44: Swanson vs. Stephens was a mixed martial arts event held at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The event was headlined by a featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens.

UFC Fight Night 44: Swanson vs. Stephens

2014

UFC on FX 4: Maynard vs. Guida poster
6.0

UFC on FX 4: Maynard vs. Guida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 22, 2012 in Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The main event consists of a five-round, non-championship, bout between Clay Guida and Gray Maynard.

UFC on FX 4: Maynard vs. Guida

2012

UFC on ESPN 63: Covington vs. Buckley poster
8.0

UFC on ESPN 63: Covington vs. Buckley was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 14, 2024, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, United States. A welterweight bout between Joaquin Buckley and former interim UFC Welterweight Champion Colby Covington headlined the event.

UFC on ESPN 63: Covington vs. Buckley

2024

UFC Fight Night 128: Barboza vs. Lee poster
7.0

UFC Fight Night 128: Barboza vs. Lee was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A lightweight bout between Edson Barboza and former interim UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Kevin Lee served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 128: Barboza vs. Lee

2018

UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araújo poster
NR

UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araújo was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 15, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A women's flyweight bout between Viviane Araújo and Alexa Grasso headlined this event.

UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araújo

2022

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo poster
3.5

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting. It took place on November 18, 2009 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo

2009

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman poster
6.5

UFC 162: Silva vs Weidman was a mixed martial arts event on July 6, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman

2013

UFC Fight Night 199: Lewis vs. Daukaus poster
NR

Derrick Lewis vs. Chris Daukaus (Heavyweight) Stephen Thompson vs. Belal Muhammad (Welterweight) Amanda Lemos vs. Angela Hill (Strawweight) Raphael Assunção vs. Ricky Simón (Bantamweight) Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Gamrot ( Lightweight) Cub Swanson vs. Darren Elkins (Featherweight)

UFC Fight Night 199: Lewis vs. Daukaus

2021

UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka poster
7.0

UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Procházka was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 1, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Dominick Reyes and former Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka served as the main event.

UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka

2021

UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno poster
NR

UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 12, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno

2020

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia poster
NR

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on December 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event aired live on the Versus Network. WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres successfully defended his title again against Manny Tapia in the main event of the evening. In addition, former IFL standout Wagnney Fabiano made his WEC debut on this card. The Mark Munoz-Ricardo Barros fight was the final light heavyweight bout to be put on by the WEC. The division was absorbed into the UFC following this event. The event drew an estimated 671,000 viewers on Versus.

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia

2008

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki poster
6.0

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on November 11, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki

2010

WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar poster
NR

WEC 28: WrekCage was the fourth mixed martial arts event held by the World Extreme Cagefighting under Zuffa management. The event was held on June 3, 2007. WEC 28 was the first WEC to be aired live on the Versus Network. The main event was a Featherweight title defense by WEC Featherweight champion, Urijah Faber.

WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar

2007

UFC Fight Night 123: Swanson vs. Ortega poster
6.9

UFC Fight Night 123: Swanson vs. Ortega was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on December 9, 2017, at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Brian Ortega served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 123: Swanson vs. Ortega

2017

WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 poster
4.2

WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on June 7, 2009 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. It was the most successful show in the WEC's history. Featherweight champion Mike Brown defended his title in a rematch against former champion and no. 1 contender Urijah Faber in the main event. UFC lightweight Kenny Florian acted as a special guest color commentator. Eddie Wineland was expected to face Frank Gomez at the event, but was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Noah Thomas. Rich Crunkilton was expected to face Donald Cerrone at the event, but was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by James Krause. The event drew an estimated 1,300,000 viewers on Versus.

WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2

2009

Quintet Ultra poster
NR

Quintet Ultra was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on December 12, 2019 at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, USA. This event was based around teams representing four of the most notable MMA promotions: the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce and World Extreme Cagefighting. Combatants were chosen based on how closely linked their careers were to those promotions.

Quintet Ultra

2019

UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort poster
8.3

UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 22, 2012 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main event was UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones facing former champion Vitor Belfort.

UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort

2012

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran poster
NR

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). The event took place on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and was aired live on the Versus Network. The main event featured a featherweight title match between champion Urijah Faber and challenger Jeff Curran. The card also featured Doug Marshall defending his light heavyweight championship against Ariel Gandulla and Paulo Filho defending his middleweight championship against Chael Sonnen. The event drew an estimated 629,000 viewers on Versus.

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran

2007

UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos poster
6.1

UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 12, 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The event was the fifth that the UFC has hosted in Anaheim.

UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos

2011

UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 poster
7.0

UFC 303: Pereira vs. Procházka 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 29, 2024, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. The headliner for this event was a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship rematch between current champion Alex Pereira (also former UFC Middleweight Champion and former Glory Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion) and former champion Jiří Procházka (also the inaugural Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion). They previously met at UFC 295 in November 2023, where Pereira won the vacant title via a second-round TKO.

UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2

2024