Two fighters looking to get back in the win column after devastating defeats — Cub Swanson (12-2) and Hiroyuki Takaya (9-5-1) — will battle it out in a 145-pound clash at WEC 35 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 3, according to Sherdog.com.
Swanson was on the rise until he suffered a setback against Jens Pulver in his return to the featherweight division at WEC 31. “Lil Evil” submitted Swanson just 35 seconds into the first round — only the second loss of Swanson’s pro career.
He actually took a low profile tune-up fight outside the promotion after the defeat, submitting Donnie Walker with a rear naked at an International Fighting & Boxing League (IFBL) bout back in February.
The up-and-comer will look to climb the ladder to a future rematch with Pulver and quite possibly a title shot against Urijah Faber. It will not come easy, however, because Takaya is a tough fighter with impressive punching power.
The “Streetfight Bancho” will look to rebound after suffering a 91-second knockout at the hands of UFC veteran Leonard Garcia at WEC 32 in February. Takaya — a K-1 and Shooto veteran — was considered to be a great pick-up for the promotion and was expected to become a future title contender until he was derailed by “Bad Boy.”
This fight is expected to be on the televised portion of the WEC 35 card, which is headlined by a ridiculous amount of title fights that include champions Brian Stann, Carlos Condit and Jamie Varner. It will air LIVE on the Versus network at 9 p.m.ET.
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They should have had Cub Swanson fight Leonard Garcia with the winner of that fight possibly getting a title shot if Faber is not going to move up to LW or no contender from LW is going to move down first.
Hey, I had forgot about Leonard. Is he even doing good? Could he maybe get a title shot soon?
Leonard seems to be going through some trouble with the law right now. Remember about the drug trafficking situation? Seemed he had a rough past that caught up with him. Sucks. Hopefully he can come back though, I’d love to see him vs. Faber.
Oh yea, it was something about him dealing. Did he beat the case?
I dont think its done yet, pretty sure its ongoing. The move to WEC was a great move for him though, and then this happens. Time will tell.
Well, I wish him well. He had a crazy fight with Huerta.
from the sounds of it, he had it comin and has a lot of bad karma to pay off. those who know him personally didn’t exactly have anything nice to say about him.
Hey! Takaya actually made it 1 min and 31 seconds with Garcia. Should be a pretty good fight, Swanson will probably take it.
For some reason, I can’t stand Swanson. I hated the way he was trying to stare down Jens, like he was going to kill him, and then 35 seconds later Jens almost rips his head off. I hope he does get a rematch with Jens. Jens could use a good win by KO.
some off my cousins went to school with him. said he is a real a-hole.
Obviously I do not know him, so I can’t say for sure, but that is what I thought. It is one thing to be confident, and another to be cocky. He seems to be the latter.
It was that win over Cub that made me think that Pulver had a real chance against Faber. Yes he does seem like a dick with his make believe gangster tattoos.
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