Cub Swanson Record, Stats & Next Fight

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mackens Semerzier8-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	WEC	Nov 11, 2010
L	Chad Mendes18-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Aug 18, 2010
W	John Franchi6-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	4:50	WEC	Nov 18, 2009
L	Jose Aldo32-10	KO/TKO	Flying Knee and Punches	R1	0:08	WEC	Jun 7, 2009
W	Hiroyuki Takaya23-15-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Dec 3, 2008
W	Donny Walker15-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:24	IFBL	Feb 23, 2008
L	Jens Pulver27-19-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:35	WEC	Dec 12, 2007
W	Micah Miller21-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Jun 3, 2007
W	Tommy Lee25-6	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:17	WEC	Mar 24, 2007
W	Chuck Kim6-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:51	BIB	Nov 17, 2006
W	Charlie Valencia12-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:52	KOTC	Oct 13, 2006
W	Richard Montano11-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	KOTC	Aug 4, 2006
W	Shannon Gugerty15-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:40	TC 13	Mar 11, 2006
W	Fernando Arreola4-7-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	3:21	KOTC	Dec 2, 2005
W	Mike Corey13-3-1	KO/TKO	Cut	R2	2:52	KOTC	Sep 23, 2005
W	Armando Sanchez10-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:59	KOTC	Aug 5, 2005
W	Martin Bautista6-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:04	TC 7	Jan 29, 2005
W	Joe Morales0-2	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:28	TC 6	Oct 24, 2004
L	Shannon Gugerty15-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:30	TC 4	Jul 25, 2004

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

15 wins, 3 losses

W15

L3

Submission

4 wins, 7 losses

W4

L7

Decision

12 wins, 4 losses

W12

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

8

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.46

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.08

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Cub Swanson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

31%

8 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

12

1.21 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.45 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

11 scorecards on file

Cub Swanson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 6 of 11 rounds they disagreed on (55%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

6–5

Won – Lost

55% went their way

Unanimous9 decisions · 82%

8W1L

Split2 decisions · 18%

2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB64th

51%1,645 / 3,129

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.85 differential

Landed4.84

Absorbed3.99

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%83rd992
Body20%78th323
Leg20%89th330

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

83%Standing

Standing83%1,363
Clinch10%160
Ground7%122

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Cub Swanson

Landed per 15

Head

A

85th

47.9

85th

Body

A

81st

15.6

81st

Leg

A+

91st

15.9

91st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

26th

42.7

26th

Body

D

40th

11.9

40th

Leg

D

26th

12.0

26th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	47.9	992	2,281	43%
Body	15.6	323	432	75%
Leg	15.9	330	416	79%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	42.7	885	2,628	34%
Body	11.9	247	370	67%
Leg	12.0	248	331	75%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Cub Swanson

52%

Takedown accuracy

73%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.7 min net

On top1.1

On bottom2.8

Offense

Takedowns

D

38th

0.7

38th

TD accuracy

B

68th

52%

68th

Sub attempts

D

40th

0.1

40th

Control

D

27th

1.1 min

27th

Defense

TD defense

B

70th

73%

70th

Controlled

2.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	14 / 27
Submission attempts	2
Control time	22:52

Defense

TDs defended	82 / 113
Control absorbed	58:40

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (311min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Cub Swanson

26 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 311 min

188%

R3 pace · 15 bouts

Swanson holds steady (-2% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Swanson lifts to 188% of round-1 output by round 3 (15 bouts).

Swanson — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Swansonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Swansonattempts / min

Control time

Swanson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.9	4.5	4.0	0.06	3%	26
R2	6.0	5.5	4.8	0.07	7%	21
R3	7.8	6.6	4.6	0.18	17%	15
R4	4.3	4.3	3.9	0.00	1%	3
R5	5.2	4.8	5.0	0.07	5%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Cub Swanson

26 resolved UFC bouts · 15 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

48/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

77th

48%

77th

Win quality

A

75th

48%

75th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

8

10

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	8	3-5	38%
Ranked 6–15	10	6-4	60%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	4	4-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Nate Landwehr	Building	22	Apr 11, 2026
W	Billy Quarantillo	Established	30	Dec 14, 2024
L	Andre Fili#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Jun 29, 2024
W	Hakeem Dawodu#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Aug 12, 2023
L	Jonathan Martinez	Ranked 6–15	55	Oct 15, 2022
W	Darren Elkins#14	Ranked 6–15	67	Dec 18, 2021
L	Giga Chikadze#14	Ranked 6–15	68	May 1, 2021
W	Daniel Pineda	Unproven	12	Dec 12, 2020
W	Kron Gracie	Unproven	8	Oct 12, 2019
L	Shane Burgos	Ranked 6–15	52	May 4, 2019
L	Renato Moicano#10	Top-5	77	Aug 4, 2018
L	Frankie Edgar#3	Top-5	91	Apr 21, 2018
L	Brian Ortega#6	Top-5	85	Dec 9, 2017
W	Artem Lobov	Unproven	12	Apr 22, 2017
W	Dooho Choi#11	Ranked 6–15	67	Dec 10, 2016
W	Tatsuya Kawajiri#14	Ranked 6–15	64	Aug 6, 2016
W	Hacran Dias#10	Ranked 6–15	68	Apr 16, 2016
L	Max Holloway#10	Champion	89	Apr 18, 2015
L	Frankie Edgar#3	Top-5	93	Nov 22, 2014
W	Jeremy Stephens#11	Top-5	76	Jun 28, 2014
W	Dennis Siver#6	Top-5	77	Jul 6, 2013
W	Dustin Poirier#7	Top-5	80	Feb 16, 2013
W	Charles Oliveira	Ranked 6–15	58	Sep 22, 2012
W	Ross Pearson	Cross-div ranked	40	Jun 22, 2012
W	George Roop	Unproven	8	Jan 28, 2012
L	Ricardo Lamas	Top-5	59	Nov 12, 2011

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

26 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-0

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

8-5

13 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-4

10 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

6-4

10 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-5

15 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

4 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Cub Swanson

Active

4 monthssince last bout

vs Nate Landwehr · Apr 11, 2026

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-1As underdog 9-9

67.70

DK avg

74.40

Median

107.50

Ceiling

19.60

Floor

42%

Boom

19%

Bust

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