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Rewatch the full fight between Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson before Brian Ortega returns to the Octagon in Mexico City for a …
it cannot be understated Paul what is at stake between these two fighters tonight of course especially for Cub Swanson who at long last wants that title fight but he has business to take care of against another California T City orga or taken in the blue Swanson in the black I suspect a little feeling out process we got a five rounder ahead of us both guys not going to rush in and do anything dumb off the bat in the first round Swanson has said he has learned when to take chances not to do anything silly he’ll get creative in what he throws and as UFC fans well know trading kicks low Cub definitely thinks he’s got the advantage on the feet not going to try to go down to the ground and play around in Ortega’s guard if he gets down there trust me he’ll be looking to land strikes and and play it safe T City stands for triangle cities the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Ortega has learned from the best in the sport and with Henner Gracie in his corner but he has made habit of really improving his striking as he showed this past summer in Anaheim fight of the night victory over herat moano which was mostly standing between two guys who are known to be slick on the ground 90 seconds in as you said feeling out Paul yeah absolutely I mean these guys know they have 25 minutes of fighting just like that wearing it well come Swanson who returned fire but then they settle in you know what I mean it’s going to be a lot of that I think in the first round or two feeling each other out try to land a big combo but don’t don’t overdo it early on Swanson last time out against ardam wof in Nashville setting the record for strikes landed in a featherweight fight a five rounder went distance fight of the night CU Swanson is a walking breathing fight of the night bonus yeah he’s always exciting man he brings it and his just Style Just lends that to it it’s very unorthodox he lands a lot of kicks from different weird angles when he throws punches he throws them to knock you out almost a year to the day of the fight of the year in 2016 against doho Troy oh that was epic last December in Toronto T City showing some good boxing here early though Swanson with the offense softening up the body of Orga now goes low with the kick big swinging a Miss from each nice comination from Swanson as he moves forward yeah t City doing a good job though staying out of the way of most of those strikes but Cub is definitely swinging landed quite a few good leg kicks too been peppering away at that leg in between some of these punch combinations Swanson 34 years old just had a birthday in November but says his body feels as good as it ever has stretched out his training camp 14 weeks avoid injury and stay fresh 90 seconds to go first round this right hand from cub oh good combination moving away from T City body shot yeah cubs really digging into that body because tcd is doing a good job of covering up up top moving out of the way just out of the way these punches are blocking them but that body still there and cubs finding that success early on here in the fight double jab to the body and that’ll open up his head shots even more if he start dig into that body early that’ll make OTA maybe Turtle up a little bit around the belly opens up those shots to the chin some moments for each here in the first round but as you predicted Paul largely a feeling out process plenty of fight left with some nice lefts from Swanson and goes back to the body on officially total strikes big time in favor of CB Swanson 28-9 yeah he’s definitely the busier but here go wrapping up the neck look out for RGA as it goes down to the ground wow and try to finish this fight short time 15 seconds left Swanson tried to survive the round he might survive the round Beltran right on top of it and there is the horn right back to his feet is Cub Swanson and Greg Jackson said hey you know that’s what he’s looking for now be careful off to a great start in our main event here in the featherweight division save Mar Center Fresno California first time the MMA leader has made its way to the central California Valley what a treat these fans are in for tonight and you at home second of five good opening round there for both guys Cub Landing a lot of strikes but then Orga getting that fight to the ground and almost having that submission locked in he is very Cal here in the in the second rounda is not even breathing butb being the very very busy Striker here going to the body a lot a lot of movement and he’s looking for these big punches and one of them happens to connect next don’t miss a complete recap of all the action in Fresno on our FS1 UFC Fight Night postf fight show right here on Fox Sports One or you can stream it live on Fox Sports goes Orga connects with the left hand trading left hooks oh looking for that uppercut Orga C connecting on the right nice two two right hands there from Swanson but Ortega doing a very good job he stays right there he’s still in your face he’s avoiding the the the brunt of those punches by just getting out of the way a little bit or absorbing a good good he’s got a chin Orga we’ve seen that in his other fights he takes shots well and he doesn’t wear the damage really bad and he has shown the ability to move forward because he is so good if Cub does try to take him down yeah I mean if if he shoots on Cub he’s going to look to wrap that neck up immediately big head kick blocked by Swanson two minutes gone in the second round nice body shot there from swans a t City man just marching down and Cub though I’m I like to see that that’s what he’s doing he’s going with those straights to the body nice upper cut nice upper cut with the right hand and Cub Swanson finding a hole for some of these punches I feel like this is the story of Ortega’s career though he takes this damage early in the fight Swanson came off his feet for that one and returns to the left kick now he’s shooting this is something we don’t see too often from mortega too something his Corner was probably telling him Hey listen don’t just go out there and trade with a guy like Cub you got to get in there mies him up try to get him up against the fence and let’s look for some takedowns blood dripping out of the nose of Swanson as they clinch need to the body but an uppercut fire from Swanson got a single leg Cub’s got some very good takedown defense though oh there is again sub attempt once again guard D City going to work swansson staying on his feet and trying to escape he readjusted the hands I don’t know it might be tighter that’s there’s the tap Bryant T City Ortega is still undefeated and finishes it in the his second round here in Fresno he goes for this Guillotine and he does something even more brilliant he gets it here and he jumps guard but he actually while he’s hanging on this neck he readjusts his hands do you see that that’s where this kid is so technical in that moment he pushes off the fence gets into his position and you see here watch he actually readjusts it to make it even tighter he goes around goes back in pushes off the defense again locks his legs back up and Cub has no choice but to tap to that joke amazing show by the Black Belt look at that in Jujitsu and scores another Victory improving to a perfect 13 and0 He adjusted his hands and did not lose his grip ladies and gentlemen the end comes officially 3 minutes 22 seconds round number two submission by guillotine for your winner he is still unbeaten from Los Angeles California Brian to C orga