Cub Swanson

“I think I do pose the biggest threat to Aldo. I feel like my boxing is better than his. He's a kick boxer, with devastating kicks. Neither one of us cares to take it to the ground. I feel with my unpredictability and my boxing, I pose a big threat to him.”

“All these tough times that I've had in my career, I've just been able to prove that I can persevere and to me that means everything.”

“We all know what it's like to have the ups and downs in this sport.”

“I'm just not going to let anybody build their name off of me.”

“I want people to know that anyone, from anywhere, can make it as far as they want, as long if they are willing to do what it takes.”

“You look at my fight with Holloway, I don't even tell my corner I broke my hand and I broke my jaw and I fought three rounds. That's just what I do, in my mind I'm thinking I can still win this, I can still win this. That's your thing is to never give up.”

“For a little while I kind of shunned away from the media and just concentrated on my skill sets and performing and I got that down.”

“I don't beg.”

“Being the more experienced fighter absolutely gives you added confidence.”

“After I lost to Chad Mendes, that was a point in my life when everything had changed, I really didn't know why I was fighting anymore, for a brief amount of time.”

“If I fight that fight that makes everybody go, 'Wow, he's unstoppable,' - that's all I can do.”

“Footwork isn't something you hear people talk about too much but it's something as fighters we have to be able to utilize.”

“The ability to lean into adversity is something I've always had.”

“I understand I'm an entertainer and a fighter as well.”

“Digging down and finding out where your head is at when a fight is about to come, I used to get to a dark place and that's not really a place I want to go anymore. I got kids, I enjoy my life and I'm having a good time. I don't feel like I need to go there anymore.”

“I feel like when the public, when the fans are ready to see me fight for the title, whoever they want to see me fight, then that's what I need to do cause that's my job.”

“I think many fighters could go pro in another sport. When it really boils down to it, it's because we are the best athletes in the world.”

“The younger generation of fighters, they want to try to make a name for themselves. They want to be something that they're not.”

“I can fight a lot of different ways. I'm pretty crafty.”

“I walk around about 175-180 pounds, and get up to about 185.”