“When I was super young, and everybody who has been in fan of mine from the WEC days, I was just tough as nails, fearless and that's what made me tick. I'm not those things anymore. I'm fearless, but I plan ahead. I'm strategic. I'm smarter, and I'm just a different person than I was.”

American former mixed martial artist

Cub Swanson is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He fought in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and his career ran from 2004 to 2026. He is best known for his long run in major mixed martial arts competition and for the post-fight awards he collected along the way. In the UFC featherweight division, he holds the record for the most post-fight bonus awards, with eleven, and across his UFC and WEC tenure he received fifteen post-fight honors in total.