{"id":103310,"date":"2014-06-30T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=103310"},"modified":"2014-06-30T07:30:58","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:30:58","slug":"cub-swanson-i-want-to-be-the-guy-to-dethrone-the-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cub-swanson-i-want-to-be-the-guy-to-dethrone-the-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Cub Swanson: I want to be the guy to dethrone the legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-fight-night-44-swanson-vs-stephens-official-results\/cub-swanson-wins-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-103195\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103195\" title=\"Cub Swanson Wins\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cub-Swanson-Wins1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cub-Swanson-Wins1.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cub-Swanson-Wins1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cub-Swanson-Wins1-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following his main event victory over Jeremy Stephens at Saturday&#8217;s &#8220;UFC Fight Night 44&#8221; event in San Antonio, perennial contender Cub Swanson (21-5 MMA, 6-1 UFC) did a post fight interview with FOX Sports 1 where he stated his desire to rematch featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Of course I want to fight Aldo,&#8221; <\/em>said Swanson.<em> &#8220;That&#8217;s like Weidman beating Silva you know. I want to be the guy to dethrone the legend.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><\/em>Jose Aldo (24-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will rematch Chad Mendes (16-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) at August&#8217;s UFC 176 event in Los Angeles, and while Cub would prefer to take the gold from &#8220;Scarface&#8221;, beating\u00a0&#8220;Money&#8221; would be just fine too:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I want to fight Aldo. But fighting for gold is fighting for gold.&#8221; <\/em>stated Swanson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cub lost a unanimous decision to Chad Mendes at WEC 50 in 2010. 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